Proverbs 20:26
Wise kings find out [MET] which people have done what is wrong, and they punish them very severely [IDM].
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them.
In Context
Cross References
2 Samuel 4:9But David replied to them, “Yahweh is the one who has rescued me from all my troubles. And just as surely as Yahweh lives, what I am now saying is also true.
Psalms 101:5I will get rid of anyone who secretly slanders someone else, and I will not ◄tolerate/allow to be near me► anyone who is proud and arrogant [DOU].
Proverbs 20:8A king who sits on his throne to judge people can easily [MTY] find out what things that people have done are good and what things are evil.
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 →