Proverbs 20:8 · KJV
“A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes.”
— Proverbs 20:8
The just {man} walketh in his integrity: his children {are} blessed after him.
Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?
Proverbs 20 — Context
Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find? {goodness: or, bounty}
7The just {man} walketh in his integrity: his children {are} blessed after him.
8A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes.
9Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?
10Divers weights, {and} divers measures, both of them {are} alike abomination to the LORD. {Divers weights: Heb. A stone and a stone} {divers measures: Heb. an ephah and an ephah}
Cross References
Proverbs 25:5
Take away the wicked {from} before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness.
Proverbs 20:26
A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them.
Psalms 99:4
The king's strength also loveth judgment; thou dost establish equity, thou executest judgment and righteousness in Jacob.
Proverbs 29:14
The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne shall be established for ever.
Psalms 92:9
For, lo, thine enemies, O LORD, for, lo, thine enemies shall perish; all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered.
1 Samuel 23:3-4
And David's men said unto him, Behold, we be afraid here in Judah: how much more then if we come to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?
Proverbs 16:12
{It is} an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established by righteousness.
Psalms 101:6-8
Mine eyes {shall be} upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me: he that walketh in a perfect way, he shall serve me. {in a...: or, perfect in the way}