Proverbs 19:12

Authorized King James Version (1611)

¶ The king's wrath [is] as the roaring of a lion; but his favour [is] as dew upon the grass.

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  • 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.

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  • Prov 14:35
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    35¶ The king's favour [is] toward a wise servant: but his wrath is [against] him that causeth shame.

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  • 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.

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  • Prov 15:18
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    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.

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

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

  • Ps 17:12
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    12Like as a lion [that] is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.

  • Prov 24:18
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    18Lest the LORD see [it], and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.

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

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

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  • Prov 12:2
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    2¶ A good [man] obtaineth favour of the LORD: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.

  • Ps 72:6
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  • Prov 27:4
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    4Wrath [is] cruel, and anger [is] outrageous; but who [is] able to stand before envy?

  • Job 36:18
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    18Because [there is] wrath, [beware] lest he take thee away with [his] stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee.

  • Prov 12:16
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    16¶ A fool's wrath is presently known: but a prudent [man] covereth shame.

  • Ps 76:10
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    10Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain.

  • Prov 16:32
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    2My 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:

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

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

  • Ps 58:9
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    9Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in [his] wrath.

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

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

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

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

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    38He 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
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    5Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure.

  • Job 41:21
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    21His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth.

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