Proverbs 20:2
The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.
KJV
Sicut rugitus leonis, ita et terror regis : qui provocat eum peccat in animam suam.
Vulgate
οὐ διαφέρει ἀπειλὴ βασιλέως θυμοῦ λέοντος, ὁ δὲ παροξύνων αὐτὸν ἁμαρτάνει εἰς τὴν ἑαυτοῦ ψυχήν.
LXX
The terror of a king is as the roaring of a lion: He that provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own life.
ASV
נַ֣הַם כַּ֭/כְּפִיר אֵ֣ימַת מֶ֑לֶךְ מִ֝תְעַבְּר֗/וֹ חוֹטֵ֥א נַפְשֽׁ/וֹ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֵימָ֑ה
'ymh
noun · 17×
הֶחֱטִ֖יא
hchty'
verb · 237×
י
y
noun · 752×
כְּפִ֣יר
kpyr
noun · 31×
מֶֽלֶךְ
mlk
noun · 2518×
נַ֣הַם
nhm
noun · 2×
עֹבֵ֣ר
'br
verb · 561×
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Kgs 2:23 — Then king Solomon sware by the LORD, saying, God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah have not spoken this word against his own life.
- 1Pet 5:8 — Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
- 2Tim 4:17 — Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that by me the preaching might be fully known, and that all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.
- Amos 3:8 — The lion hath roared, who will not fear? the Lord GOD hath spoken, who can but prophesy?
- Eccl 8:4 — Where the word of a king is, there is power: and who may say unto him, What doest thou?
- Eccl 10:4 — If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yielding pacifieth great offences.
- Esth 1:12 — But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king’s commandment by his chamberlains: therefore was the king very wroth, and his anger burned in him.
- Hab 2:10 — Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off many people, and hast sinned against thy soul.
- Hos 11:10 — They shall walk after the LORD: he shall roar like a lion: when he shall roar, then the children shall tremble from the west.
- Num 16:38 — The censers of these sinners against their own souls, let them make them broad plates for a covering of the altar: for they offered them before the LORD, therefore they are hallowed: and they shall be
- Prov 8:36 — But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.
- Prov 8:36 — But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.
- Prov 16:14 — The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: but a wise man will pacify it.
- Prov 16:14 — The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: but a wise man will pacify it.
- Prov 19:12 — The king’s wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.
- Prov 19:12 — The king’s wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.
- Prov 28:15 — As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people.
- Rom 13:3 — For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same:
- Rom 13:4 — For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him