Proverbs 20:2
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New International Version (©1984)
A king's wrath is like the roar of a lion; he who angers him forfeits his life.

New Living Translation (©2007)
The king's fury is like a lion's roar; to rouse his anger is to risk your life.

English Standard Version (©2001)
The terror of a king is like the growling of a lion; whoever provokes him to anger forfeits his life.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
The terror of a king is like the growling of a lion; He who provokes him to anger forfeits his own life.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
The rage of a king is like the roar of a lion. Whoever makes him angry forfeits his life.

King James Bible
The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.

American King James Version
The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoever provokes him to anger sins against his own soul.

American Standard Version
The terror of a king is as the roaring of a lion: He that provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own life.

Bible in Basic English
The wrath of a king is like the loud cry of a lion: he who makes him angry does wrong against himself.

Douay-Rheims Bible
As the roaring of a lion, so also is the dread of a king: he that provoketh him, sinneth against his own soul.

Darby Bible Translation
The terror of a king is as the roaring of a lion: he that provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.

English Revised Version
The terror of a king is as the roaring of a lion: he that provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own life.

Webster's Bible Translation
The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoever provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.

World English Bible
The terror of a king is like the roaring of a lion. He who provokes him to anger forfeits his own life.

Young's Literal Translation
The fear of a king is a growl as of a young lion, He who is causing him to be wroth is wronging his soul.

Geneva Study Bible

The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoever provoketh him to anger {b} sinneth against his own soul.

(b) Puts his life in danger.

Wesley's Notes

20:2 The fear - The terror which the wrath of a king causes.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

2. (Compare Pr 19:12). Men who resist authority injure themselves (Ro 13:2).

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

20:1 It seems hard to believe that men of the greatest abilities, as well as the ignorant, should render themselves fools and madmen, merely for the taste or excitement produced by strong liquors. 2. How formidable kings are to those who provoke them! how much more foolish then is it to provoke the King of kings! 3. To engage in quarrels is the greatest folly that can be. Yield, and even give up just demands, for peace' sake. 4. He who labours and endures hardship in his seed-time for eternity, will be properly diligent as to his earthly business.


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 sheets for a plating of the altar, since they did present them before the LORD and they are holy; and they shall be for a sign to the sons of Israel."
1 Kings 2:23 Then King Solomon swore by the LORD, saying, "May God do so to me and more also, if Adonijah has not spoken this word against his own life.
Proverbs 8:36 "But he who sins against me injures himself; All those who hate me love death."
Habakkuk 2:10 "You have devised a shameful thing for your house By cutting off many peoples; So you are sinning against yourself. (NASB ©1995)

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The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.

fear 16:14,15 19:12 Ec 10:4 Ho 11:10 Am 3:8

sinneth 8:36 1Ki 2:23

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