Proverbs 18:13
Those who reply to someone before that person has finished speaking are foolish; doing that is disgraceful.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him.
In Context
12Proud people are on the road to being ruined, but being humble leads to being honored.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 13:14Investigate it thoroughly/carefully. If you find out that it is true that such a disgraceful thing has happened,
2 Samuel 16:4The king said to Ziba, “Okay, everything that belonged to Mephibosheth is now yours.” Ziba replied, “Your Majesty, I will humbly serve you; and I desire/hope that you will always be pleased with me.”
Esther 3:10The king liked what Haman said, so, and to confirm what he decided, he gave the ring that had his official seal on it to Haman, who now hated the Jews.
Job 29:16I was like [MET] a father to poor people, and in courts I defended those who were strangers.
Daniel 6:9So King Darius wrote the law and signed it.
John 7:51“ We have not listened to what he says to find out what he is doing. ◄It is not permitted in our Jewish law [PRS] for us to say, before questioning someone, that we must punish him!/Is it permitted in our Jewish law [PRS] for us to say, before questioning someone, that we must punish him?► [RHQ]”
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 →