The Roaring of the Lion

Proverbs 20:1

Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.

2 The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.

In verse 1 we read of the MOCKER, of the RAGING of the DECEIVING.

MOCKER one who mimick  acts like another, out of character. 

RAGING To be furious with anger; a strong feeling of anger that is difficult to control.

DECEIVING To mislead the mind; to cause to err; to cause to believe what is false, or disbelieve what is true;

We read of the word WINE first in Genesis 9

Genesis 9:21

And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.

Look what has happened there is a willfully partaking which caused an unwillingness of the mind. Let me explain Noah whom God had used to build a huge ship over a long period of time now willing not only partake of this strong drink but makes it himself. Why Noah  made something that is so destructive  we may never know, but he did. He not only made it but he also knew what it would do to him. Alcohol causes one to lose control of their mental functions and always causes one to make wrong decisions.  Here we read that Noah drank then was drunken or overpowered by spirituous liquor. Now here the question how was wine used in those days? Did Noah drink and before he knew it the wine was making decisions for him that he would not normally make? Well I'm not too sure about that and the reason I say that is Noah should have felt, known that this wine was making him feel funny yet he kept on drinking it and before long it had overtaken him to the point that he passed out.

Genesis 9:24

And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto him.

Noah had drank more than a little for his stomach sake, more than a glass with his meal. Noah had drank way to much. This wine had effected his CHARACTER his self CONTROL and CAUSED his mind to believe what was not true. Causing him to not be wise in his thinking. The next verse I believe also is dealing with the unwise decisions made in verse one. First we read of a KING, that's someone who makes decisions. Then we read of a ROARING LION now it's the king of the jungle and this king is now ROARING. the we read of ANGER and this anger is spoken of as SIN and this sin is against his own soul. 

 The FEAR of what this King could and would do was not noticed. Do lion roar before they chase down their prey? I wouldn't think a lion would not make a loud or numerous loud noises to warn their prey that they were in danger of becoming a meal. The time of roaring was when they have got their prey, 

Amos 3:4

Will a lion roar in the forest, when he hath no prey? will a young lion cry out of his den, if he have taken nothing?