Proverbs 20:2

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

A king’s terrible wrath is like the roaring of a lion; anyone who provokes him endangers himself.

Cross References

Proverbs 19:12

A king’s rage is like the roaring of a lion, but his favour is like dew on the grass.

Ecclesiastes 10:4

If the ruler’s anger rises against you, don’t leave your post, for calmness puts great offences to rest.

Proverbs 8:36

but the one who misses me  harms himself; all who hate me love death.’

1 Kings 2:23

Then King Solomon took an oath by the Lord: ‘May God punish me and do so severely  if Adonijah has not made this request at the cost of his life.

Hosea 11:10

They will follow the  Lord; he will roar like a lion. When he roars, his children will come trembling from the west.

Habakkuk 2:10

You have planned shame for your house by wiping out many peoples and sinning against your own self.

Amos 3:8

A lion has roared; who will not fear? The Lord God has spoken; who will not prophesy?

Numbers 16:38

As for the firepans of those who sinned at the cost of their own lives, make them into hammered sheets as plating for the altar, for they presented them before the Lord, and the firepans are holy. They will be a sign to the Israelites.’

1 Kings 2:24

And now, as the Lord lives #– #the one who established me, seated me on the throne of my father David, and made me a dynasty as he promised   #– #I swear Adonijah will be put to death today! ’