Proverbs 20:2 - The Scriptures 2009

² The dread of a sovereign is like the roaring of a lion; Whoever provokes him sins against his own life.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: Whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² The terror of a king is as the roaring of a lion; whoever provokes him to anger or angers himself against him sins against his own life.

American Standard Version (1901)

² The terror of a king is as the roaring of a lion: He that provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own life.

Common English Bible

² A king is as terrifying as a lion’s growl. Those who anger him may lose their life.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² Just like the roaring of a lion, so also is the dread of a king. Whoever provokes him sins in his own soul.

Proverbs 20:2 Cross References

1 Kings 2:23

And Sovereign Shelomoh swore by יהוה, saying, “Elohim does so to me, and more also, if Aḏoniyahu has not spoken this word against his own life!

1 Kings 2:24

“And now, as יהוה lives, who established me and set me on the throne of Dawiḏ my father, and who has made me a house, as He promised, Aḏoniyahu shall be put to death today!”

Proverbs 19:12

The sovereign’s wrath is like the roaring of a lion, But his delight is like dew on the grass.

Proverbs 8:36

“But he who sins against me injures himself; All who hate me love death!”

Ecclesiastes 10:4

If the spirit of the ruler rises against you, do not leave your post, for calmness lays to rest great faults.

Hosea 11:10

“Let them follow יהוה. Like a lion He roars. When He roars, then sons shall tremble from the west.

Amos 3:8

A lion has roared! Who is not afraid? The Master יהוה has spoken! Who would not prophesy?

Habakkuk 2:10

“You have counselled shame for your house, to cut off many peoples, and your being is sinning.

Numbers 16:38

“The fire holders of these men who sinned against their own lives, let them be made into beaten plates as a covering for the slaughter-place. Because they brought them before יהוה, therefore they are set-apart. And let them become a sign to the children of Yisra’ĕl.”