Proverbs 20:2

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

The dread anger of a king is like the growling of a lion; anyone who provokes him to anger forfeits life itself.

Cross References

1 Kings 2:23

Then King Solomon swore by the Lord, “So may God do to me, and more also, for Adonijah has devised this scheme at the risk of his life!

1 Kings 2:24

Now therefore as the Lord lives, who has established me and placed me on the throne of my father David and who has made me a house as he promised, today Adonijah shall be put to death.”

Proverbs 19:12

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

Proverbs 8:36

but those who miss me injure themselves; all who hate me love death.”

Ecclesiastes 10:4

If the anger of the ruler rises against you, do not leave your post, for calmness will undo great offenses.

Hosea 11:10

They shall go after the Lord, who roars like a lion; when he roars, his 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 devised shame for your house by cutting off many peoples; you have forfeited your life.

Numbers 16:38

For the censers of these sinners have become holy at the cost of their lives. Make them into hammered plates as a covering for the altar, for they presented them before the Lord and they became holy. Thus they shall be a sign to the Israelites.”