Proverbs 20:2

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Cross References

Proverbs 19:12

The king’s wrath is as the roaring of a lion; But his favor is as dew upon the grass.

Ecclesiastes 10:4

If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for gentleness allayeth great offences.

Proverbs 8:36

But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: All they that hate me love death.

1 Kings 2:23

Then king Solomon sware by Jehovah, saying, God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah hath not spoken this word against his own life.

Hosea 11:10

They shall walk after Jehovah, who will roar like a lion; for he will roar, and the children shall come trembling from the west.

Habakkuk 2:10

Thou hast devised shame to thy house, by cutting off many peoples, and hast sinned against thy soul.

Amos 3:8

The lion hath roared; who will not fear? The Lord Jehovah hath spoken; who can but prophesy?

Numbers 16:38

even the censers of these sinners against their own lives; and let them be made beaten plates for a covering of the altar: for they offered them before Jehovah; therefore they are holy; and they shall be a sign unto the children of Israel.

1 Kings 2:24

Now therefore as Jehovah liveth, who hath established me, and set me on the throne of David my father, and who hath made me a house, as he promised, surely Adonijah shall be put to death this day.