Proverbs 20:8 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes. ”

Proverbs 20:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

A king that sitteth on the throne of judgment (d) scattereth away all evil with his eyes. (d) Where righteous judgment is executed, there sin ceases, and vice dare not appear.
Proverbs 20:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 20. We have still further traces in Proverbs 20:9 ; Proverbs 20:24 of the sceptical spirit and the obstinate questionings of self characteristic of the later Greek period of Jewish thou...
Proverbs 20:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

evil. Hebrew. ra'a'. App-44.
Proverbs 20:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes. A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment - Kings should see to the administration of the laws, as well as of...
Proverbs 20:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

A king, &c.— The wise man excites monarchs to hear causes in person, as the best means of preventing abuses, and acquiring a true state of their nation. Agreeably to this, we find Herodotus ass...
Proverbs 20:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes. A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment (actively exercising judgment, and giving himself up to his...
Proverbs 20:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1. Raging] RV 'a brawler.' Is deceived] RM 'reeleth.' It makes a man sneer, quarrel and reel about.
Proverbs 20:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment ... — See note on Proverbs 16:12 .
Proverbs 20:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 21 IDLENESS "After the autumn gathering the slothful does not plough; he asks in the harvest, and there is nothing."- Proverbs 20:4 WE have already in the sixth lecture caught a glimps...
Proverbs 20:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Sobriety; Industry; Honesty Proverbs 20:1-15 Strong drink is the greatest of all foes to human happiness. It gains an influence over men by fair promises, but when once it is entrenched, it moc...
Proverbs 20:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Verse Proverbs 20:9 . This is the eternal challenge which has but one answer. When a man recognizes this he begins to inquire for a Saviour. Verse Proverbs 20:14 . "It is bad, it is bad," is the d...
Proverbs 20:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him. A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes. Who can say, I have made my heart clea...
Proverbs 20:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment ,.... That executes judgment himself, as David and Solomon did; who ascends the throne, and sits personally there, and hears and tries causes himself, a...
Proverbs 20:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes. Ver. 8. A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment, &c. ] Kings in their own persons should sit and jud...
Proverbs 20:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment That makes it his great care and business to execute justice and judgment among his people, especially if he do this in his own person, as it was usual...
Proverbs 20:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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...
Proverbs 20:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment; that makes it his great care and business to execute judgment and justice among his people, especially if he do this in his own person, as was usual i...
Proverbs 20:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 20:6 . Miller reads the first clause of this verse, “ Much of the mere man one calls his goodness ,” i.e. , “Much that is merely human.” He allows, however, that the us...
Proverbs 20:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 20:1 . Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging. In the book of Ecclesiasticus intoxication is connected with poverty, with harlots, with destruction: chap. Proverbs 19:1-2 . Cyrus, afte...
Proverbs 20:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Proverbs 20:1 Wine is a mocker; or, scorner, the word ( luts ) being taken up from the last chapter. The liquor is, as it were, personified, as doing what men do under its infl...
Proverbs 20:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

v. 8. A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment, dispensing justice in his capacity of sovereign, scattereth away all evil with his eyes, he searches out, he sifts by winnowing, and so separa...
Proverbs 20:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 23:3 ; 1 Samuel 23:4 ; 2 Samuel 23:4 ; Isaiah 32:1 ; Proverbs 16:12 ; Proverbs 20:26 ; Proverbs 29:14 ; Psalms 101:6-8 ; Psalms 72:4 ; Psalms 92:9 ; Psalms 99:4
Proverbs 20:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

His eyes — With his very looks, or by his diligent inspection into affairs.

Proverbs 20:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Proverbs 20:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 20:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Proverbs 20:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Proverbs 20:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Proverbs 20:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 20:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 20:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Proverbs 20:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Proverbs 20:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Proverbs 20:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 20:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Proverbs 20:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Proverbs 20:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Proverbs 20:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 20:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Proverbs 20:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Proverbs 20:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Proverbs 20:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 20:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Proverbs 20:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Proverbs 20:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 20:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes