Proverbs 20:2

WEB

²The terror of a king is like the roaring of a lion. He who provokes him to anger forfeits his own life.

KJV

²The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.

BSB

²The terror of a king is like the roar of a lion; whoever provokes him forfeits his own life.

FBV

²When a king gets terribly angry, he sounds like a roaring lion; anyone who makes him furious is liable to be killed.

Extra References

Proverbs 19:12

¹²The king’s wrath is like the roaring of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.

Ecclesiastes 10:4

⁴If the spirit of the ruler rises up against you, don’t leave your place; for gentleness lays great offenses to rest.

1 Kings 2:23

²³Then King Solomon swore by the LORD, saying, “God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah has not spoken this word against his own life.

Proverbs 8:36

³⁶But he who sins against me wrongs his own soul. All those who hate me love death.”

Hosea 11:10

¹⁰They will walk after the LORD, who will roar like a lion; for he will roar, and the children will come trembling from the west.

Amos 3:8

⁸The lion has roared. Who will not fear? The Lord GOD has spoken. Who can but prophesy?

Proverbs 16:14-15

¹⁴The king’s wrath is a messenger of death, but a wise man will pacify it. ¹⁵In the light of the king’s face is life. His favor is like a cloud of the spring rain.

Habakkuk 2:10

¹⁰You have devised shame to your house by cutting off many peoples, and have sinned against your soul.

³⁸even the censers of those who sinned against their own lives. Let them be beaten into plates for a covering of the altar, for they offered them before the LORD. Therefore they are holy. They shall be a sign to the children of Israel.”