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
and thou hast enquired, and searched, and asked diligently, and lo, truth; the thing is established; this abomination hath been done in thy midst:
2 Samuel 16:4
And the king saith to Ziba, 'Lo, thine are all that Mephibosheth hath;' and Ziba saith, 'I have bowed myself -- I find grace in thine eyes, my lord, O king.'
2 Samuel 19:24
And Mephibosheth son of Saul hath come down to meet the king -- and he prepared not his feet, nor did he prepare his upper lip, yea, his garments he washed not, even from the day of the going away of the king, till the day that he came in peace --
Esther 3:10
And the king turneth aside his signet from off his hand, and giveth it to Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite, adversary of the Jews;
Esther 8:5
and saith, 'If to the king it be good, and if I have found grace before him, and the thing hath been right before the king, and I be good in his eyes, let it be written to bring back the letters -- a device of Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite -- that he wrote to destroy the Jews who are in all provinces of the king,
Job 29:16
A father I am to the needy, And the cause I have not known I search out.
Daniel 6:9
Therefore king Darius hath signed the writing and interdict.
John 7:51
'Doth our law judge the man, if it may not hear from him first, and know what he doth?'
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Proverbs 18:17
Righteous is the first in his own cause, His neighbour cometh and hath searched him.
John 7:51
'Doth our law judge the man, if it may not hear from him first, and know what he doth?'
Acts 25:27
for it doth seem to me irrational, sending a prisoner, not also to signify the charges against him.'