Proverbs 19:2

Also, that the soul be without knowledge is not good. — Ignorance is bad, as well as folly.

He that hasteth with his feet sinneth. — Haste without knowledge misses the mark aimed at. (See above on Proverbs 8:36.)

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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