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Proverbs 19

Prov. 19:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Also, that the soul
nephesh (Hebrew #5315)
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
KJV usage: any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, X dead(-ly), desire, X (dis-)contented, X fish, ghost, + greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, X jeopardy of) life (X in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-)self, them (your)-selves, + slay, soul, + tablet, they, thing, (X she) will, X would have it.
Pronounce: neh'-fesh
Origin: from 5314
be without knowledge
da`ath (Hebrew #1847)
knowledge
KJV usage: cunning, (ig-)norantly, know(-ledge), (un-)awares (wittingly).
Pronounce: dah'-ath
Origin: from 3045
, it is not good
towb (Hebrew #2896)
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well)
KJV usage: beautiful, best, better, bountiful, cheerful, at ease, X fair (word), (be in) favour, fine, glad, good (deed, -lier, -liest, -ly, -ness, -s), graciously, joyful, kindly, kindness, liketh (best), loving, merry, X most, pleasant, + pleaseth, pleasure, precious, prosperity, ready, sweet, wealth, welfare, (be) well ((-favoured)).
Pronounce: tobe
Origin: from 2895
; and he that hasteth
'uwts (Hebrew #213)
to press; (by implication) to be close, hurry, withdraw
KJV usage: (make) haste(-n, -y), labor, be narrow.
Pronounce: oots
Origin: a primitive root
with his feet
regel (Hebrew #7272)
a foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step; by euphem. the pudenda
KJV usage: X be able to endure, X according as, X after, X coming, X follow, ((broken-))foot((-ed, -stool)), X great toe, X haunt, X journey, leg, + piss, + possession, time.
Pronounce: reh'-gel
Origin: from 7270
sinneth
chata' (Hebrew #2398)
properly, to miss; hence (figuratively and generally) to sin; by inference, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, (causatively) lead astray, condemn
KJV usage: bear the blame, cleanse, commit (sin), by fault, harm he hath done, loss, miss, (make) offend(-er), offer for sin, purge, purify (self), make reconciliation, (cause, make) sin(-ful, -ness), trespass.
Pronounce: khaw-taw'
Origin: a primitive root
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Soul; Spirit

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Ministry on This Verse

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Prov. 10:21• 21The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom. (Prov. 10:21)
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Eccl. 12:9• 9And moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, he gave good heed, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs. (Eccl. 12:9)
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Isa. 27:11• 11When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come, and set them on fire: for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he that formed them will show them no favor. (Isa. 27:11)
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Hos. 4:6• 6My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children. (Hos. 4:6)
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John 16:3• 3And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me. (John 16:3)
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Rom. 10:2• 2For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge. (Rom. 10:2)
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Phil. 1:9• 9And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment; (Phil. 1:9)
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Prov. 1:16• 16For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood. (Prov. 1:16)
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Prov. 14:29• 29He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly. (Prov. 14:29)
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Prov. 21:5• 5The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want. (Prov. 21:5)
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Prov. 25:8• 8Go not forth hastily to strive, lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbor hath put thee to shame. (Prov. 25:8)
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Prov. 28:22• 22He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him. (Prov. 28:22)
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Job 31:5• 5If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit; (Job 31:5)
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Eccl. 7:9• 9Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools. (Eccl. 7:9)
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Isa. 28:16• 16Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste. (Isa. 28:16)
• To be bereft of knowledge is undesirable. Mere zeal will not suffice to keep one right. One may be in earnest, but earnestly wrong, as was Saul of Tarsus before his conversion (Acts 26:9). (“Proverbs Nineteen” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Also that a persong be without knowledge is not good; and he that hasteth with his feet maketh false stepsh.

JND Translation Notes

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Lit. "soul." Others, "desire."
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Or "Sins."