Key Verse Spotlight
Proverbs 20:8 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes.”
Proverbs 20:8
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find? {goodness: or, bounty}
The just {man} walketh in his integrity: his children {are} blessed after him.
A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes.
Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?
Divers weights, {and} divers measures, both of them {are} alike abomination to the LORD. {Divers weights: Heb. A stone and a stone} {divers measures: Heb. an ephah and an ephah}
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