The heavens in height, and the earth in deepness: and the [a]king’s heart can no man search out.

Take the [b]dross from the silver, and there shall proceed a vessel for the finer.

Take [c]away the wicked from the King, and his throne shall be established in righteousness.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 25:3 He showeth that it is too hard for man to attain to the reason of all the secret doings of the King, even when he is upright, and doeth his duty.
  2. Proverbs 25:4 When vice is removed from a king, he is a meet vessel for the Lord’s use.
  3. Proverbs 25:5 It is not enough that he be pure himself: but that he put away others that be corrupted.

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