So the king said to Ziba, “Here, all that belongs to Mephibosheth is yours.”

And Ziba said, “I humbly bow before you, that I may find favor in your sight, my lord, O king!”

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Then the king said to Ziba, “All that belonged to Mephibosheth(A) is now yours.”

“I humbly bow,” Ziba said. “May I find favor in your eyes, my lord the king.”

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17 The first one to plead his cause seems right,
Until his neighbor comes and examines him.

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17 In a lawsuit the first to speak seems right,
    until someone comes forward and cross-examines.

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13 He who answers a matter before he hears it,
It is folly and shame to him.

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13 To answer before listening—
    that is folly and shame.(A)

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Also it is not good for a soul to be without knowledge,
And he sins who hastens with his feet.

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Desire without knowledge is not good—
    how much more will hasty feet miss the way!(A)

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The Law Concerning Witnesses

15 (A)“One witness shall not rise against a man concerning any iniquity or any sin that he commits; by the mouth of two or three witnesses the matter shall be established.

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Witnesses

15 One witness is not enough to convict anyone accused of any crime or offense they may have committed. A matter must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.(A)

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And (A)you shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds the discerning and perverts the words of the righteous.

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“Do not accept a bribe,(A) for a bribe blinds those who see and twists the words of the innocent.

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22 Then Joab fell to the ground on his face and bowed himself, and [a]thanked the king. And Joab said, “Today your servant knows that I have found favor in your sight, my lord, O king, in that the king has fulfilled the request of his servant.”

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 14:22 Lit. blessed

22 Joab fell with his face to the ground to pay him honor, and he blessed the king.(A) Joab said, “Today your servant knows that he has found favor in your eyes, my lord the king, because the king has granted his servant’s request.”

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10 So the king said, “Whoever says anything to you, bring him to me, and he shall not touch you anymore.”

11 Then she said, “Please let the king remember the Lord your God, and do not permit (A)the avenger of blood to destroy anymore, lest they destroy my son.”

And he said, (B)As the Lord lives, not one hair of your son shall fall to the ground.”

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10 The king replied, “If anyone says anything to you, bring them to me, and they will not bother you again.”

11 She said, “Then let the king invoke the Lord his God to prevent the avenger(A) of blood from adding to the destruction, so that my son will not be destroyed.”

“As surely as the Lord lives,” he said, “not one hair(B) of your son’s head will fall to the ground.(C)

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And when the woman of Tekoa [a]spoke to the king, she (A)fell on her face to the ground and prostrated herself, and said, (B)“Help, O king!”

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 14:4 Many Heb. mss., LXX, Syr., Vg. came

When the woman from Tekoa went[a] to the king, she fell with her face to the ground to pay him honor, and she said, “Help me, Your Majesty!”

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 14:4 Many Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Vulgate and Syriac; most Hebrew manuscripts spoke