New King James Version
Proverbs 19:12
12The king’s wrath is like the roaring of a lion, But his favor is like dew on the grass.
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 Living Translation (NLT)The king’s anger is like a lion’s roar, 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 servant to rule over princes. 11The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger, And his glory is to overlook a transgression. The king’s wrath is like the roaring of a lion, But his favor is like dew on the grass. 13A foolish son is the ruin of his father, And the contentions of a wife are a continual dripping. 14Houses and riches are an inheritance from fathers, But a prudent wife is from the Lord.
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נַ֣הַם כַּ֭כְּפִיר זַ֣עַף מֶ֑לֶךְ וּכְטַ֖ל עַל־עֵ֣שֶׂב רְצוֹנֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Proverbs 19:12
- Proverbs 16:14As messengers of death is the king’s wrath, But a wise man will appease it.
- Proverbs 20:2The wrath of a king is like the roaring of a lion; Whoever provokes him to anger sins against his own life.
- Proverbs 28:15Like a roaring lion and a charging bear Is a wicked ruler over poor people.
- Esther 7:8When the king returned from the palace garden to the place of the banquet of wine, Haman had fallen across the couch where Esther was. Then the king said, “Will he also assault the queen while I am in the house?” As the word left the king’s mouth, they covered Haman’s face.
- Ecclesiastes 8:4Where the word of a king is, there is power; And who may say to him, “What are you doing?”
- Daniel 2:12For this reason the king was angry and very furious, and gave the command to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.
- Daniel 3:19Then Nebuchadnezzar was full of fury, and the expression on his face changed toward Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego. He spoke and commanded that they heat the furnace seven times more than it was usually heated.
- Daniel 5:19And because of the majesty that He gave him, all peoples, nations, and languages trembled and feared before him. Whomever he wished, he executed; whomever he wished, he kept alive; whomever he wished, he set up; and whomever he wished, he put down.
- Daniel 6:24And the king gave the command, and they brought those men who had accused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions—them, their children, and their wives; and the lions overpowered them, and broke all their bones in pieces before they ever came to the bottom of the den.
- Luke 12:4“And I say to you, My friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.
- 2 Samuel 23:4And he shall be like the light of the morning when the sun rises, A morning without clouds, Like the tender grass springing out of the earth, By clear shining after rain.’
- Psalms 72:6He shall come down like rain upon the grass before mowing, Like showers that water the earth.
- Hosea 14:5I will be like the dew to Israel; He shall grow like the lily, And lengthen his roots like 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
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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
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