Proverbs 20:8

Bible in Basic English (1941)

A king on the seat of judging puts to flight all evil with his eyes.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 20:26 : 26 A wise king puts evil-doers to flight, and makes their evil-doing come back on them.
  • Prov 25:5 : 5 Take away evil-doers from before the king, and the seat of his power will be made strong in righteousness.
  • Prov 29:14 : 14 The king who is a true judge in the cause of the poor, will be safe for ever on the seat of his power.
  • Isa 32:1 : 1 See, a king will be ruling in righteousness, and chiefs will give right decisions.
  • 1 Sam 23:3-4 : 3 And David's men said to him, Even here in Judah we are full of fear: how much more then if we go to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines? 4 Then David put the question to the Lord again, and the Lord answering said, Up! go down to Keilah; for I will give the Philistines into your hands.
  • 2 Sam 23:4 : 4 It is as the light of the morning, when the sun comes up, a morning without clouds; making young grass come to life from the earth.
  • Ps 72:4 : 4 May he be a judge of the poor among the people, may he give salvation to the children of those who are in need; by him let the violent be crushed.
  • Ps 92:9 : 9 For see! your haters, O Lord, will be put to death; all the workers of evil will be put to flight;
  • Ps 99:4 : 4 The king's power is used for righteousness; you give true decisions, judging rightly in the land of Jacob.
  • Ps 101:6-8 : 6 My eyes will be on those of good faith in the land, so that they may be living in my house; he who is walking in the right way will be my servant. 7 The worker of deceit will not come into my house; the false man will have no place before my eyes. 8 Morning by morning will I put to death all the sinners in the land, so that all evil-doers may be cut off from Jerusalem.
  • Prov 16:12 : 12 Evil-doing is disgusting to kings: for the seat of the ruler is based on righteousness.

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    26 A wise king puts evil-doers to flight, and makes their evil-doing come back on them.

  • Job 36:7
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    7 Lifting them up to the seat of kings, and making them safe for ever.

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    14 The king who is a true judge in the cause of the poor, will be safe for ever on the seat of his power.

  • Prov 25:5
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    5 Take away evil-doers from before the king, and the seat of his power will be made strong in righteousness.

  • Prov 16:12
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    12 Evil-doing is disgusting to kings: for the seat of the ruler is based on righteousness.

  • Prov 20:9
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    9 Who is able to say, I have made my heart clean, I am free from my sin?

  • Prov 22:12
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    12 The eyes of the Lord keep knowledge, but by him the acts of the false man will be overturned.

  • Prov 16:10
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    10 Decision is in the lips of the king: his mouth will not go wrong in judging.

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    7 An upright man goes on in his righteousness: happy are his children after him!

  • Prov 20:28
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    28 Mercy and good faith keep the king safe, and the seat of his power is based on upright acts.

  • Isa 32:1
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    1 See, a king will be ruling in righteousness, and chiefs will give right decisions.

  • Prov 29:4
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    4 A king, by right rule, makes the land safe; but one full of desires makes it a waste.

  • Isa 33:15
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    15 He whose ways are true, and whose words are upright; he who gives no thought to the profits of false acts, whose hands have not taken rewards, who will have no part in putting men to death, and whose eyes are shut against evil;

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    3 The eyes of the Lord are in every place, keeping watch on the evil and the good.

  • Eccl 8:3-5
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    3 Be not quick to go from before him. Be not fixed in an evil design, because he does whatever is pleasing to him.

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    8 And he will be the judge of the world in righteousness, giving true decisions for the peoples.

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    2 Be my judge; for your eyes see what is right.

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    8 It is good generally for a country where the land is worked to have a king.

  • Hab 1:13
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    13 Before your holy eyes sin may not be seen, and you are unable to put up with wrong; why, then, are your eyes on the false? why do you say nothing when the evil-doer puts an end to one who is more upright than himself?

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    4 The Lord is in his holy Temple, the Lord's seat is in heaven; his eyes are watching and testing the children of men.

  • Isa 16:5
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    5 Then a king's seat will be based on mercy, and one will be seated on it in the tent of David for ever; judging uprightly, and quick to do righteousness.

  • Ps 99:4
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    4 The king's power is used for righteousness; you give true decisions, judging rightly in the land of Jacob.

  • Ps 7:8-9
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    8 The Lord will be judge of the peoples; give a decision for me, O Lord, because of my righteousness, and let my virtue have its reward.

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    15 The eyes of the Lord are on the upright, and his ears are open to their cry.

    16 The face of the Lord is against those who do evil, to take away the memory of them from the earth.

  • Deut 25:1
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    1 If there is an argument between men and they go to law with one another, let the judges give their decision for the upright, and against the wrongdoer.

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    12 For the eyes of the Lord are on the upright, and his ears are open to their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.

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    5 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, like an error which comes by chance from a ruler:

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    2 May he be a judge of your people in righteousness, and make true decisions for the poor.

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    12 The Upright One, looking on the house of the evil-doer, lets sinners be overturned to their destruction.

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    17 But your eyes and your heart are fixed only on profit for yourself, on causing the death of him who has done no wrong, and on violent and cruel acts.

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    19 The upright saw it and were glad: and those who had done no wrong made sport of them,

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    2 Every way of a man seems right to himself, but the Lord is the tester of hearts.

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    6 And said to the judges, Take care what you do, for you are judging not for man but for the Lord, and he is with you in the decisions you give.

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    17 How may a hater of right be a ruler? and will you say that the upright Ruler of all is evil?

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    15 Through me kings have their power, and rulers give right decisions.

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    15 It is a joy to the good man to do right, but it is destruction to the workers of evil.

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    30 He whose eyes are shut is a man of twisted purposes, and he who keeps his lips shut tight makes evil come about.

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    20 For the cruel one has come to nothing; and those who make sport of the Lord are gone; and those who are watching to do evil are cut off:

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    7 By their violent acts the evil-doers will be pulled away, because they have no desire to do what is right.

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    5 For there seats for the judges were placed, even the rulers' seats of the line of David.

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    3 Their hands are made ready to do evil; the ruler makes requests for money, and the judge is looking for a reward; and the great man gives decisions at his pleasure, and the right is twisted.