Proverbs 20:2
The fear of a king [is] a growl as of a young lion, He who is causing him to be wroth is wronging his soul.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
1Wine [is] a scorner — strong drink [is] noisy, And any going astray in it is not wise.
3An honour to a man is cessation from strife, And every fool intermeddleth.
Cross References
1 Kings 2:23And king Solomon sweareth by Jehovah, saying, 'Thus doth God to me, and thus He doth add — surely against his soul hath Adonijah spoken this word;
Proverbs 8:36And whoso is missing me, is wronging his soul, All hating me have loved death!
Proverbs 19:12The wrath of a king [is] a growl as of a young lion, And as dew on the herb his good-will.
Hosea 11:10After Jehovah they go — as a lion He roareth, When He doth roar, then tremble do the sons from the west.
Habakkuk 2:10Thou hast counselled a shameful thing to thy house, To cut off many peoples, and sinful [is] thy 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 →