Proverbs 18:13
He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, 1 it is folly and kelimmah (reproach, shame) unto him. 1
Orthodox Jewish 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 shever (destruction) the lev ish is haughty, 1 and before kavod is anavah (humility). 1
14The ruach ish will sustain him in sickness, 1 but a crushed ruach who can bear? 1
Cross References
Deuteronomy 13:14Certain men, the bnei Beliyaal (reprobate, worthless men), are gone out from among you, and have enticed the inhabitants of their town, saying, Let us go and serve elohim acherim, which ye have not known;
2 Samuel 16:4Then said HaMelech to Tziva, Hinei, thine are all that pertained unto Mephivoshet. Tziva said, I humbly prostrate myself. May I find chen in thy sight, adoni, O Melech.
Esther 3:10And HaMelech took his taba'at (signet ring) from his hand, and gave it unto Haman ben Hamdata the Agagi, the tzorer (vexer, harasser) of the Yehudim.
Job 29:16I was an av to the evyonim (needy); 1 and the cause which I knew not 1 I investigated. 1
Daniel 6:9Now, O king, establish the decree and sign the ketav (writing, document), that it cannot be changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.
John 7:51Surely Torateinu (Our Torah) judges not the Man unless it hears first from the Man himself and has da'as of what he does, does it? + 7:51 Dt 1:16; 17:6; Ex 23:1
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 →