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Proverbs 18:17

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¶ [He that is] first in his own cause [seemeth] just; but his neighbour cometh and searcheth him.

He that is first {H7223} in his own cause {H7379} seemeth just {H6662}; but his neighbour {H7453} cometh {H935}{H935} and searcheth {H2713} him.

The first to state his case seems right, till the other one comes and cross-examines.

The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

He that pleadeth his cause first seemeth just; But his neighbor cometh and searcheth him out.

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Cross-References

  • Proverbs 18:13 (22 votes)

    ¶ He that answereth a matter before he heareth [it], it [is] folly and shame unto him.

  • Acts 24:12 (1 votes)

    And they neither found me in the temple disputing with any man, neither raising up the people, neither in the synagogues, nor in the city:

  • Acts 24:13 (1 votes)

    Neither can they prove the things whereof they now accuse me.

  • 2 Samuel 16:1 (-1 votes)

    ¶ And when David was a little past the top [of the hill], behold, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of asses saddled, and upon them two hundred [loaves] of bread, and an hundred bunches of raisins, and an hundred of summer fruits, and a bottle of wine.

  • 2 Samuel 16:3 (-1 votes)

    And the king said, And where [is] thy master's son? And Ziba said unto the king, Behold, he abideth at Jerusalem: for he said, To day shall the house of Israel restore me the kingdom of my father.

  • Acts 24:5 (-2 votes)

    For we have found this man [a] pestilent [fellow], and a mover of sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes:

  • Acts 24:6 (-2 votes)

    Who also hath gone about to profane the temple: whom we took, and would have judged according to our law.