Proverbs 19:2 Also, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good; and he that hastens with his feet sins. There are things which we can and things which we cannot know. God hath set a limit to man's capacity of knowing, as to his faculty of hearing and seeing. There are things hid altogether from mortal ken. Still are there unhallowed longings after the fruit of the tree of knowledge. All that we may know let us set ourselves with energy to acquire. The benefits of knowledge may be traced in the progress of civilisation. It is knowledge which makes the difference between the refined Chinaman and the brutalised Kaffir. 1. If the soul be left without knowledge, it will be unable to detect the false maxims of the world, and of course to avoid the consequences to which they lead. 2. It is not good that the soul be without knowledge, lest we should be contaminated with the noxious errors on religious subjects which prevail so extensively amongst us in the present day. 3. Let the Christian remember that he must not be content with his present attainments. (Albert Bibby, M. A.) Parallel Verses KJV: Also, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good; and he that hasteth with his feet sinneth.WEB: It isn't good to have zeal without knowledge; nor being hasty with one's feet and missing the way. |
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