Proverbs 18:13
He that answereth a matter before he heareth it , it is folly and shame to him.
Webster 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 destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honor is humility.
14The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?
Cross References
Deuteronomy 13:14Then shalt thou inquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and behold, if it is truth, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought among you;
2 Samuel 16:4Then said the king to Ziba, Behold, thine are all that pertained to Mephibosheth. And Ziba said, I humbly beseech thee that I may find grace in thy sight, my lord, O king.
Esther 3:10And the 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 poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.
Daniel 6:9Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree.
John 7:51Doth our law judge any man before it heareth him, and knoweth 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 →