King James Version
Proverbs 20:2 in the King James Version says “The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 20 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.”
Proverbs 20:2 · KJV
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.
It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.
The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing. cold: or, winter
KJV Study — Public Domain
“of a lion”
H3715a village (as covered in by walls); also a young lion (perhaps as covered with a mane)
“whoso provoketh him to anger”
H5674to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in
“sinneth”
H2398properly, to miss; hence (figuratively and generally) to sin; by inference, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, (causatively) lead astray, condemn
“against his own soul”
H5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or ment
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