Proverbs 20:2

New American Bible - revised edition

The terror of a king is like the roar of a lion; those who incur his anger forfeit their lives.

Cross References

1 Kings 2:23

And King Solomon swore by the Lord: “May God do thus to me and more, if Adonijah has not spoken this word at the cost of his life.

1 Kings 2:24

And now, as the Lord lives, who has established me and set me on the throne of David my father and made for me a house as he promised, this day shall Adonijah be put to death.”

Proverbs 19:12

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

Proverbs 8:36

But those who pass me by do violence to themselves; all who hate me love death.”

Ecclesiastes 10:4

Should the anger of a ruler burst upon you, do not yield your place; for calmness abates great offenses.

Hosea 11:10

They shall follow the Lord, who roars like a lion; When he roars, his children shall come frightened from the west,

Amos 3:8

The lion has roared, who would not fear? The Lord God has spoken, who would not prophesy?

Habakkuk 2:10

You have devised shame for your household, cutting off many peoples, forfeiting your own life;