Proverbs 18:13

Bible in Basic English 1965

To give an answer before hearing is a foolish thing and a cause of shame.

Cross References

2 Samuel 14:8

And the king said to the woman, Go to your house and I will give orders about this.

2 Samuel 16:4

Then the king said to Ziba, Truly everything which was Mephibosheth's is yours. And Ziba said, I give honour to my lord, may I have grace in your eyes, my lord, O king!

Job 29:16

I was a father to the poor, searching out the cause of him who was strange to me.

Proverbs 20:25

It is a danger to a man to say without thought, It is holy, and, after taking his oaths, to be questioning if it is necessary to keep them.

Daniel 6:14

When this thing came to the king's ears, it was very evil to him, and his heart was fixed on keeping Daniel safe, and till the going down of the sun he was doing everything in his power to get him free.

Daniel 6:9

For this reason King Darius put his name on the writing and the order.

John 7:51

Is a man judged by our law before it has given him a hearing and has knowledge of what he has done?

Deuteronomy 13:14

Then let a full search be made, and let questions be put with care; and if it is true and certain that such a disgusting thing has been done among you;