Proverbs 19:12 “A king’s rage is like the roar of a lion, but his favor is like dew on…”

Proverbs 19:12

A king’s rage is like the roar of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

The king’s wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.

World English Bible

The king’s wrath is like the roaring of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.

American Standard Version

The king’s wrath is as the roaring of a lion; But his favor is as dew upon the grass.

Geneva Bible 1599

The Kings wrath is like the roaring of a lyon: but his fauour is like the dewe vpon ye grasse.

Darby Translation

The king's displeasure is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.

Young's Literal Translation

The wrath of a king [is] a growl as of a young lion, And as dew on the herb his good-will.

Bible in Basic English

The king's wrath is like the loud cry of a lion, but his approval is like dew on the grass.

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Cross references

“king's”

Proverbs 20:2 Proverbs 28:15 Esther 7:8 Ecclesiastes 8:4 Daniel 3:19–23 Daniel 6:24

Proverbs 20:2 · BSB

The terror of a king is like the roar of a lion; whoever provokes him forfeits his own life.

Proverbs 28:15 · BSB

Like a roaring lion or a charging bear is a wicked ruler over a helpless people.

Esther 7:8 · BSB

Just as the king returned from the palace garden to the banquet hall, Haman was falling on the couch where Esther was reclining. The king exclaimed, “Would he actually assault the queen while I am in the palace?” As soon…

Ecclesiastes 8:4 · BSB

For the king’s word is supreme, and who can say to him, “What are you doing?”

Daniel 3:19–23 · BSB

At this, Nebuchadnezzar was filled with rage, and the expression on his face changed toward Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. He gave orders to heat the furnace seven times hotter than usual,

Daniel 6:24 · BSB

At the command of the king, the men who had falsely accused Daniel were brought and thrown into the den of lions—they and their children and wives. And before they had reached the bottom of the den, the lions overpowered…

“his”

Hosea 14:5 2 Samuel 23:4 Psalm 72:6

Hosea 14:5 · BSB

I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like the lily and take root like the cedars of Lebanon.

2 Samuel 23:4 · BSB

is like the light of the morning at sunrise of a cloudless dawn, the glistening after the rain on the sprouting grass of the earth.’

Psalm 72:6 · BSB

May he be like rain that falls on freshly cut grass, like spring showers that water the earth.

Also

Psalm 133:3 Micah 5:7

Psalm 133:3 · BSB

It is like the dew of Hermon falling on the mountains of Zion. For there the LORD has bestowed the blessing of life forevermore.

Micah 5:7 · BSB

Then the remnant of Jacob will be in the midst of many peoples like dew from the LORD, like showers on the grass, which do not wait for man or linger for mankind.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

11A man’s insight gives him patience, and his virtue is to overlook an offense.

13A foolish son is his father’s ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping.

Read Proverbs 19