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Proverbs 25:5
Take away the wicked [from] before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness.
Proverbs 25:5 · Webster Bible
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Proverbs 25:5 in other translations
Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness.
Remove the wicked from the king’s presence, and his throne will be established in righteousness.
Take away the wicked from the king’s presence, and his throne will be established in righteousness.
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In context
2 [It is] the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honor of kings [is] to search out a matter.
3 The heaven for hight, and the earth for depth, and the heart of kings [is] unsearchable.
4 Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer.
5 Take away the wicked [from] before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness.
6 Put not forth thyself in the presence of the king, and stand not in the place of great [men]:
7 For better [it is] that it be said to thee, Come up hither; than that thou shouldst be put lower in the presence of the prince whom thy eyes have seen.
8 Go not forth hastily to strive, lest [thou know not] what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbor hath put thee to shame.
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