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Proverbs 25:5 Meaning & Commentary – Remove the Wicked

Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness.

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Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer.

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The heaven for height, and the earth for depth, and the heart of kings is unsearchable.

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It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.

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These are also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out.

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So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.

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Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

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Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and received instruction.

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And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.

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I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;