◄ Proverbs 20:2 ►
The terror of a king is like the roar of a lion; whoever provokes him forfeits his own life.
Cross References
Numbers 16:38
As for the censers of those who sinned at the cost of their own lives, hammer them into sheets to overlay the altar, for these were presented before the LORD, and so have become holy. They will serve as a sign to the Israelites."

1 Kings 2:23
Then King Solomon swore by the LORD: "May God punish me, and ever so severely, if Adonijah has not made this request at the expense of his life.

Proverbs 8:36
but he who fails to find me harms himself; all who hate me love death."

Habakkuk 2:10
You have plotted shame for your house by cutting off many peoples and sinning against your soul.

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fear

Proverbs 16:14, 15
The wrath of a king is a messenger of death, but a wise man will pacify it. . . .

Proverbs 19:12
A king's rage is like the roar of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.

Ecclesiastes 10:4
If the ruler's temper flares against you, do not abandon your post, for calmness lays great offenses to rest.

Hosea 11:10
They will walk after 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 Lord GOD has spoken--who will not prophesy?

sinneth

Proverbs 8:36
but he who fails to find me harms himself; all who hate me love death."

1 Kings 2:23
Then King Solomon swore by the LORD: "May God punish me, and ever so severely, if Adonijah has not made this request at the expense of his life.

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