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Selected Verse: Proverbs 25:5 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Pr 25:5 |
King James |
Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| before--or, "in presence of," as courtiers stood about a king. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| The interpretation of the proverb of Pro 25:4. The king himself, like the Lord whom he represents, is to sit as "a refiner of silver" Mal 3:3. |
3 And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the LORD an offering in righteousness.
4 Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer.