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Proverbs 20:26

Proverbs chapter 20 · verse 26 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

A wise king winnoweth the wicked, And bringeth the threshing-wheel over them.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

A wise king winnoweth the wicked, And bringeth the threshing-wheel over them.

Context

v.25It is a snare to a man rashly to say, It is holy, And after vows to make inquiry.

v.26This passage

v.27The spirit of man is the lamp of Jehovah, Searching all his innermost parts.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 2 Samuel 4:9

    And David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said unto them, As Jehovah liveth, who hath redeemed my soul out of all adversity,

  • Proverbs 20:8

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

  • Isaiah 28:27

    For the fitches are not threshed with a sharp threshing instrument, neither is a cart wheel turned about upon the cummin; but the fitches are beaten out with a staff, and the cummin with a rod.

  • 2 Samuel 12:31

    And he brought forth the people that were therein, and put them under saws, and under harrows of iron, and under axes of iron, and made them pass through the brickkiln: and thus did he unto all the cities of the children of Ammon. And David and all the people returned unto Jerusalem.

  • Psalms 101:5

    Whoso privily slandereth his neighbor, him will I destroy: Him that hath a high look and a proud heart will I not suffer.