Proverbs 20:2

The terror of a king is like the roar of a lion; whoever provokes him forfeits his own life.

Cross References (9)

  • Proverbs 19:12 (9)

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

  • Ecclesiastes 10:4 (7)

    If the ruler’s temper flares against you, do not abandon your post, for calmness lays great offenses to rest.

  • 1 Kings 2:23 (6)

    Then King Solomon swore by the LORD: “May God punish me, and ever so severely, if Adonijah has not made this request at

  • Proverbs 8:36 (6)

    But he who fails to find me harms himself; all who hate me love death.”

  • Proverbs 16:14–15 (4)

    The wrath of a king is a messenger of death, but a wise man will pacify it.

  • Hosea 11:10 (4)

    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 (4)

    The lion has roared—who will not fear? The Lord GOD has spoken—who will not prophesy?

  • Habakkuk 2:10 (3)

    You have plotted shame for your house by cutting off many peoples and forfeiting your life.

  • Numbers 16:38 (2)

    As for the censers of those who sinned at the cost of their own lives, hammer them into sheets to overlay the altar, for