Proverbs 19:12

Proverbs 19:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The king’s wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.
• New International Version (NIV)A king’s rage is like the roar of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.
• English Standard Version (ESV)A king's wrath is like the growling of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The king’s wrath is like the roaring of a lion, But his favor is like dew on the grass.

Context of Proverbs 19:12

10Luxury is not fitting for a fool; Much less for a slave to rule over princes. 11A person’s discretion makes him slow to anger, And it is his glory to overlook an offense. A king’s wrath is like the roaring of a lion, But his favor is like dew on the grass. 13A foolish son is destruction to his father, And the quarrels of a wife are a constant dripping. 14House and wealth are an inheritance from fathers, But a prudent wife is from the Lord.

Proverbs 19:12 word by word

נַ֣הַם כַּ֭כְּפִיר זַ֣עַף מֶ֑לֶךְ וּכְטַ֖ל עַל־עֵ֣שֶׂב רְצוֹנֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

• king’sמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• wrathזַ֫עַףza‛aph · rageH2197
• is like the roaringנַ֫הַםnaham · roaringH5099
• of a lionכְּפִירkephîyr · lionH3715
• But his favorרָצוֹןrâtsôn râtsôn · acceptanceH7522
• dewטַלţal · dewH2919

Cross-references for Proverbs 19:12

• Proverbs 16:14The fury of a king is like messengers of death; But a wise person will appease it.
• Proverbs 20:2The terror of a king is like the roaring of a lion; One who provokes him to anger forfeits his own life.
• Proverbs 28:15Like a roaring lion and a rushing bear Is a wicked ruler over a poor people.
• Esther 7:8Now when the king returned from the palace garden into the place where they had been drinking wine, Haman was falling on the couch where Esther was. Then the king said, “Will he even assault the queen with me in the house?” As the word went out of the king’s mouth, they covered Haman’s face.
• Ecclesiastes 8:4Since the word of the king is authoritative, who will say to him, “What are you doing?”
• Daniel 2:12Because of this, the king became angry and extremely furious, and he gave orders to kill all the wise men of Babylon.
• Daniel 3:19Then Nebuchadnezzar was filled with wrath, and his facial expression was changed toward Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego. He answered by giving orders to heat the furnace seven times more than it was usually heated.
• Daniel 5:19Now because of the greatness which He granted him, all the peoples, nations, and populations of all languages trembled and feared in his presence; whomever he wished, he killed, and whomever he wished, he spared alive; and whomever he wished he elevated, and whomever he wished he humbled.
• Daniel 6:24The king then gave orders, and they brought those men who had maliciously accused Daniel, and they threw them, their children, and their wives into the lions’ den; and they had not reached the bottom of the den before the lions overpowered them and crushed all their bones.
• Luke 12:4“Now I say to you, My friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body, and after that have nothing more that they can do.
• 2 Samuel 23:4Is like the light of the morning when the sun rises, A morning without clouds, When the fresh grass springs out of the earth From sunshine after rain.’
• Psalms 72:6May he come down like rain upon the mown grass, Like showers that water the earth.
• Hosea 14:5I will be like the dew to Israel; He will blossom like the lily, And he will take root like the cedars of Lebanon.

Commentaries on Proverbs 19:12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion - There is nothing more dreadful than the roaring of this tyrant of the forest. At the sound of it all other animals tremble, flee away, and hide themselves. The king who is above law, and rules without law, and whose will is his own law, is like the lion. This is strongly descriptive of the character of Asiatic sovereigns.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12Verse 12 Christ is a King, whose wrath against his enemies will be as the roaring of a lion, and his favour to his people as the refreshing dew.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12A lion's roar warns of danger and possible violence (compare Proverbs 20:2). Dew on the grass is calming and helps plants grow (see Proverbs 16:14–15).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1212. (Compare Pr 16:14, 15; 20:2). A motive to submission to lawful authority.Read the comment

Topics related to Proverbs 19:12

• Anger
• Citizens
• Lion
• Rulers

In the dictionaries

• Judgment
• Pity
• Scorner
• Slothfulness
• Grass
• Lion
• Proverb
• Proverbs, the Book of
• lion, lioness

Commentaries on Proverbs 19

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings