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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Deuteronomy 13:14
then you shall inquire and examine and interrogate thoroughly, and, look! [It is] true; the thing has actually been done, this detestable thing in your midst,
2 Samuel 16:4
The king said to Ziba, "Look, all that [was] Mephibosheth's is yours." Ziba said, "I hereby do obeisance; may I find favor in your eyes, my lord the king."
2 Samuel 19:24
Now, Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king; he had not taken care of his feet nor trimmed his moustache nor washed his clothes from the day the king left until the day he came back in peace.
Esther 3:10
So the king removed his signet ring from his hand and gave it to Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the enemy of the Jews.
Esther 8:5
and she said, "If it is good to the king, and if I have found favor before him, and if the king is pleased with this matter, and {I have his approval}, let [an edict] be written to revoke the letters of the plans of Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews that [are] in all the provinces of the king.
Job 29:16
I [was] a father to the poor, and I investigated {the stranger's} legal dispute.
Daniel 6:9
{So} the king, Darius, signed the writing and the interdict.
John 7:51
"Our law does not condemn a man unless it first hears from him and knows what he is doing, [does it]?"
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Proverbs 18:17
The first in his dispute is [deemed] righteous, [but] his neighbor will come and examine him.
John 7:51
"Our law does not condemn a man unless it first hears from him and knows what he is doing, [does it]?"
Acts 25:27
For it seems unreasonable to me to send a prisoner and not to indicate the charges against him."