Proverbs 18:15-17

21st Century King James Version

¹⁵ The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge, and the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge.

¹⁶ A man’s gift maketh room for him and bringeth him before great men.

¹⁷ He that first states his own cause seemeth just, but then his neighbor cometh and searcheth him.