Proverbs 20:2

Hebrew Names version (HNV)

The terror of a king is like the roaring of a lion. He who provokes him to anger forfeits his own life.

Cross References

1 Kings 2:23

Then king Shlomo swore by the LORD, saying, God do so to me, and more also, if Adoniyahu has not spoken this word against his own life.

1 Kings 2:24

Now therefore as the LORD lives, who has established me, and set me on the throne of David my father, and who has made me a house, as he promised, surely Adoniyahu shall be put to death this day.

Proverbs 19:12

The king's wrath is like the roaring of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.

Proverbs 8:36

But he who sins against me wrongs his own soul. All those who hate me love death.*

Ecclesiastes 10:4

If the spirit of the ruler rises up against you, don't leave your place; for gentleness lays great offenses to rest.

Hosea 11:10

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

Amos 3:8

The lion has roared. Who will not fear? The Lord GOD has spoken. Who can but prophesy?

Habakkuk 2:10

You have devised shame to your house, by cutting off many peoples, and have sinned against your soul.

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 the LORD; therefore they are holy; and they shall be a sign to the children of Yisra'el.