Proverbs 18:13 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹³He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him.

Proverbs 18:13 —

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Cross-References

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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.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 13)

See here how men often expose themselves by that very thing by which they hope to gain applause. 1. Some take a pride in being quick. They answer a matter before they hear it, hear it out, nay, as soon as they but hear of it. They think it is their honour to take up a cause suddenly; and, when they have heard one side, they think the matter so plain that they need not trouble themselves to hear th…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 13)

13. Hasty speech evinces self-conceit, and ensures shame (Pr 26:12).