You don't know everything!

Does this drive you crazy?



Proverbs 18:13

13 He who answers a matter before he hears it,

It is folly and shame to him. 



As I am sure you do too, I know folks who are known for answering questions before they even know what the question is!!! This drives me crazy! God in this verse tells us it is not a very wise thing to do this. Not only can you give a person some very bad advice because you did not listen to the the whole question but it brings folly and shame to the one who answers before it is time. What is folly? The dictionary defines it like this: the state or quality of being foolish; lack of understanding or sense. So God is telling us plain and simple if we speak when we don't know the question...we are foolish and don't have sense! God goes on to tell us when we give a wrong answer it will bring shame upon us. That makes sense. Have you ever misheard someone ask a question and gave an answer and they looked at you like you were stupid? You gave an answer that did not make sense, that is the same thing here when we answer before we know the whole question , it will bring shame to you!



So let us make sure we hear all of the question before we give advice and if we do not know the answer it is ok to say I don't know because we do not know everything....only God does!



Tom