It is well to listen to our enemies, that we may form a better judgment of ourselves.
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Proverbs 18:17
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 18:17
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The Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 18:1-24Proverbs 18:1-24 · The Pulpit CommentaryEXPOSITIONMatthew Henry on Proverbs 18:17Proverbs 18:17 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleThis shows that one tale is good till another is told. 1. He that speaks first will be sure to tell a straight story, and relate that only which makes for him, and put the best colour he can upon it, so that his cause s…The Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 18:17Proverbs 18:17 · The Pulpit CommentaryHear the other side There is no truer, as there is no homelier maxim, than that we should "hear the other side," or?봶hat is virtually the same thing??there are two sides to everything." This is the idea in the text; the…The Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 18:17Proverbs 18:17 · The Pulpit CommentaryHe that is first in his own cause seemeth just; Revised Version, he that pleadeth his cause first seemeth just. A man who tells his own story, and is the first to open his case before the judge or a third party, seems t…The Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 18:17Proverbs 18:17 · The Pulpit CommentaryPrivate judgment The Protestant claim to the right of private judgment is not without its limitations. Applied to general truths it is unanswerable; but carried out in personal affairs it is often very dangerous. Every…The Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 18:17-21Proverbs 18:17-21 · The Pulpit CommentaryEvils of the tongue and of contention I. THE FOLLY OF HASTE IN DEBATE. (Proverbs 18:17.) "One tale is good till another be told." This saw holds good of private life, of lawsuits, of controversies in philosophy and theo…
commentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 18:1-24EXPOSITIONJoseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryMatthew Henry on Proverbs 18:17This shows that one tale is good till another is told. 1. He that speaks first will be sure to tell a straight story, and relate that only which makes for him, and put the best colour he can upon it, so that his cause s…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 18:17-21Evils of the tongue and of contention I. THE FOLLY OF HASTE IN DEBATE. (Proverbs 18:17.) "One tale is good till another be told." This saw holds good of private life, of lawsuits, of controversies in philosophy and theo…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 18:17He that is first in his own cause seemeth just; Revised Version, he that pleadeth his cause first seemeth just. A man who tells his own story, and is the first to open his case before the judge or a third party, seems t…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 18:17Hear the other side There is no truer, as there is no homelier maxim, than that we should "hear the other side," or?봶hat is virtually the same thing??there are two sides to everything." This is the idea in the text; the…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 18:17Private judgment The Protestant claim to the right of private judgment is not without its limitations. Applied to general truths it is unanswerable; but carried out in personal affairs it is often very dangerous. Every…Joseph S. Exell and contributors