Acts 25:27

For it seems to me unreasonable, in sending a prisoner, not to also specify the charges against him."

Proverbs 18:13

He who gives answer before he hears, that is folly and shame to him.

John 7:51

"Does our law judge a man, unless it first hears from him personally and knows what he does?"

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For it seemeth to me unreasonable to send a prisoner, and not withal to signify the crimes laid against him.

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General references

Proverbs 18:13
He who gives answer before he hears, that is folly and shame to him.
John 7:51
"Does our law judge a man, unless it first hears from him personally and knows what he does?"