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The terror of a king is as the roaring of a lion:
He that [a]provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own [b]life.
It is an honor for a man to [c]keep aloof from strife;
But every fool will be quarrelling.
The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter;
[d]Therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.

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  1. Proverbs 20:2 Or, angereth himself against him
  2. Proverbs 20:2 Hebrew soul.
  3. Proverbs 20:3 Or, cease
  4. Proverbs 20:4 Or, Therefore when he seeketh in harvest, there shall be nothing