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Proverbs 20

Prov. 20:8 KJV (With Strong’s)

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A king
melek (Hebrew #4428)
a king
KJV usage: king, royal.
Pronounce: meh'-lek
Origin: from 4427
that sitteth in
yashab (Hebrew #3427)
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
KJV usage: (make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, X fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, X marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, return, seat, set(- tle), (down-)sit(-down, still, -ting down, -ting (place) -uate), take, tarry.
Pronounce: yaw-shab'
Origin: a primitive root
the throne
kicce' (Hebrew #3678)
from 3680; properly, covered, i.e. a throne (as canopied)
KJV usage: seat, stool, throne.
Pronounce: kis-say'
Origin: or kicceh {kis-say'}
of judgment
duwn (Hebrew #1779)
judgement (the suit, justice, sentence or tribunal); by impl. also strife
KJV usage: cause, judgement, plea, strife.
Pronounce: doon
Origin: from 1777
scatteretha away
zarah (Hebrew #2219)
to toss about; by implication, to diffuse, winnow
KJV usage: cast away, compass, disperse, fan, scatter (away), spread, strew, winnow.
Pronounce: zaw-raw'
Origin: a primitive root (compare 2114)
all evil
ra` (Hebrew #7451)
bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
KJV usage: adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, + displease(-ure), distress, evil((- favouredness), man, thing), + exceedingly, X great, grief(-vous), harm, heavy, hurt(-ful), ill (favoured), + mark, mischief(-vous), misery, naught(-ty), noisome, + not please, sad(-ly), sore, sorrow, trouble, vex, wicked(-ly, -ness, one), worse(-st), wretchedness, wrong. (Incl. feminine raaah; as adjective or noun.).
Pronounce: rah
Origin: from 7489
with his eyes
`ayin (Hebrew #5869)
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
KJV usage: affliction, outward appearance, + before, + think best, colour, conceit, + be content, countenance, + displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, + favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), X him, + humble, knowledge, look, (+ well), X me, open(-ly), + (not) please, presence, + regard, resemblance, sight, X thee, X them, + think, X us, well, X you(-rselves).
Pronounce: ah'-yin
Origin: probably a primitive word
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2 Sam. 23:4• 4And he shall be as the light of the morning,{HR}When the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds ;{HR}As the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain. (2 Sam. 23:4)

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Cross References

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Prov. 20:26• 26A wise king scattereth the wicked,{HR}And bringeth the wheel over them. (Prov. 20:26)
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Prov. 16:12• 12[It is] an abomination to kings to commit wickedness;{HR}For the throne is established by righteousness. (Prov. 16:12)
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Prov. 29:14• 14{i}A king that faithfully judgeth the poor,{HR}His throne shall be established for ever.{/i} (Prov. 29:14)
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1 Sam. 23:3‑4• 3And David's men said unto him, Behold, we be afraid here in Judah: how much more then if we come to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?
 4{i}And David inquired of Jehovah yet again{/i}. And Jehovah answered him and said, Arise, go down to Keilah; for I will deliver the Philistines into thine hand. (1 Sam. 23:3‑4)
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2 Sam. 23:4• 4And he shall be as the light of the morning,{HR}When the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds ;{HR}As the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain. (2 Sam. 23:4)
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Psa. 72:4• 4He will judge the afflicted of the people,{HR}He will save the sons of the needy,{HR}And will crush the oppressor. (Psa. 72:4)
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Psa. 92:9• 9For, lo, thine enemies, Jehovah—{HR}For, lo, thine enemies—shall perish;{HR}Scattered shall be all doers of iniquity. (Psa. 92:9)
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Psa. 99:4• 4And the king's strength loveth judgment:{HR}{i}Thou{/i} hast established equity;{HR}{i}Thou{/i} hast wrought judgment{HR}And righteousness in Jacob. (Psa. 99:4)
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Psa. 101:6‑8• 6Mine eyes [shall be] on the faithful of the land to dwell with me;{HR}He that walketh in an upright way shall serve me.
 7He that doeth guile shall not dwell within my house;{HR}He that speaketh falsehoods shall not be established before mine eyes.
 8Morning by morning (in the mornings) will I cut off all the wicked of the land,{HR}To destroy from the city of Jehovah all doers of iniquity. (Psa. 101:6‑8)
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Isa. 32:1• 1Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment. (Isa. 32:1)

J. N. Darby Translation

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

W. Kelly Translation

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A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment{HR}Scattereth away all evil with his eyes.