² Also, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good; and he that hasteth with his feet sinneth.

⁵ The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want.

²⁰ Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him.

⁹ And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment;

² For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.

³ And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me.

⁶ My 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.

¹⁶ Therefore 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.

¹¹ When 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 shew them no favour.

⁹ And 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.

⁹ Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.

²² He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.

²⁰ A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.

⁸ Go not forth hastily to strive, lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame.

²⁹ He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.

¹⁶ For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.

⁵ If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;

²¹ The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.