Proverbs 20:2
The terror of a king is as the roaring of a lion: he that provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
1Wine is a scorner, strong drink is raging; and whoso erreth thereby is not wise.
3It is an honour for a man to cease from strife; but every fool rusheth into it.
Cross References
1 Kings 2:23And king Solomon swore by Jehovah saying, God do so to me, and more also, Adonijah has spoken this word against his own life!
Proverbs 8:36but he that sinneth against me doeth violence to his own soul: all they that hate me love death.
Proverbs 19:12The king's displeasure is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.
Hosea 11:10They shall walk after Jehovah; he shall roar like a lion; when he shall roar, then the children shall hasten from the west:
Habakkuk 2:10Thou hast devised shame to thy house, by cutting off many peoples, and hast sinned against thine own soul.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 20:2
Miscellaneous Maxims. 1 Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise. Here is, 1. The mischief of drunkenness: Wine is a mocker; strong drink is raging. It is so to the sinner himself; it mocks him, makes a fool of him, promises him that satisfaction which it can never give him. It smiles upon him at first, but at the last it bites. In reflection upon it, it rages in his conscience. It is raging in the body, puts the humours into a ferment. When the wine is in the wit is… Read the whole commentary →