Proverbs 20:26
A wise king scattereth wicked men; and boweth a bow of victory, that is, a stone bow, over them.
Wycliffe Modern Spelling
In The King James Version
A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them.
In Context
25(A) Falling of man is to make (an) avow to (the) saints, and (then) afterward to withdraw the vows.
Cross References
2 Samuel 4:9And David answered to Rechab, and Baanah, his brother, the sons of Rimmon of Beeroth, and said to them, The Lord liveth, that hath delivered my life from all anguish, (or As the Lord liveth, who hath delivered my life from all anguish);
Psalms 101:5I pursued him that backbited privily his neighbour. With the proud eye and an heart unable to be filled; I ate not with this. (I shall silence anyone who privately, or secretly, backbiteth his neighbour. And I shall not eat with anyone who hath a proud eye, and a heart unable to be filled, or ever satisfied.)
Proverbs 20:8A king that sitteth in the seat of doom, destroyeth all evil by his looking. (A king who sitteth on the seat of judgement, knoweth evil when he seeth it.)
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 →