Proverbs 18:13

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Summary

Proverbs 18:13

He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him.

That

General references

Proverbs 18:17

John 7:51

Acts 25:27

Bible References

That

then you shall investigate and search out [witnesses] and ask thorough questions. If it is true and the matter is established that this loathsome thing has been done among you,

Then the king said to Ziba, “Behold, everything that belonged to Mephibosheth is [now] yours.” Ziba said, “I bow down [in honor and gratitude]; let me find favor in your sight, O my lord the king.”

Then Mephibosheth the [grand]son of Saul came down to meet the king, but he had not cared for his feet, nor trimmed his mustache, nor washed his clothes from the day the king left until the day he returned in peace and safety.

Then the king removed his signet ring from his hand [that is, the special ring which was used to seal his letters] and gave it to Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the enemy of the Jews.

Then she said, “If it pleases the king and if I have found favor before him and the matter is proper in the king’s view and I am pleasing in his sight, let it be written to revoke the letters devised by Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, which he wrote [in order] to destroy the Jews who are in all the king’s provinces.

“I was a father to the needy;
I investigated the case I did not know [and assured justice].

So King Darius signed the document, that is, the injunction.

“Does our Law convict someone without first giving him a hearing and finding out what he is [accused of] doing?”

General references

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

“Does our Law convict someone without first giving him a hearing and finding out what he is [accused of] doing?”

For it seems absurd and unreasonable to me to send a prisoner [to Rome] without indicating the charges against him.”