Cross references

Proverbs 18:17

The first to state his case seems right

until another comes and cross-examines him.

Proverbs 18:17 BSB

Proverbs 18:17 has 5 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 1 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Proverbs 18:13 (25 votes) and Acts 24:12–13 (0 votes). 8 other verses point back to it. It links with 6 other books, from Genesis 39 to Acts 26.

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Which verses does Proverbs 18:17 point to?

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  1. He who answers a matter before he hears it—this is folly and disgrace to him.

  2. Yet my accusers did not find me debating with anyone in the temple or riling up a crowd in the synagogues or in the city. Nor can they prove to you any of their charges against me.

  3. Then Mephibosheth, Saul’s grandson, went down to meet the king. He had not cared for his feet or trimmed his mustache or washed his clothes from the day the king had left until the day he returned safely. And he came from Jerusalem to meet the king, who asked him, “Mephibosheth, why did you not go with me?” …

  4. When David had gone a little beyond the summit, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth was there to meet him. He had a pair of saddled donkeys loaded with two hundred loaves of bread, a hundred clusters of raisins, a hundred summer fruits, and a skin of wine. “Why do you have these?” asked the king. Ziba replied, “The donkeys are for the king’s household to ride, the bread and summer fruit are for the young men to eat, and the wine is to refresh those who become exhausted in the wilderness.” …

  5. We have found this man to be a pestilence, stirring up dissension among the Jews all over the world. He is a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes, and he even tried to desecrate the temple; so we seized him.

Which verses point to Proverbs 18:17?

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