Proverbs 18:13
Whoever responds before he listens, demonstrates himself to be foolish and deserving of confusion.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him.
In Context
12The heart of a man is exalted before it is crushed and humbled before it is glorified.
14The spirit of a man sustains his weakness. Yet who can sustain a spirit that is easily angered?
Cross References
Deuteronomy 13:14inquire carefully and diligently, seeking the truth of the matter. And if you find that what was said is certain, and that this abomination is a work which has been perpetrated,
2 Samuel 16:4And the king said to Ziba, “All the things which were for Mephibosheth are now yours.” And Ziba said, “I beg you that I may find grace before you, my lord the king.”
Esther 3:10And so the king took the ring that he used, from his own hand, and gave it to Haman, the son of Hammedatha, of Agag lineage, enemy of the Jews.
Job 29:16I was the father of the poor; and if I lacked knowledge about any case, I investigated very diligently.
Daniel 6:9And so king Darius set forth the decree and established it.
John 7:51“Does our law judge a man, unless it has first heard him and has known what he has done?”
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 →