Proverbs 20:2

The English Standar Version

The terror of a king is like the growling of a lion; whoever provokes him to anger forfeits his life.

Cross References

1 Kings 2:23

Then King Solomon swore by the LORD, saying, "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 placed 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

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

Proverbs 8:36

but he who fails to find me injures himself; all who hate me love death."

Ecclesiastes 10:4

If the anger of the ruler rises against you, do not leave your place, for calmness[1] will lay great offenses to rest.

Hosea 11:10

They shall go after the LORD; he will roar 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

As for the censers of these men who have sinned at the cost of their lives, let them be made into hammered plates as a covering for the altar, for they offered them before the LORD, and they became holy. Thus they shall be a sign to the people of Israel."