Proverbs 18:17 · KJV
“{He that is} first in his own cause {seemeth} just; but his neighbour cometh and searcheth him.”
— Proverbs 18:17
A man's gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men.
The lot causeth contentions to cease, and parteth between the mighty.
Proverbs 18 — Context
The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge; and the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge.
16A man's gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men.
17{He that is} first in his own cause {seemeth} just; but his neighbour cometh and searcheth him.
18The lot causeth contentions to cease, and parteth between the mighty.
19A brother offended {is harder to be won} than a strong city: and {their} contentions {are} like the bars of a castle.
Cross References
Proverbs 18:13
He that answereth a matter before he heareth {it}, it {is} folly and shame unto him. {answereth...: Heb. returneth a word}
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:
2 Samuel 19:24-27
And Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king, and had neither dressed his feet, nor trimmed his beard, nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came {again} in peace.
Acts 24:5-6
For we have found this man {a} pestilent {fellow}, and a mover of sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes:
2 Samuel 16:1-3
And when David was a little past the top {of the hill}, behold, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of asses saddled, and upon them two hundred {loaves} of bread, and an hundred bunches of raisins, and an hundred of summer fruits, and a bottle of wine.