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Proverbs 19:12
12A king’s wrath is like a roaring 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 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— how much less for a servant to rule over princes! 11Prudence makes one slow to anger and his glory is to overlook an offense. A king’s wrath is like a roaring lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass. 13A foolish son is trouble for his father, and a quarrelsome wife is constant dripping. 14House and wealth are an inheritance from fathers, but a prudent wife is from Adonai.
Read all of Proverbs 19Proverbs 19:12 word by word
נַ֣הַם כַּ֭כְּפִיר זַ֣עַף מֶ֑לֶךְ וּכְטַ֖ל עַל־עֵ֣שֶׂב רְצוֹנֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 19:12
- Proverbs 16:14A king’s fury is like messengers of death, but a wise man will appease it.
- Proverbs 20:2The terror of a king is like a lion’s growl. Whoever provokes him endangers his life.
- Proverbs 28:15Like a roaring lion or a prowling bear is a wicked ruler over helpless people.
- Esther 7:8When the king returned from the palace garden to the banquet hall, Haman was falling on the same couch where Esther was. The king exclaimed, “Will he also assault the queen while she is with me in the palace?” As soon as these words came out of the king’s mouth, they covered Haman’s face.
- Ecclesiastes 8:4Since the word of a king has authority, who can say to him, ‘What are you doing?’
- Daniel 2:12Because of this, the king became furiously angry and gave orders to execute all the wise men of Babylon.
- Daniel 3:19Then Nebuchadnezzar was filled with rage and the appearance of his face changed toward Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego. He ordered the furnace to be heated seven times hotter than it was normally heated
- Daniel 5:19Because of the grandeur that He bestowed on him, all the peoples, nations and languages dreaded and feared him. He killed whomever he wanted and spared anyone he wanted; he raised up whomever he wished and humbled anyone he wished.
- Daniel 6:24Then the king was overjoyed, and ordered Daniel taken up out of the den. So Daniel was lifted out of the pit. No injury of any kind was found on him because he had trusted in his God.
- Luke 12:4“I say to you, My friends, you should not be afraid of those who kill the body, since after this they have nothing more they can do.
- 2 Samuel 23:4he is like the light of the morning when the sun rises, a cloudless morning of glistening as grass springs from the earth.’
- Psalms 72:6May he be like rain falling on a mown field, like showers watering the ground.
- Hosea 14:5“I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely, for My anger will turn away from him.
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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