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Proverbs · Chapter 20

Proverbs 20:2

The terror of a king is like the roaring of a lion. He who provokes him to anger forfeits his own life.

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Before · Proverbs 20:1

1Wine is a mocker and beer is a brawler. Whoever is led astray by them is not wise.

2The terror of a king is like the roaring of a lion. He who provokes him to anger forfeits his own life.

After · Proverbs 20:3–4

3It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife, but every fool will be quarreling. 4The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.

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