Proverbs 20:2
The threat of a king differs not from the rage of a lion; and he that provokes him sins against his own soul.
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
In Context
3It is a glory to a man to turn aside from railing; but every fool is entangled with such matters.
Cross References
1 Kings 2:23And king Solomon swore by the Lord, saying, God do so to me, and + 2:23 Gr. add these things. more also, if it be not that Adonias has spoken this word against his own life.
Proverbs 8:36But they that sin against me act wickedly against their own souls: and they that hate me love death.
Proverbs 19:12The threatening of a king is like the roaring of a lion; but as dew on the grass, so is his favor.
Hosea 11:10I will go after the Lord: he shall utter his voice as a lion: for he shall roar, and the children of the waters shall be amazed.
Habakkuk 2:10You have devised shame to your house, you have utterly destroyed many nations, and your soul has sinned.
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 →