Proverbs 18:13 Cross References - MSTC

¹³ He that giveth sentence in a matter before he hear it, is a fool, and worthy to be confounded.

¹⁴ Then seek and make search and enquire diligently. If it be true, and the thing of a surety that such abomination is wrought among you:

⁴ Then said the king to Ziba, "Behold, thine are all that pertained to Mephibosheth." And Ziba answered, "I beseech thee that I may find grace in thy sight my lord king."

²⁴ And Mephibosheth the son of Saul came to meet the king, and had neither dressed his feet nor shaved his beard nor washed his clothes from the time the king departed, until he came again in peace. ²⁵ And when he was come to Jerusalem toward the king, the king said unto him, "Wherefore went not thou with me Mephibosheth?" ²⁶ And he said, "My lord king, my servant deceived me. For thy servant said: that I would have mine ass saddled to ride thereon, for to go to the king, because thy servant is lame. ²⁷ And he hath thereto complained on thy servant unto my lord the king. But my lord the king is as an Angel of God: do therefore what seemeth best in thine eyes. ²⁸ For all my father's house were but dead men unto my lord the king: and yet didst thou put me among them that eat at thine own table. What right therefore have I yet, to cry any more unto the king?" ²⁹ And the king said, "It needeth thee not to speak any more, for I have said that thou and Ziba shall divide the lands between you." ³⁰ And Mephibosheth said unto the king, "Yea, let him take all: for so much as my lord the king is come in peace unto his own house."

¹⁰ Then took the king his ring from his hand, and gave it unto Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the Jews' enemy. ¹¹ And the king said unto Haman, "Let the silver be given thee, and that people also, to do withal what pleaseth thee." ¹² Then were the king's scribes called on the thirteenth day of the first month, and there was written, according as Haman commanded, unto the king's princes, and to the captains everywhere in the lands, and to the rulers of every people in the countries on every side, according to the writing of every nation, and after their language in the name of king Ahasuerus, and sealed with the king's ring. ¹³ And the writings were sent by posts into all the king's lands, to root out, to kill, and to destroy all Jews, both young and old, children and women in one day, — namely upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar - and to spoil their goods. ¹⁴ This was the sum of the writing, that there should be a commandment given in all lands, to be published unto all people, that they should be ready against the same day. ¹⁵ And the posts went in all the haste according to the king's commandment. And in the castle of Susa was the commandment devised. And the king and Haman sat and drank. But the city Susa was disquieted.

⁵ and said, "If it please the king, and if I have found grace in his sight, and if it be convenient for the king, and if it be accepted in his sight, then let it be written, that the letters of the device of Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, may be called again: which letters he wrote, to destroy the Jews in all the king's lands. ⁶ For how can I see the evil that shall happen unto my people? And how can I look upon the destruction of my kindred?" ⁷ Then said the king Ahasuerus unto queen Esther, and to Mordecai the Jew, "Behold, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and him have they hanged upon a tree, because he laid hand upon the Jews. ⁸ Write ye now therefore for the Jews, as it liketh you in the king's name, and seal it with the king's ring." For the writings that were written in the king's name, and sealed with the king's ring, durst no man disannul. ⁹ Then were the king's scribes called at the same time in the third month, that is the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth day. And it was written, as Mordecai commanded, unto the Jews and to the princes, to the deputies and captains in the lands from India until Ethiopia, namely a hundred and seven and twenty lands, unto every one according to the writing thereof, unto every people after their speech, and to the Jews according to their writing and language. ¹⁰ And it was written in the king Ahasuerus' name, and sealed with the king's ring. And by posts that rode upon swift young Mules, sent he the writings, ¹¹ wherein the king granted the Jews - in what cities soever they were - to gather themselves together, and to stand for their life, and for to root out, to slay and to destroy all the power of the people and land that would trouble them, with children and women, and to spoil their goods ¹² upon one day in all the lands of king Ahasuerus, namely upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar. ¹³ The sum of the writing was, how there was a commandment given in all lands to be published unto all the people, that the Jews should be ready against that day to avenge themselves on their enemies. ¹⁴ And the posts that rode upon the Mules made haste with all speed, according to the king's word: and the commandment was devised in the castle of Susa. ¹⁵ As for Mordecai, he went out from the king in royal apparel of yellow and white, and with a great crown of gold, being arrayed with a garment of linen and purple, and the city of Susa rejoiced and was glad: ¹⁶ but unto the Jews was come light and gladness, and joy, and worship. ¹⁷ And in all lands and cities, into what places soever the king's word and commandment reached, there was joy and mirth, prosperity and good days among the Jews: insomuch that many of the people in the land became of the Jews' belief: for the fear of the Jews came upon them.

¹⁶ I was a father unto the poor, and when I knew not their cause, I sought it out diligently.

²⁵ It is a snare for a man to blaspheme that which is holy, and then to go about with vows.

⁹ So Darius made the writing, and confirmed it.

¹⁴ When the king heard these words, he was sore grieved, and would have excused Daniel, to deliver him, and put off the matter until the sun went down, to the intent that he might save him.

⁵¹ "Doth our law judge any man, before it hear him and know what he hath done?"