Proverbs 18:17
A righteous man accuses himself at the beginning of his speech, but + 18:17 Comp. Mark 14. ult. and margin, with 2 Tim 4. 14-17. when he has entered upon the attack, the adversary is reproved.
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
He that is first in his own cause seemeth just; but his neighbour cometh and searcheth him.
In Context
16A man's gift + 18:16 See Ps 188. (119) 32. enlarges him, and seats him among princes.
18A silent man quells strifes, and determines between great powers.
Cross References
2 Samuel 16:1And David passed on a little way from Ros; and, behold, Siba the servant of Memphibosthe came to meet him; and he had a couple of asses laden, and upon them two hundred loaves, and one hundred bunches of raisins, and one hundred cakes of dates, and bottle of wine.
Proverbs 18:13Whoso answers a word before he hears a cause, it is folly and reproach to him.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 18:17
16 A man's gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men. Of what great force gifts (that is, bribes) are he had intimated before, ch. xvii. 8 , 23 . Here he shows the power of gifts, that is, presents made even by inferiors to those that are above them and have much more than they have. A good present will go far, 1. Towards a man's liberty: A man's gift, if he be in prison, may procure his enlargement; there are courtiers, who, if they use their interest even for oppressed innocency, expect to… Read the whole commentary →