(箴言 19:2)
“心無知識的，乃為不善．腳步急快的，難免犯罪。”
這裡提到了心裡面，以及外面的行動這兩件事。心無知識，在希伯來語境中並不是指沒有知識、讀書少，而是指我們心裡面沒有去尋求、沒有去關心神，對關於神的事情沒有任何興趣，不尋求神的心意。不善，就是不好的意思。如果我們心裡面當神不存在、不理會他、不管他，這是一件不好的事。而腳步急快的，難免犯罪，這是指我們做決定時非常衝動。腳步急快是一種行動，難免犯罪是因為我們心裡面不當神是一回事，不理會神的規矩和原則，再加上行動快速，接下來一定會出大事，一定會犯罪，偏離了神的道路。犯罪這個詞在原文裡的意思就像是射箭中不到目標。
如果我們心裡面不當神是一回事，就算做基督徒，也只當他是一種精神寄託，而不是人生中唯一的標準，這樣想的話，再加上現在這個世代做許多事都講求趕急，很快就做決定，例如有些人去投資，看到大家去投自己也跟着去，結果就出大事、損失慘重；又或者很快去開始一個項目，因為心裡面根本不理會神，沒有上帝的帶領，就算他帶領你你也不理會，再加上衝動的決定，就會出大事。
我們應該怎麼做呢？當然第一件事就是千萬不要心無知識。我們心裡面要希望得到神的指引，要去聽聖經的話。當我們做決定時，因為心裡面有了神的指引，就要慢一點，看清楚一點，觀察清楚一點才作決定，這樣就安全得多。在這個甚麼都講求快的社會裡，我們就要慢下來，否則很容易做錯決定。
(Proverbs 19:2)
“Also, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good; and he that hasteth with his feet sinneth.”
Two things are mentioned here: what is inside the heart, and the outward actions. In the Hebrew context, a soul without knowledge does not refer to a lack of general knowledge or being poorly educated. Instead, it means that inside our hearts, we do not seek or care about God, have no interest in things concerning Him, and do not seek His will. Not good simply means it is bad. If in our hearts we treat God as if He does not exist, ignoring Him and disregarding Him, that is a bad thing. On the other hand, he that hasteth with his feet sinneth refers to being highly impulsive when making decisions. Hasting with the feet is an action, and it leads to sin because we do not take God seriously in our hearts and ignore His rules and principles. Coupled with swift actions, big trouble will inevitably follow, surely leading to sin and deviating from God’s path. The word for sin in the original text carries the meaning of an arrow missing its target.
If we do not take God seriously in our hearts, even if we are Christians, we might only treat Him as a form of spiritual comfort rather than the sole standard of our lives. Thinking this way, combined with the rush to do everything in this current generation, leads to very hasty decisions. For example, some people invest simply because they see everyone else doing it and blindly follow along, which ends up causing major disaster and heavy losses. Or they might quickly kick off a project because they completely disregard God in their hearts and lack His guidance; even if He tries to guide them, they just ignore it. Adding an impulsive decision to that mix will surely lead to big trouble.
What should we do then? Of course, the very first thing is never to let the soul be without knowledge. In our hearts, we must desire to receive God’s guidance and listen to the words of the Bible. When we make decisions, because we have God’s guidance in our hearts, we need to slow down a bit, see things more clearly, and observe more carefully before deciding. This makes things much safer. In this society where everything demands speed, we must slow down, otherwise, it is very easy to make the wrong decisions.
