1Tim 1:7 Naive Teachers
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1Tim 1:7 desiring to be teachers of the law, understanding neither what they say nor the things which they affirm.
This is a sort of sophomoric effect where people get a little knowledge and experience and reckon themselves experts. Perhaps the most dangerous drivers are not beginners, but rather those who have driven for about 6 months and thereupon reckon themselves experts. James warns of not taking the role of teaching lightly. "My brethren, let not many of you become teachers, knowing that we shall receive a stricter judgment." Jas 3:1
Teachers, including Jesus and the New Testament authors, often utilize the Old Testament by way of analogy, allegory, or inference. But if one doesn't have a solid understanding of the fundamental concepts of scripture, one can easily end up reading just about anything into Old Testament events. And thus best to follow the hermeneutic that whatever is clear in scripture takes precedent over what might be inferred, and what is emphasized in scripture takes precedence over what is not emphasized.