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Selected Verse: Proverbs 18:17 - King James

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Pr 18:17 King James He that is first in his own cause seemeth just; but his neighbour cometh and searcheth him.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
One-sided statements are not reliable.

searcheth--thoroughly (Pro 17:9, Pro 17:19).
 
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