Proverbs 20:26 meaning and explanation

A wise king separates out the wicked and drives the threshing wheel over them.

Proverbs 20:26, Berean Standard Bible

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This verse comes from a collection of Solomon's proverbs, describing an ideal king who judges rightly. The image is agricultural: grain was separated from chaff by being spread on a threshing floor, where a heavy wheel or sledge was dragged over it.

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