Proverbs 18:13
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“He who answers a matter before he hears it— this is folly and disgrace to him.”
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“He who answers a matter before he hears it— this is folly and disgrace to him.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him.”
King James Version · Public Domain“He that giveth answer before he heareth, It is folly and shame unto him.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Whoso is answering a matter before he heareth, Folly it is to him and shame.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Proverbs 18:13 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 13:14then you must inquire, investigate, and interrogate thoroughly. And if it is established with certainty that this abomination has been committed among you,
- 2 Samuel 14:8“Go home,” the king said to the woman, “and I will give orders on your behalf.”
- 2 Samuel 16:4So the king said to Ziba, “All that belongs to Mephibosheth is now yours!” “I humbly bow before you,” said Ziba. “May I find favor in your eyes, my lord the king!”
- 2 Samuel 19:24Then Mephibosheth, Saul’s grandson, went down to meet the king. He had not cared for his feet or trimmed his mustache or washed his clothes from the day the king had left until the day he returned safely.
- Esther 3:10So the king removed the signet ring from his finger and gave it to Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of the Jews.
- Esther 8:5“If it pleases the king,” she said, “and if I have found favor in his sight, and the matter seems proper to the king, and I am pleasing in his sight, may an order be written to revoke the letters that the scheming Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, wrote to destroy the Jews in all the king’s provinces.
- Job 29:16I was a father to the needy, and I took up the case of the stranger.
- Proverbs 20:25It is a trap for a man to dedicate something rashly, only later to reconsider his vows.
- Daniel 6:9Therefore King Darius signed the written decree.
- Daniel 6:14As soon as the king heard this, he was deeply distressed and set his mind on delivering Daniel, and he labored until sundown to rescue him.
- John 7:51“Does our law convict a man without first hearing from him to determine what he has done?”
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