Proverbs 18:13
When one returneth an answer before he understandeth [the question], it is folly unto him and shame.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him.
In Context
12Before downfall the heart of man becometh haughty, and before honor goeth humility.
14The spirit of a man will readily bear his disease; but a depressed spirit who can bear:
Cross References
Deuteronomy 13:14(13:15) Then shalt thou inquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, if it be true, the thing is certain, such abomination hath been wrought in the midst of thee:
2 Samuel 16:4Then said the king to Ziba, Behold, thine shall be all that pertaineth unto Mephibosheth. And Ziba said, I prostrate myself; let me but find grace in thy eyes, my Lord, O king.
Esther 3:10And the king drew his signet-ring from off his hand, and gave it unto Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the adversary of the Jews.
Job 29:16A father was I to the needy; and the cause of him I knew not I used to investigate.
Daniel 6:9(6:10) In view of this king Darius signed the writing and the prohibition.
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 →