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13 Whoever answers before listening,(A)
    theirs is folly and shame.[a]

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  1. 18:13 To speak without first listening is characteristic of a fool; cf. 10:14; Sir 11:8.

13 If one gives answer before he hears,
    it is his folly and shame.

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13 (A)Listen before you answer. If you don't, you are being stupid and insulting.

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13 One who (A)gives an answer before he hears,
It is foolishness and shame to him.

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13 To answer before listening—
    that is folly and shame.(A)

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