Proverbs 18:17

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

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  • Prov 18:13 : 13 To answer before listening—that is folly and shame.
  • Acts 24:12-13 : 12 My accusers did not find me disputing with anyone in the temple, or stirring up a crowd in the synagogues, or anywhere in the city. 13 Nor can they prove to you the charges they are now bringing against me.
  • 2 Sam 16:1-3 : 1 When David had gone a little beyond the summit, Ziba, the servant of Mephibosheth, met him. He had with him a pair of saddled donkeys loaded with two hundred loaves of bread, one hundred clusters of raisins, one hundred cakes of summer fruit, and a wineskin full of wine. 2 The king asked Ziba, "Why have you brought these?" Ziba answered, "The donkeys are for the king's household to ride on, the bread and summer fruit are for the young men to eat, and the wine is for those who become weary in the wilderness to drink." 3 The king then asked, "Where is your master’s grandson?" Ziba replied to the king, "He is staying in Jerusalem because he said, 'Today the house of Israel will restore to me my grandfather’s kingdom.'"
  • 2 Sam 19:24-27 : 24 The king said to Shimei, 'You shall not die.' And the king gave him his oath. 25 Mephibosheth, the son of Saul, also went down to meet the king. He had neither cared for his feet, nor trimmed his mustache, nor washed his clothes from the day the king left until the day he returned safely. 26 When he came from Jerusalem to meet the king, the king asked him, 'Why didn’t you go with me, Mephibosheth?' 27 He said, 'My lord the king, my servant deceived me. I said, ‘I will saddle a donkey for myself and ride on it, so I may go with the king,’ because your servant is lame.

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