Proverbs 19:12
Like the roaring of a young lion is the wrath of a king: as dew upon the herbs is his favor.
Leeser Tanakh
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
11It is intelligence in man to be slow in his anger, and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.
13A calamity unto his father is a foolish son; and a continual dropping are the quarrels of a wife.
Cross References
2 Samuel 23:4And as in the light of morning the sun riseth, in a morning without clouds, with more than the brightness [reflected] by rain on the herbs that spring from the earth.
Esther 7:8And when the king returned out of the palace-garden into the apartment of the banquet of wine, Haman was fallen upon the couch whereon Esther was: then said the king. Will he even do violence to the queen before me in the house? The word had just come out of the king's mouth, when they covered Haman's face.
Psalms 133:3Like the dew of Chermon, running down upon the mountains of Zion; for there hath the Lord commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.
Proverbs 20:2Like the roaring of a young lion is the dread of a king: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.
Ecclesiastes 8:4Because the word of a king is powerful; and who may say unto him, What doest thou?—
Daniel 3:19Then was Nebuchadnezzar filled with fury, and the form of his countenance was changed because of Shadrach, Meshach, and 'Abed-nego; [and] he commenced and ordered that they should heat the furnace thoroughly seven times more than it was wont to be heated.
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 →