Proverbs 20:2

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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.A king’s rage is like the roar of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.
• Ecclesiastes 10:4
  If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yielding pacifieth great offences.If the ruler’s temper flares against you, do not abandon your post, for calmness lays great offenses to rest.
• 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.Then King Solomon swore by the LORD: “May God punish me, and ever so severely, if Adonijah has not made this request at the expense of his life.
• Proverbs 8:36
  But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.But he who fails to find me harms himself; all who hate me love death.”
• Amos 3:8
  The lion hath roared, who will not fear? the Lord God hath spoken, who can but prophesy?The lion has roared— who will not fear? The Lord GOD has spoken— who will not prophesy?
• 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.They will walk after the LORD; He will roar like a lion. When He roars, His children will come trembling from the west.
• Proverbs 16:14-15
  ¹⁴ The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: but a wise man will pacify it. ¹⁵ In the light of the king’s countenance is life; and his favour is as a cloud of the latter rain.¹⁴ The wrath of a king is a messenger of death, but a wise man will pacify it. ¹⁵ When a king’s face brightens, there is life; his favor is like a rain cloud in spring.
• Habakkuk 2:10
  Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off many people, and hast sinned against thy soul.You have plotted shame for your house by cutting off many peoples and forfeiting your life.
• 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.As for the censers of those who sinned at the cost of their own lives, hammer them into sheets to overlay the altar, for these were presented before the LORD, and so have become holy. They will serve as a sign to the Israelites.”

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