Many claim to have unfailing love,
    but a faithful person who can find?(A)

The righteous lead blameless lives;(B)
    blessed are their children after them.(C)

When a king sits on his throne to judge,(D)
    he winnows out all evil with his eyes.(E)

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Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?

The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.

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

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Most men will proclaim each his own [a]goodness,
But who can find a faithful man?

(A)The righteous man walks in his integrity;
(B)His children are blessed after him.

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

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 20:6 Lit. mercy