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

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  1. Proverbs 20:2 Lit sins against

The [a]wrath of a king is like the roaring of a lion;
Whoever provokes him to anger sins against his own life.

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  1. Proverbs 20:2 Lit. fear or terror, produced by the king’s wrath

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

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  1. Proverbs 20:4 Lit idle
  2. Proverbs 20:4 Lit asks

(A)The lazy man will not plow because of winter;
(B)He will beg during harvest and have nothing.

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(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 who sits on the throne of judgment
Scatters all evil with his eyes.

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

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

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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 is [a]good for nothing,” cries the buyer;
But when he has gone his way, then he boasts.

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  1. Proverbs 20:14 Lit. evil, evil

16 Take his garment when he becomes guarantor for a stranger;
And for foreigners, seize a pledge from him.

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16 (A)Take the garment of one who is surety for a stranger,
And hold it as a pledge when it is for a seductress.

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

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  1. Proverbs 20:26 Lit turns

26 (A)A wise king sifts out the wicked,
And brings the threshing wheel over them.

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