Proverbs 19:12 · KJV
“The king's wrath {is} as the roaring of a lion; but his favour {is} as dew upon the grass.”
— Proverbs 19:12
The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and {it is} his glory to pass over a transgression. {discretion: or, prudence}
A foolish son {is} the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife {are} a continual dropping.
Proverbs 19 — Context
Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
11The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and {it is} his glory to pass over a transgression. {discretion: or, prudence}
12The king's wrath {is} as the roaring of a lion; but his favour {is} as dew upon the grass.
13A foolish son {is} the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife {are} a continual dropping.
14House and riches {are} the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife {is} from the LORD.
Cross References
Hosea 14:5
I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon. {grow: or, blossom} {cast...: Heb. strike}
Luke 12:4-5
And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.
Proverbs 20:2
The fear of a king {is} as the roaring of a lion: {whoso} provoketh him to anger sinneth {against} his own soul.
Proverbs 16:14-15
The wrath of a king {is as} messengers of death: but a wise man will pacify it.
Proverbs 28:15
{As} a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; {so is} a wicked ruler over the poor people.
Esther 7:8
Then the king returned out of the palace garden into the place of the banquet of wine; and Haman was fallen upon the bed whereon Esther {was}. Then said the king, Will he force the queen also before me in the house? As the word went out of the king's mouth, they covered Haman's face. {before me: Heb. with me}
Psalms 133:3
As the dew of Hermon, {and as the dew} that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the LORD commanded the blessing, {even} life for evermore.
Ecclesiastes 8:4
Where the word of a king {is, there is} power: and who may say unto him, What doest thou?