Acting without careful consideration of the possible consequences or risks.

Genesis 34:25-31

Examples of rashness

Exodus 2:11-12

Jacob's sons

Acts 7:24-25

Moses:

Numbers 20:8-12
Psalms 106:32
Joshua 8:14-17
Judges 11:30-31

the king of Ai

1 Samuel 14:24

Jephthah

2 Samuel 6:6

King Saul

2 Samuel 12:18

Uzzah

1 Kings 1:5

fear for King David

2 Kings 5:20-21

King Adonijah

2 Kings 10:16

Gehazi

2 Chronicles 26:16-20

Jehu

2 Chronicles 35:21-22

King Uzziah

Habakkuk 1:6

King Josiah

Matthew 8:19-20

the Babylonians

Matthew 14:6-10

a would-be disciple

pp Mk 6:26

Matthew 26:33-34

King Herod

John 18:10

Peter:

Acts 19:36
Galatians 1:6

the Ephesian crowd

2 Timothy 3:2-4

the Galatian Christians

a characteristic of the last days

Proverbs 14:16

Warnings against rashness

Ecclesiastes 5:2

See also

Proverbs 6:16-18; 12:18; 13:3; 19:2; 20:3,25; 21:5; 25:8; 29:20
Ecclesiastes 7:9; 8:3
Isaiah 52:12
Zephaniah 3:7
Acts 19:35-36
1 Timothy 5:22
2 Timothy 3:1-5
Isaiah 52:12

Antidotes to rashness

Trust in the guiding presence of the Lord

James 1:19

See also

Appreciating the importance of considered actions

Luke 14:28-33

See also

5575 talk, idle
5802 care
5804 charm
5810 complacency
5883 impatience
5922 prudence
8361 wisdom
8755 folly