Proverbs 19:12
The wrath of the king is like the roaring of a young lion, 1 but his favor is like dew on the grass. 1
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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
11Discretion makes a person slow to anger 1 and it is his glory to overlook an offense. 1
13A foolish son is ruin to his father 1 and a quarreling wife is a constant dripping of water. 1
Cross References
2 Samuel 23:4He will be like the morning light when the sun rises, 1 a morning without clouds, 1 when the tender grass springs up from the earth 1 through bright sunshine after rain. 1
Esther 7:8Then the king returned from the palace garden into the room where the wine had been served. Haman had just fallen on the couch where Esther was. The king said, “Will he assault the queen in my presence in my own house?” As soon as this sentence came out of the king's mouth, the servants covered Haman's face.
Psalms 133:3It is like the dew of Hermon 1 which falls on the mountains of Zion. 1 For there Yahweh commanded the blessing— 1 life forevermore.
Proverbs 20:2The fear of a king is like the fear of a young lion that is roaring; 1 the one who makes him angry forfeits his life. 1
Ecclesiastes 8:4The king's word rules, so who will say to him, “What are you doing?” 1
Daniel 3:19Then Nebuchadnezzar was filled with rage; the look on his face changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. He commanded that the furnace should be heated seven times hotter than it was normally 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 →