Proverbs 19:12

Geneva Bible (1560)

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

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  • Prov 16:14-15 : 14 The wrath of a King is as messengers of death: but a wise man will pacifie it. 15 In the light of the Kings coutenance is life: and his fauour is as a cloude of the latter raine.
  • Hos 14:5 : 5 (14:6) I will be as the dewe vnto Israel: he shall grow as the lilie and fasten his rootes, as the trees of Lebanon.
  • Ps 133:3 : 3 And as the dew of Hermon, which falleth vpon the mountaines of Zion: for there the Lord appointed the blessing and life for euer.
  • Prov 20:2 : 2 The feare of the King is like the roaring of a lyon: hee that prouoketh him vnto anger, sinneth against his owne soule.
  • Prov 28:15 : 15 As a roaring lyon, and an hungry beare, so is a wicked ruler ouer the poore people.
  • Eccl 8:4 : 4 Where the word of ye King is, there is power, and who shall say vnto him, What doest thou?
  • Dan 2:12-13 : 12 For this cause the king was angrie and in great furie, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babel. 13 And when sentence was giuen, the wise men were slayne: and they sought Daniel and his fellowes to be put to death.
  • Dan 3:19-23 : 19 Then was Nebuchad-nezzar full of rage, and the forme of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego: therefore hee charged and commaunded that they should heate the fornace at once seuen times more then it was wont to be heat. 20 And hee charged the most valiant men of warre that were in his armie, to binde Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and to cast them into the hote fierie fornace. 21 So these men were bounde in their coates, their hosen, and their clokes, with their other garments, and cast into the middes of the hote fierie fornace. 22 Therefore, because the Kings commaundement was straite, that the fornace should be exceeding hote, the flame of the fire slew those men that brought foorth Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego. 23 And these three men Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego fell downe bound into the middes of the hote fierie fornace.
  • Dan 5:19 : 19 And for the maiestie that he gaue him, all people, nations, and languages trembled, and feared before him: he put to death whom he would: he smote whome he would: whome he would he set vp, and whome he would he put downe.
  • Dan 6:24 : 24 And by the commaundement of the King these me which had accused Daniel, were brought, and were cast into the denne of lions, euen they, their children, and their wiues: and the lyons had the mastry of them, & brake all their bones a pieces, or euer they came at the groud of the denne.
  • Mic 5:7 : 7 And the remnant of Iaakob shalbe among many people, as a dewe from the Lord, and as the showres vpon the grasse, that waiteth not for ma, nor hopeth in the sonnes of Adam.
  • Luke 12:4-5 : 4 And I say vnto you, my friendes, be not afraide of them that kill the bodie, and after that are not able to doe any more. 5 But I wil forewarne you, who ye shal feare: feare him which after hee hath killed, hath power to cast into hell: yea, I say vnto you, him feare.
  • 2 Sam 23:4 : 4 Euen as the morning light when the sunne riseth, the morning, I say, without cloudes, so shall mine house be, and not as the grasse of the earth is by the bright raine.
  • Esth 7:8 : 8 And when the King came againe out of the palace garden, into the house where they dranke wine, Haman was fallen vpon the bed whereon Ester sate! therefore the King sayd, Will he force the Queene also before me in the house? As the worde went out of the Kings mouth, they couered Hamans face.
  • Ps 72:6 : 6 He shall come downe like the rayne vpon the mowen grasse, and as the showres that water the earth.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 16:13-15
    3 verses
    79%

    13Righteous lips are the delite of Kings, and the King loueth him that speaketh right things.

    14The wrath of a King is as messengers of death: but a wise man will pacifie it.

    15In the light of the Kings coutenance is life: and his fauour is as a cloude of the latter raine.

  • Prov 19:10-11
    2 verses
    78%

    10Pleasure is not comely for a foole, much lesse for a seruant to haue rule ouer princes.

    11The discretion of man deferreth his anger: and his glory is to passe by an offence.

  • Prov 20:2
    75%

    2The feare of the King is like the roaring of a lyon: hee that prouoketh him vnto anger, sinneth against his owne soule.

  • Prov 14:35
    75%

    35The pleasure of a King is in a wise seruant: but his wrath shalbe toward him that is lewde.

  • Prov 19:13
    73%

    13A foolish sonne is the calamitie of his father, and the contentions of a wife are like a continuall dropping.

  • Prov 28:15
    71%

    15As a roaring lyon, and an hungry beare, so is a wicked ruler ouer the poore people.

  • Prov 14:28-29
    2 verses
    71%

    28In the multitude of the people is the honour of a King, and for the want of people commeth the destruction of the Prince.

    29He that is slowe to wrath, is of great wisdome: but he that is of an hastie minde, exalteth follie.

  • Prov 15:18
    70%

    18An angrie man stirreth vp strife: but hee that is slowe to wrath, appeaseth strife.

  • Prov 29:22
    70%

    22An angrie man stirreth vp strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression.

  • Ps 30:5
    69%

    5For he endureth but a while in his anger: but in his fauour is life: weeping may abide at euening, but ioy commeth in the morning.

  • Prov 15:1
    69%

    1A soft answere putteth away wrath: but grieuous wordes stirre vp anger.

  • Ps 17:12
    69%

    12Like as a lyon that is greedy of pray, and as it were a lyons whelp lurking in secret places.

  • Prov 24:18
    69%

    18Least the Lorde see it, and it displease him, and he turne his wrath from him.

  • Prov 19:19
    69%

    19A man of much anger shall suffer punishment: and though thou deliuer him, yet wil his anger come againe.

  • Prov 28:1-2
    2 verses
    68%

    1The wicked flee when none pursueth: but the righteous are bolde as a lyon.

    2For the transgression of the land there are many princes thereof: but by a man of vnderstanding and knowledge a realme likewise endureth long.

  • Prov 12:2
    68%

    2A good man getteth fauour of the Lorde: but the man of wicked immaginations will hee condemne.

  • Ps 72:6
    68%

    6He shall come downe like the rayne vpon the mowen grasse, and as the showres that water the earth.

  • Prov 27:4
    68%

    4Anger is cruell, and wrath is raging: but who can stand before enuie?

  • Job 36:18
    68%

    18For Gods wrath is, least hee should take that away in thine abundance: for no multitude of giftes can deliuer thee.

  • Prov 12:16
    68%

    16A foole in a day shall be knowen by his anger: but he that couereth shame, is wise.

  • Ps 76:10
    67%

    10Surely the rage of man shall turne to thy praise: the remnant of the rage shalt thou restrayne.

  • Prov 16:32
    67%

    32He that is slowe vnto anger, is better then the mightie man: and hee that ruleth his owne minde, is better then he that winneth a citie.

  • Prov 20:28
    67%

    28Mercie and trueth preserue the King: for his throne shall be established with mercie.

  • Prov 14:17
    67%

    17He that is hastie to anger, committeth follie, and a busie body is hated.

  • Prov 25:15
    67%

    15A Prince is pacified by staying of anger, and a soft tongue breaketh the bones.

  • Prov 22:11
    67%

    11Hee that loueth purenesse of heart for the grace of his lippes, the King shalbe his friend.

  • 2 Sam 23:4
    67%

    4Euen as the morning light when the sunne riseth, the morning, I say, without cloudes, so shall mine house be, and not as the grasse of the earth is by the bright raine.

  • Deut 32:2
    67%

    2My doctrine shall drop as the raine, and my speech shal stil as the dew, as the showre vpo the herbes, and as the great raine vpon the grasse.

  • Prov 29:26
    67%

    26Many doe seeke the face of the ruler: but euery mans iudgement commeth from the Lord.

  • Prov 16:10
    67%

    10A diuine sentence shalbe in the lips of the King: his mouth shall not trasgresse in iudgement.

  • Ps 58:9
    67%

    9As raw flesh before your pots feele the fire of thornes: so let him cary them away as with a whirlewinde in his wrath.

  • Eccl 10:4
    67%

    4If the spirite of him that ruleth, rise vp against thee, leaue not thy place: for gentlenes pacifieth great sinnes.

  • Prov 21:1
    67%

    1The Kings heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the riuers of waters: he turneth it whithersoeuer it pleaseth him.

  • Jer 23:19
    67%

    19Beholde, the tempest of the Lorde goeth forth in his wrath, and a violent whirlewinde shal fall downe vpon the head of the wicked.

  • Ps 90:11
    67%

    11Who knoweth the power of thy wrath? for according to thy feare is thine anger.

  • Isa 9:18
    67%

    18For wickednesse burneth as a fire: it deuoureth the briers and the thornes and will kindle in the thicke places of the forest: and they shall mount vp like the lifting vp of smoke.

  • Job 4:10
    67%

    10The roaring of the Lion, and the voyce of the Lionesse, & the teeth of the Lions whelpes are broken.

  • Prov 30:30
    66%

    30A lyon which is strong among beastes, and turneth not at the sight of any:

  • Prov 6:34
    66%

    34For ielousie is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.

  • Job 40:11
    66%

    11(40:6) Cast abroad the indignation of thy wrath, and beholde euery one that is proude, and abase him.

  • Dan 4:15
    66%

    15(4:12) Neuerthelesse leaue the stumpe of his rootes in the earth, and with a band of yron and brasse binde it among the grasse of the fielde, and let it be wet with the dewe of heauen, and let his portion be with the beastes among the grasse of the fielde.

  • Jer 25:38
    66%

    38He hath forsaken his couert, as the lyon: for their land is waste, because of the wrath of the oppressor, & because of ye wrath of his indignatio.

  • Ps 2:5
    66%

    5Then shall hee speake vnto them in his wrath, & vexe them in his sore displeasure, saying,

  • Job 41:21
    66%

    21(41:12) His breath maketh the coales burne: for a flame goeth out of his mouth.

  • Prov 11:23
    66%

    23The desire of the righteous is onely good: but the hope of the wicked is indignation.