Proverbs 19:12
The wrath of a melech is like the roaring of a lion, 1 but his ratzon (favor) is as tal (dew) upon the esev (grass). 1
Orthodox Jewish 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
Cross References
2 Samuel 23:4And He shall be as the ohr of the boker, 1 when the shemesh riseth, 1 even a morning without clouds; 1 as the tender deshe (grass) springing out of ha'aretz by clear shining after matar (rain). 1
Esther 7:8Then HaMelech returned out of the palace garden into the Bais Mishteh HaYayin, and Haman was fallen upon the mittah (couch), + 7:8 See 1:6 mittot, couches whereon Ester was. Then said HaMelech, Will he ravish HaMalkah also before me in the bais? As the davar (word) went out of the mouth of HaMelech, they covered Hamanʼs face.
Psalms 133:3As the tal of Chermon, 1 and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Tziyon; 1 for there Hashem commanded the brocha, 1 even Chayyim Ad Olam.
Proverbs 20:2The wrath of a melech is as the roaring of a lion; 1 he who provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own nefesh. 1
Ecclesiastes 8:4For the devar melech is shilton (supreme), and who may say unto him, What doest thou?
Daniel 3:19Then was Nevukhadnetzar full of fury, and the expression on his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego; therefore he spoke, and commanded that they should heat the attun 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 →