Proverbs 20:2

Bishops' Bible (1568)

The feare of the king is as the roaring of a Lion, who so prouoketh hym vnto anger, offendeth against his owne soule.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 8:36 : 36 But whoso offendeth against me, hurteth his owne soule: and they that hate me, are the louers of death.
  • Prov 19:12 : 12 The kynges displeasure is lyke the roaryng of a Lion: but his fauour is lyke the deawe vpon the grasse.
  • 1 Kgs 2:23 : 23 Then king Solomon sware by the Lord, saying: God do so and so to me, if Adonia haue not spoken this worde against his owne lyfe.
  • Num 16:38 : 38 The censers of these sinners agaynst their owne soules: let them make of them brode plates for a coueryng of the aulter: For they offered them before the Lorde, and therfore they are halowed, and they shalbe a signe vnto the children of Israel.
  • Prov 16:14-15 : 14 The kinges displeasure is a messenger of death: but a wise man wyll pacifie hym. 15 The chearfull countenaunce of the kyng is life: and his louyng fauour is as a cloude of the latter rayne.
  • Eccl 10:4 : 4 If a principall spirite be geuen thee to beare rule, be not negligent then in thine office: for he that can take cure of him selfe, auoydeth great offences.
  • Hos 11:10 : 10 They shall walke after the Lorde, he shall rose like a lion: when he shall rose, then the children of the west shall feare.
  • Amos 3:8 : 8 The lion hath roared, who wil not be afrayde? The Lorde God hath spoken, who can but prophecie?
  • Hab 2:10 : 10 Thou hast consulted shame to thyne owne house, by destroying many people, & hast sinned against thyne owne soule.

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    1 Wine maketh a man to be scornefull, & strong drinke causeth a man to be vnquiet: who so delighteth therin shall not be wyse.

  • Prov 16:12-14
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    12 Wicked doers are an abhomination to the kyng, for a kynges seate shoulde be holden vp with ryghteousnesse.

    13 Ryghteous lippes are pleasaunt vnto kynges, and them that speaketh the trueth shall he loue.

    14 The kinges displeasure is a messenger of death: but a wise man wyll pacifie hym.

  • Prov 28:14-16
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    14 Well is hym that standeth alway in awe: as for hym that hardeneth his heart, he shall fall into mischiefe.

    15 As a roaring Lion and an hungrye Beare, so is an vngodly prince ouer the poore people.

    16 Where the prince is without vnderstanding, there is great oppression and wrong: but if he hateth couetousnes, he shall long raigne.

  • Prov 19:10-12
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    10 Pleasure is not seemely for a foole: muche lesse for a bondman to haue rule of princes.

    11 A wyse man can put of displeasure, and it is his honour to let some faultes passe.

    12 The kynges displeasure is lyke the roaryng of a Lion: but his fauour is lyke the deawe vpon the grasse.

  • Prov 29:22
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    22 An angry man stirreth vp strife, and he that beareth euyll will in his mynde doth much euyll.

  • Prov 20:3
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    3 It is a mans honour to kepe him selfe from strife: but euery foole wyll be medling.

  • Prov 24:21
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    21 My sonne, feare thou the Lorde and the kyng, and kepe no company with them that slide backe from his feare:

  • Prov 14:16-17
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    16 A wyse man feareth, and departeth from euyll: but the foole is angry, and counteth hym selfe sure.

    17 An vnpatient man dealeth foolishly: but he that is well aduised, is hated of the foole.

  • Prov 29:25
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    25 He that feareth men shall haue a fall: but who so putteth his trust in the Lorde, is without daunger.

  • Prov 19:23
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    23 The feare of the Lord bringeth a man to lyfe: and he shall rest the whole night in plenteousnesse without visitation of any plague.

  • Prov 28:1
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    1 The vngodly fleeth when no man pursueth him: but the righteous are bolde as a Lion.

  • Prov 14:27-29
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    27 The feare of the Lorde is a well of lyfe, to auoyde the snares of death.

    28 In the multitude of people is the kynges honour: but the decay of the people is the confusion of the prince.

    29 He that is patient hath much vnderstanding: but he that is soone displeased, exalteth foolishnesse.

  • Prov 14:35
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    35 A discrete seruaunt is a pleasure vnto the kyng: but his wrath is agaynst hym that doth dishonour hym.

  • Eccl 10:4-5
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    4 If a principall spirite be geuen thee to beare rule, be not negligent then in thine office: for he that can take cure of him selfe, auoydeth great offences.

    5 Another plague is there whiche I haue seene vnder the sunne, namely, the ignoraunce that is commonly among princes: in that a foole sitteth in great dignitie, and the riche are set downe beneath.

  • Prov 30:30
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    30 A lion whiche is strongest among beastes, and shunneth not at the syght of any:

  • Eccl 8:4
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    4 Like as when a king geueth a charge, his commaundement is mightie: Euen so, who may say vnto him, what doest thou?

  • Prov 8:13
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    13 The feare of the Lorde abhorreth wickednes, pryde, disdayne, and the euil way, and a mouth that speaketh wicked thinges I vtterly abhorre.

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    1 A soft aunswere appeaseth wrath: but rough wordes stirre vp anger.

  • Prov 16:10
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    10 When the prophecie is in the lippes of the kyng, his mouth shall not go wrong in iudgement.

  • Prov 22:24-25
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    24 Make no frendship with an angrye wylfull man, and walke not with the furious:

    25 Lest thou learne his wayes, and receaue hurt to thy soule.

  • Prov 15:18
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    18 An angry man stirreth vp strife: but he that is patient stylleth discorde.

  • Job 13:11
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    11 Shall not his excellencie make you afrayde? Shall not his terrible feare fall vpon you?

  • 1 Sam 12:25
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    25 But and yf ye do wickedly, then shall ye perishe, both ye and your king.

  • 1 Pet 2:17
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    17 Honour all men. Loue brotherly felowship. Feare God. Honour the kyng.

  • Prov 8:36
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    36 But whoso offendeth against me, hurteth his owne soule: and they that hate me, are the louers of death.

  • Prov 22:13
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    13 The slouthfull body saith there is a Lion without: I might be slaine in the streate.

  • Ps 36:1
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    1 To the chiefe musition, seruaunt to the God of Dauid. The wickednes of the vngodly speaketh in the middest of my heart: that there is no feare of the Lorde before his eyes.

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    11 A foole vttereth all his mynde at once: but a wyse man kepeth it in tyll afterwarde.

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  • Deut 17:13
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    13 And all the people shall heare, & feare, and shall do no more presumptuously.

  • Prov 10:18
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    18 He that hydeth hatred with lying lippes, and he that speaketh slaunder, is a foole.

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    32 A patient man is better the one strong: and he that can rule hym selfe, is more worth then he that wynneth a citie.

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    11 Serue ye God in feare: and reioyce ye with a trembling.

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    12 It were better to meete a shee beare robbed of her whelpes, then a foole trusting in his foolishnesse.

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    2 As for the foolish ma, wrathfulnesse killeth him, and enuie slayeth the ignorant.

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    3 The foolishnesse of man paruerteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the Lorde.

  • Eccl 8:2
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    2 Kepe the kynges commaundement, namely for the oth that thou hast made vnto God for the same.

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    25 When he goeth the mightie are afraide, and feare troubleth them.