Proverbs 19:12

American Standard Version (1901)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 16:14-15 : 14 The wrath of a king is [as] messengers of death; But a wise man will pacify it. 15 In the light of the king's countenance is life; And his favor is as a cloud of the latter rain.
  • Hos 14:5 : 5 I will be as the dew unto Israel; he shall blossom as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.
  • Ps 133:3 : 3 Like the dew of Hermon, That cometh down upon the mountains of Zion: For there Jehovah commanded the blessing, Even life for evermore.
  • Prov 20:2 : 2 The terror of a king is as the roaring of a lion: He that provoketh him to anger sinneth [against] his own life.
  • Prov 28:15 : 15 [ As] a roaring lion, and a ranging bear, [So is] a wicked ruler over a poor people.
  • Eccl 8:4 : 4 For the king's word [hath] power; and who may say unto him, What doest thou?
  • Dan 2:12-13 : 12 For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon. 13 So the decree went forth, and the wise men were to be slain; and they sought Daniel and his companions to be slain.
  • Dan 3:19-23 : 19 Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego: [therefore] he spake, and commanded that they should heat the furnace seven times more than it was wont to be heated. 20 And he commanded certain mighty men that were in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, [and] to cast them into the burning fiery furnace. 21 Then these men were bound in their hosen, their tunics, and their mantles, and their [other] garments, and were cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace. 22 Therefore because the king's commandment was urgent, and the furnace exceeding hot, the flame of the fire slew those men that took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego. 23 And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.
  • Dan 5:19 : 19 and because of the greatness that he gave him, all the peoples, nations, and languages trembled and feared before him: whom he would he slew, and whom he would he kept alive; and whom he would he raised up, and whom he would he put down.
  • Dan 6:24 : 24 And the king commanded, and they brought those men that had accused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions, them, their children, and their wives; and the lions had the mastery of them, and brake all their bones in pieces, before they came to the bottom of the den.
  • Mic 5:7 : 7 And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many peoples as dew from Jehovah, as showers upon the grass, that tarry not for man, nor wait for the sons of men.
  • Luke 12:4-5 : 4 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. 5 But I will warn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, who after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.
  • 2 Sam 23:4 : 4 [ He shall be] as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, A morning without clouds, [When] the tender grass [springeth] out of the earth, Through clear shining after rain.
  • Esth 7:8 : 8 Then the king returned out of the palace garden into the place of the banquet of wine; and Haman was fallen upon the couch whereon Esther was. Then said the king, Will he even force the queen before me in the house? As the word went out of the king's mouth, they covered Haman's face.
  • Ps 72:6 : 6 He will come down like rain upon the mown grass, As showers that water the earth.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Prov 16:13-15
    3 verses
    79%

    13Righteous lips are the delight of kings; And they love him that speaketh right.

    14The wrath of a king is [as] messengers of death; But a wise man will pacify it.

    15In the light of the king's countenance is life; And his favor is as a cloud of the latter rain.

  • Prov 19:10-11
    2 verses
    78%

    10Delicate living is not seemly for a fool; Much less for a servant to have rule over princes.

    11The discretion of a man maketh him slow to anger; And it is his glory to pass over a transgression.

  • Prov 20:2
    75%

    2The terror of a king is as the roaring of a lion: He that provoketh him to anger sinneth [against] his own life.

  • Prov 14:35
    75%

    35The king's favor is toward a servant that dealeth wisely; But his wrath will be [against] him that causeth shame.

  • Prov 19:13
    73%

    13A foolish son is the calamity of his father; And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.

  • Prov 28:15
    71%

    15[ As] a roaring lion, and a ranging bear, [So is] a wicked ruler over a poor people.

  • Prov 14:28-29
    2 verses
    71%

    28In the multitude of people is the king's glory; But in the want of people is the destruction of the prince.

    29He that is slow to anger is of great understanding; But he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.

  • Prov 15:18
    70%

    18A wrathful man stirreth up contention; But he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.

  • Prov 29:22
    70%

    22An angry man stirreth up strife, And a wrathful man aboundeth in transgression.

  • Ps 30:5
    69%

    5For his anger is but for a moment; His favor is for a life-time: Weeping may tarry for the night, But joy [cometh] in the morning.

  • Prov 15:1
    69%

    1A soft answer turneth away wrath; But a grievous word stirreth up anger.

  • Ps 17:12
    69%

    12He is like a lion that is greedy of his prey, And as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.

  • Prov 24:18
    69%

    18Lest Jehovah see it, and it displease him, And he turn away his wrath from him.

  • Prov 19:19
    69%

    19A man of great wrath shall bear the penalty; For if thou deliver [him], thou must do it yet again.

  • Prov 28:1-2
    2 verses
    68%

    1The wicked flee when no man pursueth; But the righteous are bold as a lion.

    2For the transgression of a land many are the princes thereof; But by men of understanding [and] knowledge the state [thereof] shall be prolonged.

  • Prov 12:2
    68%

    2A good man shall obtain favor of Jehovah; But a man of wicked devices will he condemn.

  • Ps 72:6
    68%

    6He will come down like rain upon the mown grass, As showers that water the earth.

  • Prov 27:4
    68%

    4Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming; But who is able to stand before jealousy?

  • Job 36:18
    68%

    18For let not wrath stir thee up against chastisements; Neither let the greatness of the ransom turn thee aside.

  • Prov 12:16
    68%

    16A fool's vexation is presently known; But a prudent man concealeth shame.

  • Ps 76:10
    67%

    10Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: The residue of wrath shalt thou gird upon thee.

  • Prov 16:32
    67%

    32He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; And he that ruleth his spirit, than he that taketh a city.

  • Prov 20:28
    67%

    28Kindness and truth preserve the king; And his throne is upholden by kindness.

  • Prov 14:17
    67%

    17He that is soon angry will deal foolishly; And a man of wicked devices is hated.

  • Prov 25:15
    67%

    15By long forbearing is a ruler persuaded, And a soft tongue breaketh the bone.

  • Prov 22:11
    67%

    11He that loveth pureness of heart, [For] the grace of his lips the king will be his friend.

  • 2 Sam 23:4
    67%

    4[ He shall be] as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, A morning without clouds, [When] the tender grass [springeth] out of the earth, Through clear shining after rain.

  • Deut 32:2
    67%

    2My doctrine shall drop as the rain; My speech shall distil as the dew, As the small rain upon the tender grass, And as the showers upon the herb.

  • Prov 29:26
    67%

    26Many seek the ruler's favor; But a man's judgment [cometh] from Jehovah.

  • Prov 16:10
    67%

    10A divine sentence is in the lips of the king; His mouth shall not transgress in judgment.

  • Ps 58:9
    67%

    9Before your pots can feel the thorns, He will take them away with a whirlwind, the green and the burning alike.

  • Eccl 10:4
    67%

    4If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for gentleness allayeth great offences.

  • Prov 21:1
    67%

    1The king's heart is in the hand of Jehovah as the watercourses: He turneth it whithersoever he will.

  • Jer 23:19
    67%

    19Behold, the tempest of Jehovah, [even his] wrath, is gone forth, yea, a whirling tempest: it shall burst upon the head of the wicked.

  • Ps 90:11
    67%

    11Who knoweth the power of thine anger, And thy wrath according to the fear that is due unto thee?

  • Isa 9:18
    67%

    18For wickedness burneth as the fire; it devoureth the briers and thorns; yea, it kindleth in the thickets of the forest, and they roll upward in a column of smoke.

  • Job 4:10
    67%

    10The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, And the teeth of the young lions, are broken.

  • Prov 30:30
    66%

    30The lion, which is mightiest among beasts, And turneth not away for any;

  • Prov 6:34
    66%

    34For jealousy is the rage of a man; And he will not spare in the day of vengeance.

  • Job 40:11
    66%

    11Pour forth the overflowings of thine anger; And look upon every one that is proud, and abase him.

  • Dan 4:15
    66%

    15Nevertheless leave the stump of its roots in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of heaven: and let his portion be with the beasts in the grass of the earth:

  • Jer 25:38
    66%

    38He hath left his covert, as the lion; for their land is become an astonishment because of the fierceness of the oppressing [sword], and because of his fierce anger.

  • Ps 2:5
    66%

    5Then will he speak unto them in his wrath, And vex them in his sore displeasure:

  • Job 41:21
    66%

    21His breath kindleth coals, And a flame goeth forth from his mouth.

  • Prov 11:23
    66%

    23The desire of the righteous is only good; [But] the expectation of the wicked is wrath.