Proverbs 18:13
He that giveth answer before he heareth, it is folly and shame unto him.
Revised Version 1895
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 haughty, and before honour goeth humility.
14The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a broken spirit who can bear?
Cross References
Deuteronomy 13:14then shalt thou inquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, if it be truth, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought in the midst of thee;
2 Samuel 16:4Then said the king to Ziba, Behold, thine is all that pertaineth unto Mephibosheth. And Ziba said, I do obeisance; let me find favour in thy sight, my lord, O king.
Esther 3:10And the king took his ring from his hand, and gave it unto Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the Jews’ enemy.
Job 29:16I was a father to the needy: and the cause of him that I knew not I searched out.
Daniel 6:9Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the interdict.
John 7:51Doth our law judge a man, except it first hear from himself 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 →