Proverbs 18:13
He that answereth a matter before hee heare it, it is folly and shame vnto him.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 hautie, and before glory goeth lowlines.
14The spirit of a man will susteine his infirmitie: but a wounded spirit who can beare it?
Cross References
Deuteronomy 13:14Then thou shalt seeke, and make searche and enquire diligently: and if it be true, and the thing certaine, that such abomination is wrought among you,
2 Samuel 16:4Then said the King to Ziba, Behold, thine are all that perteined vnto Mephibosheth. And Ziba saide, I beseech thee, let me finde grace in thy sight, my lord, O King.
Esther 3:10Then the King tooke his ring from his hand and gaue it vnto Haman the sonne of Hammedatha the Agagite the Iewes aduersarie.
Job 29:16I was a father vnto the poore, and when I knewe not the cause, I sought it out diligently.
Daniel 6:9Wherefore King Darius sealed the writing and the decree.
John 7:51Doth our Law iudge a man before it heare him, and knowe what he hath done?
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 →