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.

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General references

Proverbs 18:17

John 7:51

Acts 25:27

Bible References

That

Then let a full search be made, and let questions be put with care; and if it is true and certain that such a disgusting thing has been done among you;

Then the king said to Ziba, Truly everything which was Mephibosheth's is yours. And Ziba said, I give honour to my lord, may I have grace in your eyes, my lord, O king!

And Mephibosheth, the son of Saul's son, came down for the purpose of meeting the king; his feet had not been cared for or his hair cut or his clothing washed from the day when the king went away till the day when he came back in peace.

And the king took his ring from his hand and gave it to Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the hater of the Jews.

And she said, If it is the king's pleasure and if I have his approval and this thing seems right to the king and I am pleasing to him, then let letters be sent giving orders against those which Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, sent out for the destruction of the Jews in all divisions of the kingdom:

I was a father to the poor, searching out the cause of him who was strange to me.

For this reason King Darius put his name on the writing and the order.

Is a man judged by our law before it has given him a hearing and has knowledge of what he has done?

General references

The man who first puts his cause before the judge seems to be in the right; but then his neighbour comes and puts his cause in its true light.

Is a man judged by our law before it has given him a hearing and has knowledge of what he has done?

For it seems to me against reason to send a prisoner without making clear what there is against him.