The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.
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Gill's Exposition
The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion,.... The wrath and displeasure of a king, which causes fear; see Pro 19:12; kings should be terrors to evil works and workers, though not to good ones,…
Barnes' Notes
Sinneth against his own soul - i. e., Against his own life (compare Hab 2:10).
Matthew Henry
See here, 1. How formidable kings are, and what a terror they strike upon those they are angry with. Their fear, with which (especially when they are absolute and their will is a law) they keep their…
Cambridge Bible
is as The terror inspired by a king is like that caused by the roaring of a lion in act to spring upon its prey. See 1Pe 5:8.
soul i.e. life, as R.V. with "Heb. soul," in the marg. Comp. Hab 2:10.
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