The terror of a king is like the growling of a lion;
He who provokes him to anger [a](A)forfeits his own life.

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  1. Proverbs 20:2 Lit sins against

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

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  1. Proverbs 20:4 Lit asks

(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

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

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

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16 Take his garment when he becomes surety for a stranger;
And for foreigners, hold him in pledge.

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26 A (A)wise king winnows the wicked,
And [a]drives the (B)threshing wheel over them.

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  1. Proverbs 20:26 Lit turns