Proverbs 20:2

King James 2000

The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whosoever provokes him to anger sins against his own life.

Cross References

1 Kings 2:23

Then king Solomon swore by the LORD, saying, God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah 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, Adonijah shall be put to death this day.

Proverbs 19:12

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

Proverbs 8:36

But he that sins against me wrongs his own soul: all they that hate me love death.

Ecclesiastes 10:4

If the spirit of the ruler rises up against you, leave not your post; for yielding pacifies great offences.

Hosea 11:10

They shall walk after the LORD: he shall roar like a lion: when he shall roar, then the children shall 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 plotted shame to your house by cutting off many peoples, and have sinned against your soul.

Numbers 16:38

The censers of these sinners at the cost of their lives, let them make them hammered plates for a covering of the altar: for they offered them before the LORD, therefore they are hallowed: and they shall be a sign unto the children of Israel.