Proverbs 18:13
He who answereth a matter before he hath heard it, It is folly and shame to him.
Noyes Bible
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 haughty, And before honor is humility.
14The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; But a wounded spirit who can bear?
Cross References
Job 29:16I was a father to the poor, And the cause of him I knew not I searched out;
Daniel 6:9Wherefore King Darius signed the writing and the decree.
John 7:51Doth our law judge a man, unless it first hear from him, and know what he doeth?
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 →