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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 king’s terrible wrath is like the roaring of a lion;
anyone who provokes him endangers himself.(A)

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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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The slacker does not plow during planting season;[a]
at harvest time he looks,[b] and there is nothing.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 20:4 Lit plow in winter
  2. 20:4 Lit inquires

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

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A king sitting on a throne to judge
separates out all evil with his eyes.(A)

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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”

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

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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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14 “It’s worthless, it’s worthless!” the buyer says,
but after he is on his way, he gloats.

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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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16 Take his garment,
for he has put up security for a stranger;
get collateral if it is for foreigners.(A)

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

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26 A wise king separates out the wicked(A)
and drives the threshing wheel(B) over them.

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