Proverbs 20:26

Modern English Version

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

Cross References

2 Samuel 12:31

He brought out the people who were in it, and he put them to work with saws, and iron picks, and iron axes, and sent them to work in the brick kiln. Thus he did to all of the cities of the Ammonites. Then David and all of the people returned to Jerusalem.

Proverbs 20:8

A king who sits on the throne of judgment winnows out all evil with his eyes.

Ruth 3:2

Now is not Boaz our relative, with whose young women you have been working? Tonight he winnows barley on the threshing floor.