Proverbs 20:9
מִֽי ־ יֹאמַר זִכִּיתִי לִבִּי טָהַרְתִּי מֵחַטָּאתִֽי ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?
In Context
8מֶלֶךְ יוֹשֵׁב עַל ־ כִּסֵּא ־ דִין מְזָרֶה בְעֵינָיו כָּל ־ רָֽע ׃
10אֶבֶן וָאֶבֶן אֵיפָה וְאֵיפָה תּוֹעֲבַת יְהוָה גַּם ־ שְׁנֵיהֶֽם ׃
Cross References
1 Kings 8:46כִּי יֶֽחֶטְאוּ ־ לָךְ כִּי אֵין אָדָם אֲשֶׁר לֹא ־ יֶחֱטָא וְאָנַפְתָּ בָם וּנְתַתָּם לִפְנֵי אוֹיֵב וְשָׁבוּם שֹֽׁבֵיהֶם אֶל ־ אֶרֶץ הָאוֹיֵב רְחוֹקָה אוֹ קְרוֹבָֽה ׃
Job 14:4מִֽי ־ יִתֵּן טָהוֹר מִטָּמֵא לֹא אֶחָֽד ׃
Job 25:4וּמַה ־ יִּצְדַּק אֱנוֹשׁ עִם ־ אֵל וּמַה ־ יִּזְכֶּה יְלוּד אִשָּֽׁה ׃
Ecclesiastes 7:20כִּי אָדָם אֵין צַדִּיק בָּאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר יַעֲשֶׂה ־ טּוֹב וְלֹא יֶחֱטָֽא ׃
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 20:9
8 A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes. Here is, 1. The character of a good governor: He is a king that deserves to be called so who sits in the throne, not as a throne of honour, to take his ease, and take state upon him, and oblige men to keep their distance, but as a throne of judgment, that he may do justice, give redress to the injured and punish the injurious, who makes his business his delight and loves no pleasure comparably to it, who does not devolve the… Read the whole commentary →