The terror of a king is like (A)the growling of a lion;
    whoever provokes him to anger (B)forfeits his life.

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Roaring like the lion is the dreaded anger of a king;
    he who provokes him forfeits his life.[a]

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  1. Proverbs 20:2 Or “soul,” or “inner self”

(A)The sluggard does not plow in the autumn;
    (B)he will seek at harvest and have nothing.

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The lazy person will not plow in season;
    he will expect at the harvest, but there will be nothing.

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(A)A king who sits on the throne of judgment
    (B)winnows all evil with his eyes.

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

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12 (A)The hearing ear and the seeing eye,
    (B)the Lord has made them both.

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12 The ear that hears and the eye that sees,
    Yahweh has made them both.[a]

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  1. Proverbs 20:12 Literally “also the two of them”

14 “Bad, bad,” says the buyer,
    but when he goes away, then he boasts.

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14 “Bad, bad,” the buyer will say,
    but when one goes to him, then he will boast.

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16 (A)Take a man's garment when he has put up security for a stranger,
    and (B)hold it in pledge when he puts up security for foreigners.[a]

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  1. Proverbs 20:16 Or for an adulteress (compare 27:13)

16 Take his garment, for he has given security to a stranger,
    and on behalf of a foreigner—take it as pledge.

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26 A wise king (A)winnows the wicked
    and drives (B)the wheel over them.

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26 A wise king winnows the wicked,
    and he will drive a wheel over them.

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