2 Samuel 16:4

So the king said to Ziba, “Behold, all that belongs to Mephibosheth is yours.” And Ziba said, “I prostrate myself; let me find favor in your sight, O my lord, the king!”

Exodus 23:8

“You shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and subverts the cause of the just.

Deuteronomy 19:15

“A single witness shall not rise up against a man on account of any iniquity or any sin which he has committed; on the evidence of two or three witnesses a matter shall be confirmed.

2 Samuel 14:4

Now when the woman of Tekoa spoke to the king, she fell on her face to the ground and prostrated herself and said, “Help, O king.”

2 Samuel 14:10-11

So the king said, “Whoever speaks to you, bring him to me, and he will not touch you anymore.”

Joab fell on his face to the ground, prostrated himself and blessed the king; then Joab said, “Today your servant knows that I have found favor in your sight, O my lord, the king, in that the king has performed the request of his servant.”

Proverbs 18:13

He who gives an answer before he hears,
It is folly and shame to him.

Proverbs 18:17

The first to plead his case seems right,
Until another comes and examines him.

Proverbs 19:2

Also it is not good for a person to be without knowledge,
And he who hurries his footsteps errs.

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Summary

2 Samuel 16:4

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

Behold

Proverbs 19:2

I humbly beseech thee

2 Samuel 14:4

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