Proverbs 19:12
A king’s rage is like the roar of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
The king’s wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.
In Context
11A man’s insight gives him patience, and his virtue is to overlook an offense.
13A foolish son is his father’s ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping.
Cross References
2 Samuel 23:4is like the light of the morning at sunrise of a cloudless dawn, the glistening after the rain on the sprouting grass of the earth.’
Esther 7:8Just as the king returned from the palace garden to the banquet hall, Haman was falling on the couch where Esther was reclining. The king exclaimed, “Would he actually assault the queen while I am in the palace?” As soon as the words had left the king’s mouth, they covered Haman’s face.
Psalms 133:3It is like the dew of Hermon falling on the mountains of Zion. For there the LORD has bestowed the blessing of life forevermore.
Proverbs 20:2The terror of a king is like the roar of a lion; whoever provokes him forfeits his own life.
Ecclesiastes 8:4For the king’s word is supreme, and who can say to him, “What are you doing?”
Daniel 3:19At this, Nebuchadnezzar was filled with rage, and the expression on his face changed toward Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. He gave orders to heat the furnace seven times hotter than usual,
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 19:12
11 The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression. A wise man will observe these two rules about his anger: 1. Not to be over-hasty in his resentments: Discretion teaches us to defer our anger, to defer the admission of it till we have thoroughly considered all the merits of the provocation, seen them in a true light and weighed them in a just balance; and then to defer the prosecution of it till there be no danger of running into any indecencies. Plato said to his… Read the whole commentary →