Proverbs 20:2
The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provokes him to anger sins against his own soul.
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
In Context
1Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
3It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.
Cross References
1 Kings 2:23Then king Solomon swore by the LORD, saying, God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah have not spoken this word against his own life.
Proverbs 8:36But he that sins against me wrongs his own soul: all they that hate me love death.
Proverbs 19:12The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.
Hosea 11:10They shall walk after the LORD: he shall roar like a lion: when he shall roar, then the children shall tremble from the west.
Habakkuk 2:10You have consulted shame to your house by cutting off many people, and have sinned against your 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 →