Desire without knowledge is not good, and whoever makes haste with his feet misses his way.
The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance, but everyone who is hasty comes only to poverty.
And it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment,
Do you see a man who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.
And they will do these things because they have not known the Father, nor me.
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge; because you have rejected knowledge, I reject you from being a priest to me. And since you have forgotten the law of your God, I also will forget your children.
therefore thus says the Lord God, “Behold, I am the one who has laid as a foundation in Zion, a stone, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone, of a sure foundation: ‘Whoever believes will not be in haste.’
A faithful man will abound with blessings, but whoever hastens to be rich will not go unpunished.
Besides being wise, the Preacher also taught the people knowledge, weighing and studying and arranging many proverbs with great care.
Be not quick in your spirit to become angry, for anger lodges in the heart of fools.
A stingy man hastens after wealth and does not know that poverty will come upon him.
do not hastily bring into court, for what will you do in the end, when your neighbor puts you to shame?
Whoever is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a hasty temper exalts folly.
for their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed blood.
The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of sense.
When its boughs are dry, they are broken; women come and make a fire of them. For this is a people without discernment; therefore he who made them will not have compassion on them; he who formed them will show them no favor.
“If I have walked with falsehood and my foot has hastened to deceit;
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