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The terror of a king is like the roar of a lion;
He who provokes him to anger (A)sins against his own soul.

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

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The (A)sluggard does not plow from winter on,
So he [a]begs during the harvest and has nothing.

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  1. Proverbs 20:4 Lit asks

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

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

(A)A king who sits on the throne of justice
[a]Disperses all evil with his eyes.

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  1. Proverbs 20:8 Or Sifts

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

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

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

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14 “Bad, bad,” says the buyer,
But when he goes his way, then he boasts.

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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 when he becomes a guarantor for a stranger;
And for foreigners, hold him in pledge.

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

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  1. Proverbs 20:16 A debtor’s outer garment was held as collateral.

26 A (A)wise king winnows the wicked,
And turns the (B)threshing 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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