Verse 17
He that pleadeth his cause{H7379} first{H7223} [seemeth] just;{H6662} But his neighbor{H7453} cometh{H935} and searcheth{H2713} him out.
Referenced Verses
- Prov 18:13 : 13 He that giveth{H1697} answer{H7725} before he heareth,{H8085} It is folly{H200} and shame{H3639} unto him.
- Acts 24:12-13 : 12 and{G2532} neither{G3777} in{G1722} the temple{G2411} did they{G2147} find{G2147} me{G3165} disputing{G1256} with{G4314} any man{G5100} or{G2228} stirring{G4160} up{G1999} a crowd,{G3793} nor{G3777} in{G1722} the synagogues,{G4864} nor{G3777} in{G2596} the city.{G4172} 13 Neither{G3777} can{G1410} they prove{G3936} {G3165} to thee the things{G4012} whereof{G3739} they{G2723} now{G3568} accuse{G2723} me.{G3450}
- 2 Sam 16:1-3 : 1 And when David{H1732} was a little{H4592} past{H5674} the top{H7218} [of the ascent], behold, Ziba{H6717} the servant{H5288} of Mephibosheth{H4648} met{H7125} him, with a couple{H6776} of asses{H2543} saddled,{H2280} and upon them two hundred{H3967} loaves of bread,{H3899} and a hundred{H3967} clusters of raisins,{H6778} and a hundred{H3967} of summer fruits,{H7019} and a bottle{H5035} of wine.{H3196} 2 And the king{H4428} said{H559} unto Ziba,{H6717} What meanest thou by these? And Ziba{H6717} said,{H559} The asses{H2543} are for the king's{H4428} household{H1004} to ride on;{H7392} and the bread{H3899} and summer fruit{H7019} for the young men{H5288} to eat;{H398} and the wine,{H3196} that such as are faint{H3287} in the wilderness{H4057} may drink.{H8354} 3 And the king{H4428} said,{H559} And where is thy master's{H113} son?{H1121} And Ziba{H6717} said{H559} unto the king,{H4428} Behold, he abideth{H3427} at Jerusalem;{H3389} for he said,{H559} To-day{H3117} will the house{H1004} of Israel{H3478} restore{H7725} me the kingdom{H4468} of my father.{H1}
- 2 Sam 19:24-27 : 24 And Mephibosheth{H4648} the son{H1121} of Saul{H7586} came down{H3381} to meet{H7125} the king;{H4428} and he had neither{H3808} dressed{H6213} his feet,{H7272} nor trimmed{H6213} his beard,{H8222} nor washed{H3526} his clothes,{H899} from the day{H3117} the king{H4428} departed{H3212} until the day{H3117} he came{H935} home in peace.{H7965} 25 And it came to pass, when he was come{H935} to Jerusalem{H3389} to meet{H7125} the king,{H4428} that the king{H4428} said{H559} unto him, Wherefore wentest{H1980} not thou with me, Mephibosheth?{H4648} 26 And he answered,{H559} My lord,{H113} O king,{H4428} my servant{H5650} deceived{H7411} me: for thy servant{H5650} said,{H559} I will saddle{H2280} me an ass,{H2543} that I may ride{H7392} thereon, and go{H3212} with the king;{H4428} because thy servant{H5650} is lame.{H6455} 27 And he hath slandered{H7270} thy servant{H5650} unto my lord{H113} the king;{H4428} but my lord{H113} the king{H4428} is as an angel{H4397} of God:{H430} do{H6213} therefore what is good{H2896} in thine eyes.{H5869}