Proverbs 19:12

King James Version 1611 (Original)

The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour 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 favour is as a cloud of the latter rain.
  • Hos 14:5 : 5 I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.
  • Ps 133:3 : 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.
  • Prov 20:2 : 2 The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.
  • Prov 28:15 : 15 As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people.
  • Eccl 8:4 : 4 Where the word of a king is, there is 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 And the decree went forth that the wise men should be slain; and they sought Daniel and his fellows 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 Abednego: therefore he spake, and commanded that they should heat the furnace one seven times more than it was wont to be heated. 20 And he commanded the most mighty men that were in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and to cast them into the burning fiery furnace. 21 Then these men were bound in their coats, their hosen, and their hats, 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 Abednego. 23 And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.
  • Dan 5:19 : 19 And for the majesty that he gave him, all people, 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 set up; and whom he would he put down.
  • Dan 6:24 : 24 And the king commanded, and they brought those men which 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 or ever they came at the bottom of the den.
  • Mic 5:7 : 7 And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people as a dew from the LORD, as the showers upon the grass, that tarrieth not for man, nor waiteth 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 forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.
  • 2 Sam 23:4 : 4 And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by 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 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.
  • Ps 72:6 : 6 He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers that water the earth.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 16:13-15
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    13 Righteous lips are the delight of kings; and they love him that speaketh right.

    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 favour is as a cloud of the latter rain.

  • Prov 19:10-11
    2 verses
    78%

    10 Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.

    11 The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.

  • Prov 20:2
    75%

    2 The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.

  • Prov 14:35
    75%

    35 The king's favour is toward a wise servant: but his wrath is against him that causeth shame.

  • Prov 19:13
    73%

    13 A 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 the poor people.

  • Prov 14:28-29
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    28 In the multitude of people is the king's honour: but in the want of people is the destruction of the prince.

    29 He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.

  • Prov 15:18
    70%

    18 A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.

  • Prov 29:22
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    22 An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression.

  • Ps 30:5
    69%

    5 For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.

  • Prov 15:1
    69%

    1 A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.

  • Ps 17:12
    69%

    12 Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.

  • Prov 24:18
    69%

    18 Lest the LORD see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.

  • Prov 19:19
    69%

    19 A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment: for if thou deliver him, yet thou must do it again.

  • Prov 28:1-2
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    68%

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

    2 For the transgression of a land many are the princes thereof: but by a man of understanding and knowledge the state thereof shall be prolonged.

  • Prov 12:2
    68%

    2 A good man obtaineth favour of the LORD: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.

  • Ps 72:6
    68%

    6 He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers that water the earth.

  • Prov 27:4
    68%

    4 Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?

  • Job 36:18
    68%

    18 Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee.

  • Prov 12:16
    68%

    16 A fool's wrath is presently known: but a prudent man covereth shame.

  • Ps 76:10
    67%

    10 Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain.

  • Prov 16:32
    67%

    32 He 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%

    28 Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upholden by mercy.

  • Prov 14:17
    67%

    17 He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated.

  • Prov 25:15
    67%

    15 By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone.

  • Prov 22:11
    67%

    11 He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend.

  • 2 Sam 23:4
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    4 And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain.

  • Deut 32:2
    67%

    2 My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass:

  • Prov 29:26
    67%

    26 Many seek the ruler's favour; but every man's judgment cometh from the LORD.

  • Prov 16:10
    67%

    10 A divine sentence is in the lips of the king: his mouth transgresseth not in judgment.

  • Ps 58:9
    67%

    9 Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath.

  • Eccl 10:4
    67%

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

  • Prov 21:1
    67%

    1 The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.

  • Jer 23:19
    67%

    19 Behold, a whirlwind of the LORD is gone forth in fury, even a grievous whirlwind: it shall fall grievously upon the head of the wicked.

  • Ps 90:11
    67%

    11 Who knoweth the power of thine anger? even according to thy fear, so is thy wrath.

  • Isa 9:18
    67%

    18 For wickedness burneth as the fire: it shall devour the briers and thorns, and shall kindle in the thickets of the forest, and they shall mount up like the lifting up of smoke.

  • Job 4:10
    67%

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

  • Prov 30:30
    66%

    30 A lion which is strongest among beasts, and turneth not away for any;

  • Prov 6:34
    66%

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

  • Job 40:11
    66%

    11 Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one that is proud, and abase him.

  • Dan 4:15
    66%

    15 Nevertheless leave the stump of his 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%

    38 He hath forsaken his covert, as the lion: for their land is desolate because of the fierceness of the oppressor, and because of his fierce anger.

  • Ps 2:5
    66%

    5 Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure.

  • Job 41:21
    66%

    21 His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth.

  • Prov 11:23
    66%

    23 The desire of the righteous is only good: but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.