Proverbs 20:26
A wise king separates out the wicked and drives the threshing wheel over them.
BSB
ASV
A wise king winnoweth the wicked, And bringeth the threshing-wheel over them.
KJV
A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them.
Bringeth the wheel over them - He threshes them in his anger, as the wheel does the grain on the threshing-floor. Every one knows that grain was separated from its husks, in Palestine, by the feet of the oxen trampling among the sheaves, or bringing a rough-shod wheel over them. Asiatic kings often threshed their people, to bring out their property; but this is not what is intended here.
(Compare Pr 20:8). bringeth . . . over them--The wheel was used for threshing grain. The figure denotes severity (compare Am 1:3).
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Proverbs 20:8A king who sits on a throne to judge sifts out all evil with his eyes.
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Remove the wicked from the king’s presence, and his throne will be established in righteousness.
The mighty King loves justice. You have established equity; You have exercised justice and righteousness in Jacob.
A king who judges the poor with fairness—his throne will be established forever.
For surely Your enemies, O LORD, surely Your enemies will perish; all evildoers will be scattered.
Wicked behavior is detestable to kings, for a throne is established through righteousness.
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2 Samuel 12:31David brought out the people who were there and put them to work with saws, iron picks, and axes, and he made them work at the brick kilns. He did the same to all…
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David brought out the people who were there and put them to work with saws, iron picks, and axes. And he did the same to all the Ammonite cities. Then David and all his…
This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Damascus, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they threshed Gilead with sledges of iron.
David also defeated the Moabites, made them lie down on the ground, and measured them off with a cord. He measured off with two lengths those to be put to death, and with one…
