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Proverbs 20:8 KJV
Proverbs · chapter 20 · verse 8
A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes.Proverbs 20:8 · King James Version
Proverbs 20:8 in context
6Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?
7The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.
8A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes.
9Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?
10Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the LORD.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- judgmentdîynjudgementH1779 →
- thronekiççêʼproperly, coveredH3678 →
- kingmeleka kingH4428 →
- awayzârâhto toss aboutH2219 →
- evilraʻbad or evilH7451 →
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Here is, 1. The character of a good governor: He is a king that deserves to be called so who sits in the throne, not as a throne of honour, to take his ease, and take state upon him, and oblige men to keep their distance, but as a throne of judgment, that he may do justice, give redress to the injured and punish the…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary