Proverbs 20:2
"The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul."
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- Proverbs 19:12
"The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass."
Read in chapter → - Ecclesiastes 10:4
"If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yielding pacifieth great offences."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 8:36
"But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death."
Read in chapter → - 1 Kings 2:23
"Then king Solomon sware by the LORD, saying, God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah have not spoken this word against his own life."
Read in chapter → - Amos 3:8
"The lion hath roared, who will not fear? the Lord GOD hath spoken, who can but prophesy?"
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 16:14
"The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: but a wise man will pacify it."
Read in chapter → - Hosea 11:10
"They shall walk after the LORD: he shall roar like a lion: when he shall roar, then the children shall tremble from the west."
Read in chapter → - Habakkuk 2:10
"Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off many people, and hast sinned against thy soul."
Read in chapter → - Numbers 16:38
"The censers of these sinners against their own souls, let them make them broad plates for a covering of the altar: for they offered them before the LORD, therefore they are hallowed: and they shall be a sign unto the children of Israel."
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