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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Footnotes

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

The wrath of a king is as the roaring of a lion; whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.

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

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The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest and have nothing.

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

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A king that sitteth on the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes.

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

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12 The hearing ear and the seeing eye, the Lord hath made even both of them.

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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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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 20:14 Lit. evil, evil

14 “It is nought, it is worthless!” saith the buyer; but when he has gone his way, then he boasteth.

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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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16 Take his garment that is surety for a stranger; and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.

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

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26 A wise king scattereth the wicked, and driveth the wheel over them.

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