Proverbs 20:2

Modern King James Version

The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion; whoever stirs him up to anger sins against his own soul.

Cross References

1 Kings 2:23

And King Solomon swore by Jehovah, saying, May God do so to me, and more He shall do, if Adonijah has not spoken this word against his life.

1 Kings 2:24

And now, as Jehovah lives, who has established me and set me on the throne of David my father, and who has made me a house, as He spoke, Adonijah shall be put to death today.

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 who hate me love death.

Ecclesiastes 10:4

If the spirit of the ruler rises up against you, do not leave your place; for yielding quiets great sinners.

Hosea 11:10

They shall walk after Jehovah; He shall roar like a lion. When He shall roar, then the sons shall tremble from the west.

Amos 3:8

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

Habakkuk 2:10

You have planned shame to your house, to make an end of many people, and are sinning in your soul.

Numbers 16:38

The fire-pans of these sinners against their own souls, let them make them into broad plates, a covering for the altar; for they offered them before Jehovah, therefore they are made holy. And they shall be a sign to the sons of Israel.