2 Samuel 16:1-3

David and Ziba

1When David had passed a little beyond athe summit, bZiba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of donkeys saddled, bearing two hundred loaves of bread, ca hundred bunches of raisins, a hundred of summer fruits, and a skin of wine. 2And the king said to Ziba, “Why have you brought these?” Ziba answered, d“The donkeys are for the king’s household to ride on, the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat, and the wine for those who efaint in the wilderness to drink.” 3And the king said, “And where is your master’s son?” fZiba said to the king, “Behold, he remains in Jerusalem, for he said, ‘Today the house of Israel will give me back the kingdom of my father.’”

2 Samuel 19:24-27

24And gMephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king. He had neither taken care of his feet nor trimmed his beard nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came back in safety. 25And when he came to Jerusalem to meet the king, the king said to him, hWhy did you not go with me, Mephibosheth?” 26He answered, “My lord, O king, my servant deceived me, for your servant said to him, ‘I will saddle a donkey for myself,
Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate Saddle a donkey for me
that I may ride on it and go with the king.’ For jyour servant is lame.
27 kHe has slandered your servant to my lord the king. But my lord the king is llike the angel of God; do therefore what seems good to you.

Proverbs 18:13

13If one gives an answer mbefore he hears,
it is his folly and shame.

Acts 24:5-6

5For we have found this man a plague, none who stirs up riots among all the Jews throughout the world and is a ringleader of othe sect of the Nazarenes. 6 pHe even tried to profane the temple, but we seized him.
Some manuscripts add and we would have judged him according to our law. 7But the chief captain Lysias came and with great violence took him out of our hands, 8commanding his accusers to come before you.

Acts 24:12-13

12and rthey did not find me disputing with anyone or stirring up a crowd, either in the temple or in the synagogues or in the city. 13 sNeither can they prove to you what they now bring up against me.
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