Ezra 10:16

And the children of the captivity did so. And Ezra the priest, with certain chief of the fathers, after the house of their fathers, and all of them by their names, were separated, and sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter.

Deuteronomy 13:14

Then shalt thou inquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, if it be truth, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought among you;

Job 29:16

I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.

John 7:51

Doth our law judge any man, before it hear him, and know what he doeth?

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And the children of the captivity did so. And Ezra the priest, with certain chief of the fathers, after the house of their fathers, and all of them by their names, were separated, and sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter.

To examine the matter

Bible References

To examine the matter

Deuteronomy 13:14
Then shalt thou inquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, if it be truth, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought among you;
Job 29:16
I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.
John 7:51
Doth our law judge any man, before it hear him, and know what he doeth?

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