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Proverbs 20:8

A king sitting on the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes.

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Proverbs 20:8 in other translations

KJV King James Version

A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes.

BSB Berean Standard Bible

A king who sits on a throne to judge sifts out all evil with his eyes.

WEB World English Bible

A king who sits on the throne of judgment scatters away all evil with his eyes.

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In context

5 Counsel in the heart of man is deep water, and a man of understanding draweth it out.

6 Most men will proclaim every one his own kindness; but a faithful man who shall find?

7 The righteous walketh in his integrity: blessed are his children after him!

8 A king sitting on the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes.

9 Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?

10 Divers weights, divers measures, even both of them are abomination to Jehovah.

11 Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.

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