Catholic Public Domain Version
"A wise king scatters the impious and bends an archway over them. "
— Proverbs 20:26, Catholic Public Domain Version
“A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them.”
“A wise king winnoweth the wicked, And bringeth the threshing-wheel over them. ”
“A wise king winnows out the wicked, and drives the threshing wheel over them.”
“A wise king separates out the wicked; he turns the threshing wheel over them.”
“A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth over them the wheel.”
“A wise king puts evil-doers to flight, and makes their evil-doing come back on them.”
“A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them.”
Diverse weights are an abomination with the Lord. A deceitful balance is not good.
The steps of men are directed by the Lord. But who is the man able to understand his own way?
It is ruin for a man to devour what is holy, or, after making vows, to retract them.
A wise king scatters the impious and bends an archway over them.
The spirit of a man is a lamp to the Lord, which investigates all the secrets of the inner self.
Mercy and truth guard the king, and his throne is strengthened by clemency.
The joy of youths is their strength. And the dignity of old men is their grey hairs.