Proverbs Chapter 18 verse 13 Holy Bible
He that giveth answer before he heareth, It is folly and shame unto him.
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To give an answer before hearing is a foolish thing and a cause of shame.
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He that giveth answer before he heareth, it is folly and shame unto him.
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He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him.
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He who gives answer before he hears, That is folly and shame to him.
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Whoso is answering a matter before he heareth, Folly it is to him and shame.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 13. - He that answereth a matter, etc. Thus Ecclus. 11:8, "Answer not before thou hast heard the, cause; neither interrupt men in the midst of their talk." A reminiscence of the passage occurs in the Talmud ('Aboth.' 5. 10), "I weighed all things in the balance, and found nothing lighter than meal; lighter than meal is the betrothed man who dwells in the house of his intended father-in-law; lighter than he is a guest who introduces a friend; and lighter than he is the man who answers before he has heard the other's speech" (Dukes, p. 72, § 21). So Menander - Ὁ προκαταγιγνώσκων δὲ πρὶν ἀκοῦσαι σαφῶςΑὐτὸς πονηρός ἐστι πιστεύσας κακῶς. Seneca, 'Medea,' 199 - "Qui statuit aliquid, parte inaudita altera,AEquum licet statuerit, haud aequus erit."
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(13) He that answereth a matter before he heareth it . . .--Comp. Ecclesiasticus 11:8.
