Proverbs 20:2

Geneva Bible (1560)

The feare of the King is like the roaring of a lyon: hee that prouoketh him vnto anger, sinneth against his owne soule.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 8:36 : 36 But he that sinneth against me, hurteth his owne soule: and all that hate me, loue death.
  • Prov 19:12 : 12 The Kings wrath is like the roaring of a lyon: but his fauour is like the dewe vpon ye grasse.
  • 1 Kgs 2:23 : 23 Then King Salomon sware by the Lorde, saying, God doe so to me and more also, if Adoniiah hath not spoken this worde against his owne life.
  • Num 16:38 : 38 The censers, I say, of these sinners, that destroyed themselues: and let them make of them broade plates for a couering of the Altar: for they offered them before the Lorde, therefore they shalbe holy, and they shall be a signe vnto the children of Israel.
  • Prov 16:14-15 : 14 The wrath of a King is as messengers of death: but a wise man will pacifie it. 15 In the light of the Kings coutenance is life: and his fauour is as a cloude of the latter raine.
  • Eccl 10:4 : 4 If the spirite of him that ruleth, rise vp against thee, leaue not thy place: for gentlenes pacifieth great sinnes.
  • Hos 11:10 : 10 They shall walke after the Lorde: he shall roare like a lyon: when hee shall roare, then the children of the West shall feare.
  • Amos 3:8 : 8 The lyon hath roared: who will not bee afraide? the Lord God hath spoken: who can but prophecie?
  • Hab 2:10 : 10 Thou hast consulted shame to thine owne house, by destroying many people, and hast sinned against thine owne soule.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 20:1
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    1 Wine is a mocker and strong drinke is raging: and whosoeuer is deceiued thereby, is not wise.

  • Prov 16:12-14
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    12 It is an abomination to Kings to commit wickednes: for the throne is stablished by iustice.

    13 Righteous lips are the delite of Kings, and the King loueth him that speaketh right things.

    14 The wrath of a King is as messengers of death: but a wise man will pacifie it.

  • Prov 28:14-16
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    77%

    14 Blessed is the man that feareth alway: but he that hardeneth his heart, shal fall into euill.

    15 As a roaring lyon, and an hungry beare, so is a wicked ruler ouer the poore people.

    16 A prince destitute of vnderstanding, is also a great oppressour: but hee that hateth couetousnes, shall prolong his dayes.

  • Prov 19:10-12
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    10 Pleasure is not comely for a foole, much lesse for a seruant to haue rule ouer princes.

    11 The discretion of man deferreth his anger: and his glory is to passe by an offence.

    12 The Kings wrath is like the roaring of a lyon: but his fauour is like the dewe vpon ye grasse.

  • Prov 29:22
    75%

    22 An angrie man stirreth vp strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression.

  • Prov 20:3
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    3 It is a mans honour to cease from strife: but euery foole will be medling.

  • Prov 24:21
    74%

    21 My sonne feare the Lord, and the King, and meddle not with them that are sedicious.

  • Prov 14:16-17
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    16 A wise man feareth, and departeth from euill: but a foole rageth, and is carelesse.

    17 He that is hastie to anger, committeth follie, and a busie body is hated.

  • Prov 29:25
    73%

    25 The feare of man bringeth a snare: but he that trusteth in the Lord, shalbe exalted.

  • Prov 19:23
    73%

    23 The feare of the Lord leadeth to life: and he that is filled therewith, shall continue, and shall not be visited with euill.

  • Prov 28:1
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    1 The wicked flee when none pursueth: but the righteous are bolde as a lyon.

  • Prov 14:27-29
    3 verses
    72%

    27 The feare of the Lorde is as a welspring of life, to auoyde the snares of death.

    28 In the multitude of the people is the honour of a King, and for the want of people commeth the destruction of the Prince.

    29 He that is slowe to wrath, is of great wisdome: but he that is of an hastie minde, exalteth follie.

  • Prov 14:35
    72%

    35 The pleasure of a King is in a wise seruant: but his wrath shalbe toward him that is lewde.

  • Eccl 10:4-5
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    4 If the spirite of him that ruleth, rise vp against thee, leaue not thy place: for gentlenes pacifieth great sinnes.

    5 There is an euil that I haue seene vnder the sunne, as an error that proceedeth from the face of him that ruleth.

  • Prov 30:30
    71%

    30 A lyon which is strong among beastes, and turneth not at the sight of any:

  • Eccl 8:4
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    4 Where the word of ye King is, there is power, and who shall say vnto him, What doest thou?

  • Prov 8:13
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    13 The feare of the Lord is to hate euill as pride, and arrogancie, and the euill way: and a mouth that speaketh lewde things, I doe hate.

  • Prov 15:1
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    1 A soft answere putteth away wrath: but grieuous wordes stirre vp anger.

  • Prov 16:10
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    10 A diuine sentence shalbe in the lips of the King: his mouth shall not trasgresse in iudgement.

  • Prov 22:24-25
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    24 Make no friendship with an angrie man, neither goe with the furious man,

    25 Least thou learne his wayes, and receiue destruction to thy soule.

  • Prov 15:18
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    18 An angrie man stirreth vp strife: but hee that is slowe to wrath, appeaseth strife.

  • Job 13:11
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    11 Shall not his excellencie make you afraid? and his feare fall vpon you?

  • 1 Sam 12:25
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    25 But if ye doe wickedly, ye shal perish, both yee, and your King.

  • 1 Pet 2:17
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    17 Honour all men: loue brotherly fellowship: feare God: honour the King.

  • Prov 8:36
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    36 But he that sinneth against me, hurteth his owne soule: and all that hate me, loue death.

  • Prov 22:13
    71%

    13 The slouthfull man saith, A lyon is without, I shall be slaine in the streete.

  • Ps 36:1
    71%

    1 To him that excelleth. A Psalme of Dauid, the seruant of the Lord. Wickednes sayeth to the wicked man, euen in mine heart, that there is no feare of God before his eyes.

  • Prov 29:11
    70%

    11 A foole powreth out all his minde: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterward.

  • Ps 90:11
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    11 Who knoweth the power of thy wrath? for according to thy feare is thine anger.

  • Deut 17:13
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    13 So all the people shall heare and feare, and doe no more presumptuously.

  • Prov 10:18
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    18 He that dissembleth hatred with lying lips, and he that inuenteth slaunder, is a foole.

  • Prov 16:32
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    32 He that is slowe vnto anger, is better then the mightie man: and hee that ruleth his owne minde, is better then he that winneth a citie.

  • Ps 76:7
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    7 Thou, euen thou art to be feared: and who shall stand in thy sight, when thou art angrie!

  • Ps 2:11
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    11 Serue the Lorde in feare, and reioyce in trembling.

  • Prov 17:12
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    12 It is better for a man to meete a beare robbed of her whelpes, then a foole in his follie.

  • Job 5:2
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    2 Doubtlesse anger killeth the foolish, and enuie slayeth the idiote.

  • Prov 19:3
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    3 The foolishnesse of a man peruerteth his way, and his heart freateth against the Lord.

  • Eccl 8:2
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    2 I aduertise thee to take heede to ye mouth of the King, and to the worde of the othe of God.

  • Job 41:25
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    25 (41:16) The mightie are afrayd of his maiestie, and for feare they faint in themselues.