Proverbs 20:2
The terror of a king is like the roar of a lion; whoever provokes him forfeits his own life.
Note Literally sins against his own soul
The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.
The terror of a king is like the roaring of a lion. He who provokes him to anger forfeits his own life.
The terror of a king is as the roaring of a lion: He that provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own life.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- fear
- Proverbs 16:14, 15; Proverbs 19:12; Ecclesiastes 10:4; Hosea 11:10; Amos 3:8
- sinneth
- Proverbs 8:36; 1 Kings 2:23