THEOSISProverbs 20:2Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
As the roaring of a lion, so also is the dread of a king: he that provoketh him, sinneth against his own soul.
נַ֣הַם כַּ֭כְּפִיר אֵ֣ימַת מֶ֑לֶךְ מִ֝תְעַבְּר֗וֹ חוֹטֵ֥א נַפְשֽׁוֹ׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Prov 19:12As the roaring of a lion, so also is the anger of a king: and his cheerfulness as the dew upon the grass.
- Eccl 10:4If the spirit of him that hath power, ascend upon thee, leave not thy place: because care will make the greatest sins to cease.
- Prov 8:36But he that shall sin against me shall hurt his own soul. All that hate me love death.
- Prov 16:14The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: and the wise man will pacify it.
- Prov 16:15In the cheerfulness of the king's countenance is life: and his clemency is like the latter rain.
- Hos 11:10They shall walk after the Lord, he shall roar as a lion: because he shall roar, and the children of the sea shall fear.
- Amos 3:8The lion shall roar, who will not fear? The Lord God hath spoken, who shall not prophesy?
- Hab 2:10Thou hast devised confusion to thy house, thou hast cut off many people, and thy soul hath sinned.