Proverbs 18:13
He that answereth before he heareth sheweth himself to be a fool, and worthy of confusion.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 a man is exalted: and before he be glorified, it is humbled.
14The spirit of a man upholdeth his infirmity: but a spirit that is easily angered, who can bear?
Cross References
Deuteronomy 13:14Inquire carefully and diligently, the truth of the thing by looking well into it, and if thou find that which is said to be certain, and that this abomination hath been really committed,
2 Samuel 16:4And the king said to Siba: I give thee all that belonged to Miphiboseth. And Siba said: I beseech thee let me find grace before thee, my lord, O king.
Esther 3:10And the king took the ring that he used, from his own hand, and gave it to Aman, the son of Amadathi of the race of Agag, the enemy of the Jews,
Job 29:16I was the father of the poor: and the cause which I knew not, I searched out most diligently.
Daniel 6:9So king Darius set forth the decree, and established it.
John 7:51Doth our law judge any man, unless it first hear him, and know what he doth?
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 →