Proverbs 20:2
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2 The terror of a king is like the roaring of a lion.
He who provokes him to anger forfeits his own life.
Proverbs 20:2
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2 The dread anger of a king is like the growling of a lion;
anyone who provokes him to anger forfeits life itself.(A)
Proverbs 20:4
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4 The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter;
therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.
Proverbs 20:4
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4 The lazy person does not plow in season;
harvest comes, and there is nothing to be found.(A)
Proverbs 20:8
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8 A king who sits on the throne of judgment
scatters away all evil with his eyes.
Proverbs 20:8
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8 A king who sits on the throne of judgment
winnows all evil with his eyes.
Proverbs 20:12
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12 The hearing ear, and the seeing eye,
Yahweh has made even both of them.
Proverbs 20:12
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12 The hearing ear and the seeing eye—
the Lord has made them both.(A)
Proverbs 20:14
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14 “It’s no good, it’s no good,” says the buyer;
but when he is gone his way, then he boasts.
Proverbs 20:14
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14 “Bad, bad,” says the buyer,
then goes away and boasts.
Proverbs 20:16
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16 Take the garment of one who puts up collateral for a stranger;
and hold him in pledge for a wayward woman.
Proverbs 20:16
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16 Take the garment of one who has given surety for a stranger;
seize the pledge given as surety for foreigners.
Proverbs 20:26
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26 A wise king winnows out the wicked,
and drives the threshing wheel over them.
Proverbs 20:26
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26 A wise king winnows the wicked
and drives the wheel over them.
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