Proverbs 20:26
A wise king scatters the impious and bends an archway over them.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them.
In Context
25It is ruin for a man to devour what is holy, or, after making vows, to retract them.
27The spirit of a man is a lamp to the Lord, which investigates all the secrets of the inner self.
Cross References
2 Samuel 4:9But David, responding to Rechab and his brother Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, said to them: “As the Lord lives who has rescued my soul from all distress,
Psalms 101:5I have been cut down like hay, and my heart has withered, for I had forgotten to eat my bread.
Proverbs 20:8The king who sits on the throne of judgment scatters all evil with his gaze.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 20:26
25 It is a snare to the man who devoureth that which is holy, and after vows to make enquiry. Two things, by which God is greatly affronted, men are here said to be ensnared by, and entangled not only in guilt, but in trouble and ruin at length:—1. Sacrilege, men's alienating holy things and converting them to their own use, which is here called devouring them. What is devoted in any way to the service and honour of God, for the support of religion and divine worship or the relief of the poor, ought to be… Read the whole commentary →