Proverbs 18:13
He who gives answer before he hears, it is folly and shame to him.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him.
In Context
12Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honor [is] humility.
14The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity, but a broken spirit who can bear?
Cross References
Deuteronomy 13:14then thou shall inquire, and make search, and ask diligently. And, behold, if it be true, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought in the midst of thee,
2 Samuel 16:4Then the king said to Ziba, Behold, all that pertains to Mephibosheth is thine. And Ziba said, I do obeisance. Let me find favor in thy sight, my lord, O king.
Esther 3:10And the king took his ring from his hand, and gave it to Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the Jews' enemy.
Job 29:16I was a father to the needy, and I searched out the case of him whom I did not know.
Daniel 6:9Therefore king Darius signed the writing and the interdict.
John 7:51Does our law judge a man, unless it first may hear from himself and know what he does?
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 18:13
12 Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour is humility. Note, 1. Pride is the presage of ruin, and ruin will at last be the punishment of pride; for before destruction men are commonly so infatuated by the just judgment of God that they are more haughty than ever, that their ruin may be the sorer and the more surprising. Of, if that do not always hold, yet after the heart has been lifted up with pride, a fall comes, ch. xvi. 18 . 2. Humility is the presage of honour and prepares men for… Read the whole commentary →