Proverbs 20:2

Modern English Version

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 Solomon swore by the Lord, saying, “May God do so to me and more also if this word does not cost Adonijah his 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 wrath of a king 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 angry spirit of the ruler rises against you, do not leave your position, for calmness pacifies great offenses.

Hosea 11:10

They will walk after the Lord, who roars like a lion. When He roars, His 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 given shameful counsel to your house by cutting off many peoples, and forfeiting your life.

Numbers 16:38

As for the censers of these men who have sinned at the cost of their own lives, make them into hammered plates as a covering for the altar, for they presented them before the Lord and they are holy. They shall be a sign to the Israelites.