PROVERBS—NOTE ON Proverbs 20:26 Drives the wheel over them refers to a heavy cart being drawn over the grain to separate the wheat from the chaff. For the health of his kingdom, a wise king must root out evildoers. The king can only use exterior acts to judge a person. God, by contrast, sees the innermost parts (see 1 Samuel 16:7). God’s judgment is thus more fair and more effective.

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