Proverbs 18:13
He who answers before he hears, that is folly and shame to him.
World English Bible British
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 man is proud, but before honour is humility.
14A man’s spirit will sustain him in sickness, but a crushed spirit, who can bear?
Cross References
Deuteronomy 13:14then you shall enquire, investigate, and ask diligently. Behold, if it is true, and the thing certain, that such abomination was done amongst you,
2 Samuel 16:4Then the king said to Ziba, “Behold, all that belongs to Mephibosheth is yours.” Ziba said, “I bow down. Let me find favour in your sight, my lord, O king.”
Esther 3:10The king took his ring from his hand, and gave it to Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the Jews’ enemy.
Job 29:16I was a father to the needy. I researched the cause of him whom I didn’t know.
Daniel 6:9Therefore King Darius signed the writing and the decree.
John 7:51“Does our law judge a man unless it first hears from him personally and knows 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 →