Proverbs 20:26

New English Translation

A wise king separates out the wicked; he turns the threshing wheel over them.

Cross References

2 Samuel 12:31

He removed the people who were in it and made them do hard labor with saws, iron picks, and iron axes, putting them to work at the brick kiln. This was his policy with all the Ammonite cities. Then David and all the army returned to Jerusalem.

Proverbs 20:8

A king sitting on the throne to judge separates out all evil with his eyes.

Ruth 3:2

Now Boaz, with whose female servants you worked, is our close relative. Look, tonight he is winnowing barley at the threshing floor.