Proverbs 20:2-4

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

² As the roaring of a lion, so also is the dread of a king: he that provoketh him, sinneth against his own soul.

³ It is an honour for a man to separate himself from quarrels: but all fools are meddling with reproaches.

⁴ Because of the cold the sluggard would not plough: he shall beg therefore in the summer, and it shall not be given him.