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13 He who returns a word before he will hear,
    folly itself belongs to him as well as[a] shame.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 18:13 Hebrew “and”

13 Whoever answers before listening
    is both foolish and shameful.

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17 The first in his dispute is deemed righteous,
    but his neighbor will come and examine him.

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17 The first to put forth his case seems right,
    until someone else steps forward and cross-examines him.

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