Proverbs 20:8 (BSB)

A king who sits on a throne to judge sifts out all evil with his eyes.

From Proverbs 20. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 20:8

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 20:8: Here is, 1. The character of a good governor: He is a king that deserves to be called so who sits in the throne, not as a throne of honour, to take his ease, and take state upon him, and oblige men to keep their distance, but as a throne of judgment, that he may do justice, give redress to the injured and punish the...
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 20:8: A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment,.... That executes judgment himself, as David and Solomon did; who ascends the throne, and sits personally there, and hears and tries causes himself, and not by his servants: scattereth away all evil with his eyes; all evil men, as the Targum; everyone that is evil, as Aben Ezra: he will easily and quickly discern who is...
• Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 20:8: As in Pro 14:35; Pro 16:10, Pro 16:15, this is the character of a good king, not of all kings.
• Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Proverbs 20:8: A king that sitteth on the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes. (d) Where righteous judgment is executed, there sin ceases, and vice dare not appear.