Proverbs 18:13
He who answers a matter before he hears it--this is folly and disgrace to him.
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Deuteronomy 13:14
then you must inquire, investigate, and interrogate thoroughly. And if it is established with certainty that this abomination has been committed among you,

2 Samuel 16:4
So 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 19:24-30
Then 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 3:10
So 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 29:16
I was a father to the needy, and I took up the case of the stranger.

Daniel 6:9, 14
Therefore King Darius signed the written decree. . . .

John 7:51
"Does our law convict a man without first hearing from him to determine what he has done?"

answereth a matter; returneth a word.

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
He who gives an answer before he hears, It is folly and shame to him.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The one who gives an answer before he listens-- this is foolishness and disgrace for him.

International Standard Version
Whoever answers before listening is both foolish and shameful.

NET Bible
The one who gives an answer before he listens--that is his folly and his shame.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
He that gives an answer before he hears is a fool, and is brought to shame.
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