Proverbs 18:13
Whoso is answering a matter before he heareth, Folly it is to him and shame.
Young's Literal Translation
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 high, And before honour [is] humility.
14The spirit of a man sustaineth his sickness, And a smitten spirit who doth bear?
Cross References
Deuteronomy 13:14and thou hast enquired, and searched, and asked diligently, and lo, truth; the thing is established; this abomination hath been done in thy midst:
2 Samuel 16:4And the king saith to Ziba, 'Lo, thine [are] all that Mephibosheth hath;' and Ziba saith, 'I have bowed myself — I find grace in thine eyes, my lord, O king.'
Esther 3:10And the king turneth aside his signet from off his hand, and giveth it to Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite, adversary of the Jews;
Job 29:16A father I [am] to the needy, And the cause I have not known I search out.
Daniel 6:9Therefore king Darius hath signed the writing and interdict.
John 7:51'Doth our law judge the man, if it may not hear from him first, and know what he doth?'
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 →