Proverbs 20:8
A king that sits in the throne of judgment scatters away all evil with his eyes.
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes.
In Context
7The just man walks in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.
9Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?
Cross References
2 Samuel 23:4And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun rises, even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain.
Psalms 92:9For, lo, yours enemies, O LORD, for, lo, yours enemies shall perish; all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered.
Psalms 101:6Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me: he that walks in a perfect way, he shall serve me.
Proverbs 20:26A wise king scatters the wicked, and brings the wheel over them.
Proverbs 29:14The king that faithfully judges the poor, his throne shall be established for ever.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 20:8
7 The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him. It is here observed to the honour of a good man, 1. That he does well for himself. He has a certain rule, which with an even steady hand he governs himself by: He walks in his integrity; he keeps good conscience, and he has the comfort of it, for it is his rejoicing. He is not liable to those uneasinesses, either in contriving what he shall do or reflecting on what he has done, which those are liable to that walk in deceit. 2. That he… Read the whole commentary →