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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