Proverbs 18:13
Whoever is answering a matter before he hears, || It is folly to him—and shame.
Literal Standard 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 man is high before destruction, || And humility [is] before honor.
14The spirit of a man sustains his sickness, || And who bears a struck spirit?
Cross References
Deuteronomy 13:14then you have inquired, and searched, and asked diligently, and behold, [if] truth, the thing is established; this abomination has been done in your midst—
2 Samuel 16:4And the king says to Ziba, “Behold, all that Mephibosheth has [is] for you”; and Ziba says, “I have bowed myself—I find grace in your eyes, my lord, O king.”
Esther 3:10And the king turns aside his signet from off his hand, and gives it to Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite, adversary of the Jews;
Job 29:16I [am] a father to the needy, || And the cause I have not known I search out.
Daniel 6:9Therefore King Darius has signed the writing and interdict.
John 7:51“Does our law judge the Man, if it may not hear from Him first, 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 →