Proverbs 20:2

New International Version

A king’s wrath strikes terror like the roar of a lion; those who anger him forfeit their lives.

Cross References

1 Kings 2:23

Then King Solomon swore by the Lord: “May God deal with me, be it ever so severely, if Adonijah does not pay with his life for this request!

1 Kings 2:24

And now, as surely as the Lord lives—he who has established me securely on the throne of my father David and has founded a dynasty for me as he promised—Adonijah shall be put to death today!”

Proverbs 19:12

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

Proverbs 8:36

But those who fail to find me harm themselves; all who hate me love death.”

Ecclesiastes 10:4

If a ruler’s anger rises against you, do not leave your post; calmness can lay great offenses to rest.

Hosea 11:10

They will follow the Lord; he will roar 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 Sovereign Lord has spoken— who can but prophesy?

Habakkuk 2:10

You have plotted the ruin of many peoples, shaming your own house and forfeiting your life.

Numbers 16:38

the censers of the men who sinned at the cost of their lives. Hammer the censers into sheets to overlay the altar, for they were presented before the Lord and have become holy. Let them be a sign to the Israelites.”