Proverbs 18:17
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The just is first accuser of himself: his friend cometh, and shall search him.

Proverbs 18:13 He that answereth before he heareth, sheweth himself to be a fool, and worthy of confusion.

2 Samuel 16:1-3 And when David was a little past the top of the hill, behold Siba the servant of Miphiboseth came to meet him with two asses, laden with two hundred loaves of bread, and a hundred bunches of raisins, a hundred cakes of figs, and a vessel of wine. . . .

2 Samuel 19:24-27 And Miphiboseth the son of Saul came down to meet the king, and he had neither washed his feet, nor trimmed his beard: nor washed his garments from the day that the king went out, until the day of his return in peace. . . .

Acts 24:5,6,12,13 We have found this to be a pestilent man and raising seditions among all the Jews throughout the world: and author of the sedition of the sect of the Nazarenes. . . .

Context
The Selfishness of the Unfriendly
16A man's gift enlargeth his way, and maketh him room before princes. 17The just is first accuser of himself: his friend cometh, and shall search him.18The lot suppresseth contentions, and determineth even between the mighty.…
Cross References
Proverbs 18:16
A man's gift enlargeth his way, and maketh him room before princes.

Proverbs 18:18
The lot suppresseth contentions, and determineth even between the mighty.

Lexicon
The first
הָרִאשׁ֣וֹן (hā·ri·šō·wn)
Article | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7223: First, in place, time, rank

to state his case
בְּרִיב֑וֹ (bə·rî·ḇōw)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7379: Strife, dispute

seems right
צַדִּ֣יק (ṣad·dîq)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6662: Just, righteous

until another
0 (0)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 935: To come in, come, go in, go

comes forward
וּבָֽא־ (ū·ḇā-)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 935: To come in, come, go in, go

and examines him.
וַחֲקָרֽוֹ׃ (wa·ḥă·qā·rōw)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2713: To penetrate, to examine intimately


Additional Translations
The first to state his case seems right until another comes forward and examines him.He that is first in his own cause seems just; but his neighbor comes and searches him.

He that pleadeth his cause first'seemeth just; But his neighbor cometh and searcheth him out.

A righteous man accuses himself at the beginning of his speech, but when he has entered upon the attack, the adversary is reproved.

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

He that pleadeth his cause first seemeth just; but his neighbour cometh and searcheth him out.

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

He who pleads his cause first seems right; until another comes and questions him.

Righteous is the first in his own cause, His neighbour cometh and hath searched him.
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