Proverbs 18:13
Replying before hearing is stupidity and shame.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him.
In Context
12Pride leads to destruction; humility goes before honor.
14With a brave spirit you can put up with sickness, but if it's crushed, you can't bear it.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 13:14If this does happen you need to make a full investigation, inquiring about the facts and interrogating witnesses. If it's proved beyond doubt that this awful sin has actually been committed among you,
2 Samuel 16:4The king told Ziba, “I give you everything that belongs to Mephibosheth!” “I bow before you,” Ziba replied. “May you approve of me, Your Majesty.”
Esther 3:10The king took off his signet ring and handed it to Haman, son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of the Jews.
Job 29:16I was like a father to the poor, and I defended the rights of strangers.
Daniel 6:9So Darius signed the decree into law.
John 7:51“Does our law condemn a man without a hearing and without finding out what he actually did?”
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 →