Proverbs 20:26-27

New Living Translation

²⁶A wise king scatters the wicked like wheat,
then runs his threshing wheel over them.

²⁷The Lord’s light penetrates the human spirit,^[a]
exposing every hidden motive.

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Footnotes

20:27 Or The human spirit is the Lord’s light.

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