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Proverbs 18:17
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.

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Genesis 39:19
And hearing his wife's account of what his servant had done, he became very angry.

Job 29:16
I was a father to the poor, searching out the cause of him who was strange to me.

Proverbs 25:2
It is the glory of God to keep a thing secret: but the glory of kings is to have it searched out.

Proverbs 29:12
If a ruler gives attention to false words, all his servants are evil-doers.

2 Thessalonians 2:11
And for this cause, God will give them up to the power of deceit and they will put their faith in what is false:

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Exodus 20:16
Do not give false witness against your neighbour.

Exodus 23:8
Take no rewards in a cause: for rewards make blind those who have eyes to see, and make the decisions of the upright false.

Deuteronomy 17:4
If word of this comes to your ears, then let this thing be looked into with care, and if there is no doubt that it is true, and such evil has been done in Israel;

Deuteronomy 19:15
One witness may not make a statement against a man in relation to any sin or wrongdoing which he has done: on the word of two or three witnesses a question is to be judged.

Deuteronomy 19:17
Then the two men, between whom the argument has taken place, are to come before the Lord, before the priests and judges who are then in power;

Deuteronomy 19:18
And the judges will have the question looked into with care: and if the witness is seen to be false and to have made a false statement against his brother,

2 Samuel 14:10
And the king said, If anyone says anything to you, make him come to me, and he will do you no more damage.

2 Samuel 14:11
Then she said, Let the king keep in mind the Lord your God, so that he who gives punishment for blood may be kept back from further destruction and that no one may send death on my son. And he said, By the living Lord, not a hair of your son's head will come to the earth.

Proverbs 18:24
There are friends who may be a man's destruction, but there is a lover who keeps nearer than a brother.

Proverbs 19:1
Better is the poor man whose ways are upright, than the man of wealth whose ways are twisted.

Proverbs 19:2
Further, without knowledge desire is not good; and he who is over-quick in acting goes out of the right way.

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1 Samuel 15:13
And Samuel came to Saul; and Saul said to him, May the blessing of the Lord be with you: I have done what was ordered by the Lord.

Proverbs 17:9
He who keeps a sin covered is looking for love; but he who keeps on talking of a thing makes division between friends.

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2 Samuel 16:4
Then the king said to Ziba, Truly everything which was Mephibosheth's is yours. And Ziba said, I give honour to my lord, may I have grace in your eyes, my lord, O king!

2 Samuel 19:24
And Mephibosheth, the son of Saul's son, came down for the purpose of meeting the king; his feet had not been cared for or his hair cut or his clothing washed from the day when the king went away till the day when he came back in peace.

2 Samuel 19:25
Now when he had come from Jerusalem to see the king, the king said to him, Why did you not come with me, Mephibosheth?

2 Samuel 19:26
And he said in answer, Because of the deceit of my servant, my lord king: for I, your servant, said to him, You are to make ready an ass and on it I will go with the king, for your servant has not the use of his feet.

2 Samuel 19:27
He has given you a false account of me: but my lord the king is like the angel of God: do then whatever seems good to you.

Acts 24:5
For this man, in our opinion, is a cause of trouble, a maker of attacks on the government among Jews through all the empire, and a chief mover in the society of the Nazarenes:

Acts 24:6
Who, in addition, was attempting to make the Temple unclean: whom we took,

Acts 24:12
And they have not seen me in argument with any man in the Temple, or working up the feelings of the people, in the Synagogues or in the town:

Acts 24:13
And they are not able to give facts in support of the things which they say against me now.

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Job 5:27
See, we have made search with care, and it is so; it has come to our ears; see that you take note of it for yourself.

Job 32:11
I was waiting for your words, I was giving ear to your wise sayings; while you were searching out what to say,

Ecclesiastes 12:9
And because the Preacher was wise he still gave the people knowledge; searching out, testing, and putting in order a great number of wise sayings.

Ecclesiastes 12:10
The Preacher made search for words which were pleasing, but his writing was in words upright and true.

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Job 13:9
Will it be good for you to be searched out by him, or have you the thought that he may be guided into error like a man?

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Job 33:8
But you said in my hearing, and your voice came to my ears:

Job 33:9
I am clean, without sin; I am washed, and there is no evil in me:

Job 33:10
See, he is looking for something against me; in his eyes I am as one of his haters;

Job 33:11
He puts chains on my feet; he is watching all my ways.

Job 33:12
Truly, in saying this you are wrong; for God is greater than man.

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Proverbs 18:5
To have respect for the person of the evil-doer is not good, or to give a wrong decision against the upright.

Proverbs 18:6
A foolish man's lips are a cause of fighting, and his mouth makes him open to blows.

Proverbs 19:26
He who is violent to his father, driving away his mother, is a son causing shame and a bad name.

Proverbs 19:28
A good-for-nothing witness makes sport of the judge's decision: and the mouth of evil-doers sends out evil like a stream.

Proverbs 19:29
Rods are being made ready for the man of pride, and blows for the back of the foolish.

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Proverbs 20:1
Wine makes men foolish, and strong drink makes men come to blows; and whoever comes into error through these is not wise.

Proverbs 20:4
The hater of work will not do his ploughing because of the winter; so at the time of grain-cutting he will be requesting food and will get nothing.

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Proverbs 25:13
As the cold of snow in the time of grain-cutting, so is a true servant to those who send him; for he gives new life to the soul of his master.

Isaiah 18:2
Which sends its representatives by the sea, even in ships of papyrus on the waters. Go back quickly, O representatives, to a nation tall and smooth, to a people causing fear through all their history; a strong nation, crushing down its haters, whose land is cut through by rivers.

Isaiah 57:9
And you went to Melech with oil and much perfume, and you sent your representatives far off, and went as low as the underworld.

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Proverbs 25:27
It is not good to take much honey: so he who is not looking for honour will be honoured.

Ezekiel 28:2
Son of man, say to the ruler of Tyre, This is what the Lord has said: Because your heart has been lifted up, and you have said, I am a god, I am seated on the seat of God in the heart of the seas; but you are man and not God, though you have made your heart as the heart of God:

Ezekiel 28:3
See, you are wiser than Daniel; there is no secret which is deeper than your knowledge:

Ezekiel 28:4
By your wisdom and deep knowledge you have got power for yourself, and put silver and gold in your store-houses:

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Ecclesiastes 9:15
Now there was in the town a poor, wise man, and he, by his wisdom, kept the town safe. But no one had any memory of that same poor man.

Ecclesiastes 9:16
Then I said, Wisdom is better than strength, but the poor man's wisdom is not respected, and his words are not given a hearing.

Ecclesiastes 9:17
The words of the wise which come quietly to the ear are noted more than the cry of a ruler among the foolish.

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Ecclesiastes 10:13
The first words of his mouth are foolish, and the end of his talk is evil crime.

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Matthew 9:13
But go and take to heart the sense of these words, My desire is for mercy, not offerings: for I have come not to get the upright, but sinners.

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Luke 6:42
How will you say to your brother, Brother, let me take the grain of dust out of your eye, when you yourself do not see the bit of wood in your eye? O false one! first take the wood out of your eye and then you will see clearly to take the dust out of your brother's eye.

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1 Corinthians 4:3
But it is a small thing to me that I am judged by you or by man's judging; I am not even a judge of myself.

1 Corinthians 4:4
For I am not conscious of any wrong in myself; but this does not make me clear, for it is the Lord who is my judge.

1 Corinthians 4:5
For this reason let there be no judging before the time, till the Lord comes, who will make clear the secret things of the dark, and the designs of the heart; and then will every man have his praise from God.

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