Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him.
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Bible References
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Deuteronomy 13:14
then shalt thou inquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and if it be truth, and the thing be certain, that this abomination hath happened in the midst of thee,
2 Samuel 16:4
And the king said to Ziba, Behold, thine are all that pertained to Mephibosheth. And Ziba said, I humbly bow myself: may I find favour in thy sight, my lord, O king.
2 Samuel 19:24
And Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king. Now he had neither washed his feet, nor trimmed his beard, nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came again in peace.
Esther 3:10
And the king took his ring from his hand, and gave it to Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the Jews' enemy.
Esther 8:5
and said, If it please the king and if I have found grace before him, and the thing seem right to the king, and I be pleasing in his sight, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews that are in all the king's provinces.
Job 29:16
I was a father to the needy, and the cause which I knew not I searched out;
Daniel 6:9
Therefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree.
John 7:51
Does our law judge a man before it have first heard from himself, and know what he does?
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Proverbs 18:17
He that is first in his own cause seemeth just; but his neighbour cometh and searcheth him.
John 7:51
Does our law judge a man before it have first heard from himself, and know what he does?
Acts 25:27
for it seems to me senseless, sending a prisoner, not also to signify the charges against him.