PROVERBS CHAPTER 18.
V. 11. The rich man’s wealth is his strong city and as an high wall in his own conceit, his own foolish imagination; for it is not a tower like the name of the Lord.
V. 12. Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, pride going before the fall, and before honor is humility, preceding it like a herald showing the way. Compare chapter 16, 18; 15, 33.
V. 13. He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, before a careful hearing of both sides enables him to reach a right and just conclusion, it is folly and shame unto him, for an opinion not based upon sound investigation is worse than worthless, Ecclesiastes. 11, 8.