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Proverbs 20:2

Authority and leadership

1 Wine is a mocker, strong drink is a brawler, and whoever is led astray by them is not wise.

The terror of a king is like the roar of a lion; whoever provokes him forfeits his own life.

3 It is honorable for a man to resolve a dispute, but any fool will quarrel.

4 The slacker does not plow in season; at harvest time he looks, but nothing is there.

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BSB
The terror of a king is like the roar of a lion; whoever provokes him forfeits his own life.
KJV
The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.
WEB
The terror of a king is like the roaring of a lion. He who provokes him to anger forfeits his own life.
ASV
The terror of a king is as the roaring of a lion: He that provoketh him to anger sinneth [against] his own life.
DARBY
The terror of a king is as the roaring of a lion: he that provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.
BLB
The terror of a king [is] like the roaring of the young lion; the one making him angry is wronging his own soul.
ÅB
Den redsel en konge vekker, er som løvens brøl; den som gjør ham vred, spiller sitt liv.
OTB
En konges vrede er som brølet av en løve; den som vekker hans harme, setter sitt liv på spill.
B1930
Den redsel en konge vekker, er som løvens brøl; den som gjør ham vred, spiller sitt liv.

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