Proverbs 18:13 · KJV
“He that answereth a matter before he heareth {it}, it {is} folly and shame unto him. {answereth...: Heb. returneth a word}”
— Proverbs 18:13
Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour {is} humility.
The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?
Proverbs 18 — Context
The rich man's wealth {is} his strong city, and as an high wall in his own conceit.
12Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour {is} humility.
13He that answereth a matter before he heareth {it}, it {is} folly and shame unto him. {answereth...: Heb. returneth a word}
14The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?
15The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge; and the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge.
Cross References
John 7:51
Doth our law judge {any} man, before it hear him, and know what he doeth?
Deuteronomy 13:14
Then shalt thou enquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, {if it be} truth, {and} the thing certain, {that} such abomination is wrought among you;
Proverbs 20:25
{It is} a snare to the man {who} devoureth {that which is} holy, and after vows to make enquiry.
Job 29:16
I {was} a father to the poor: and the cause {which} I knew not I searched out.
Esther 8:5-17
And said, If it please the king, and if I have found favour in his sight, and the thing {seem} right before the king, and I {be} pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews which {are} in all the king's provinces: {devised: Heb. the device} {which he...: or, who wrote}
Esther 3:10-15
And the king took his ring from his hand, and gave it unto Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the Jews' enemy. {enemy: or, oppressor}
Daniel 6:14
Then the king, when he heard {these} words, was sore displeased with himself, and set {his} heart on Daniel to deliver him: and he laboured till the going down of the sun to deliver him.
Daniel 6:9
Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree.