Proverbs 19:12
The threatening of a king is like the roaring of a lion; but as dew on the grass, so is his favor.
LXX2012 (US English)
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
13A foolish son is a disgrace to his father: vows paid out of the hire of a harlot are not pure.
Cross References
2 Samuel 23:4And in the morning light of God, let the sun arise in the morning, from the light of which the Lord passed on, and as it were from the rain of the tender grass upon the earth.
Esther 7:8And the king returned from the garden; and Aman had fallen upon the bed, intreating the queen. And the king said, Will you even force my wife in my house? And when Aman heard it, he changed countenance.
Psalms 133:3May the Lord, who made heaven and earth, bless you out of Sion.
Proverbs 20:2The threat of a king differs not from the rage of a lion; and he that provokes him sins against his own soul.
Ecclesiastes 8:4even as a king having power: and who will say to him, What do you?
Daniel 3:19Then Nabuchodonosor was filled with wrath, and the form of his countenance was changed toward Sedrach, Misach, and Abdenago: and he gave orders to heat the furnace seven times more than usual, until it should burn to the uttermost.
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 →