Proverbs 19:12
The threatening of a king is like the roaring of a lion; 1 But as dew on the grass, so is his favor. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
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 merciful man is long-suffering; 1 And his triumph overtakes transgressors. 1
13A foolish son is a disgrace to his father: 1 Vows paid out of the hire of a harlot are not pure. 1
Cross References
2 Samuel 23:4And in the morning light of God, let the sun arise in the morning, 1 From the light of which the Lord passed on, 1 And as it were from the rain of the tender grass upon the earth. 1
Psalms 133:3May the Lord, who made heaven and earth, 1 Bless thee out of Zion.
Proverbs 20:2The threat of a king differs not from the rage of a lion; 1 And he that provokes him sins against his own soul. 1
Ecclesiastes 8:4Even as a king having power: 1 And who will say to him, What doest thou? 1
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 →