Proverbs 18:13

The Scriptures 1998

He who answers a matter before he hears it, It is folly and shame to him.

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And the sovereign said to the woman, “Go to your house, and let me give orders concerning you.”

And the sovereign said to Tsiḇ

I was a father to the poor, and I investigated the case which I did not know.

It is a snare for a man to say rashly, “It is set-apart,” And only later to reconsider his vows.

Then the sovereign, when he heard these words, was greatly displeased with himself, and set his heart on Dani’ĕ

So Sovereign Dareyawesh signed the written interdict.

“Does our Torah judge the man unless it hears first from him and knows what he is doing?”

then you shall inquire, search out, and ask diligently. And see if the matter is true and established that this abomination was done in your midst,