"He that is first in his own cause seemeth just; but his neighbour cometh and searcheth him."
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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.
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.
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:
The man who first puts his cause before the judge seems to be in the right; but then his neighbour comes and puts his cause in its true light.
He that is first in his own cause [seemeth] just; but his neighbour cometh and searcheth him.
He that is first in his own cause seemeth just; but his neighbour cometh and searcheth him.
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.