Proverbs 18:17 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹⁷He that is first in his own cause seemeth just; but his neighbour cometh and searcheth him.

Proverbs 18:17 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 18:13
He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him.
Acts 24:12-13
And they neither found me in the temple disputing with any man, neither raising up the people, neither in the synagogues, nor in the city: …

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Adjudication at Law Citizens Compromise Court Equity (fairness)Government Injustice Integrity

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 17)

This shows that one tale is good till another is told. 1. He that speaks first will be sure to tell a straight story, and relate that only which makes for him, and put the best colour he can upon it, so that his cause shall appear good, whether it really be so or no. 2. The plaintiff having done his evidence, it is fit that the defendant should be heard, should have leave to confront the witnesses…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 17)

17. One-sided statements are not reliable. searcheth--thoroughly (Pr 17:9, 19).