Proverbs 20:2
When a king gets terribly angry, he sounds like a roaring lion; anyone who makes him furious is liable to be killed.
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1Wine turns you into a mocker, alcohol makes you aggressive; you're stupid to be deceived by drink.
3Avoiding conflict is the proper thing to do, but stupid people are quick to argue.
Cross References
1 Kings 2:23Then King Solomon vowed before the Lord, “May God punish me, really punish me, if what Adonijah has asked for doesn't cost him his life.
Proverbs 8:36But those who don't find me hurt themselves; everyone who hates me loves death.”
Proverbs 19:12When a king gets angry, he sounds like a roaring lion; but his kindness is as soft as dew on the grass.
Hosea 11:10The people will follow me, the Lord. He will roar like a lion. When he roars like a lion then his children will come trembling from the west.
Habakkuk 2:10Your evil schemes have brought shame upon your families, by destroying many nations you have forfeited your own lives.
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 →