Proverbs 19:12 A king's rage is like the roar of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.

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Parallel Verses

New International Version
A king's rage is like the roar of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.

English Standard Version
A king’s wrath is like the growling of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.

New American Standard Bible
The king's wrath is like the roaring of a lion, But his favor is like dew on the grass.

King James Bible
The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
A king's rage is like the roaring of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.

International Standard Version
The king's anger is like the roaring of a lion, but his goodwill is like dew on the grass.

American Standard Version
The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion; But his favor is as dew upon the grass.

Douay-Rheims Bible
As the roaring of a lion, so also is the anger of a king: and his cheerfulness as the dew upon the grass.

Darby Bible Translation
The king's displeasure is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.

Young's Literal Translation
The wrath of a king is a growl as of a young lion, And as dew on the herb his good-will.

Cross References

Genesis 27:28
Therefore God give you of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine:

Deuteronomy 33:28
Israel then shall dwell in safety alone: the fountain of Jacob shall be on a land of corn and wine; also his heavens shall drop down dew.

Psalm 133:3
As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended on the mountains of Zion: for there the LORD commanded the blessing, even life for ever more.

Proverbs 16:14
The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: but a wise man will pacify it.

Proverbs 28:15
As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people.

Isaiah 18:4
For so the LORD said to me, I will take my rest, and I will consider in my dwelling place like a clear heat on herbs, and like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.

Hosea 14:5
I will be as the dew to Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.

Micah 5:7
And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the middle of many people as a dew from the LORD, as the showers on the grass, that tarries not for man, nor waits for the sons of men.

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Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

19:11. He attains the most true glory who endeavours most steadily to overcome evil with good. 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. 13. It shows the vanity of the world, that we are liable to the greatest griefs where we promise ourselves the greatest comfort.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

12. (Compare Pr 16:14, 15; 20:2). A motive to submission to lawful authority.

Proverbs 19:11

Proverbs 19:13

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