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Proverbs 19:12

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

KJV

Sicut fremitus leonis, ita et regis ira, et sicut ros super herbam, ita et hilaritas ejus.

Vulgate

δειλία κατέχει ἀνδρογύναιον, ψυχὴ δὲ ἀεργοῦ πεινάσει.

LXX

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

ASV

נַ֣הַם כַּ֭/כְּפִיר זַ֣עַף מֶ֑לֶךְ וּ/כְ/טַ֖ל עַל עֵ֣שֶׂב רְצוֹנֽ/וֹ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

וֹ
v
noun · 53×
זַ֣עַף
z'p
noun · 6×
טַּ֖ל
tl
noun · 31×
כְּפִ֣יר
kpyr
noun · 31×
מֶֽלֶךְ
mlk
noun · 2518×
נַ֣הַם
nhm
noun · 2×
עֵ֣שֶׂב
'shb
noun · 33×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Pet 5:8 — Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
  • Dan 2:12 — For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.
  • Dan 3:19 — 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 time
  • Deut 33:13 — And of Joseph he said, Blessed of the LORD be his land, for the precious things of heaven, for the dew, and for the deep that coucheth beneath,
  • Eccl 8:4 — Where the word of a king is, there is power: and who may say unto him, What doest thou?
  • Eccl 8:4 — Where the word of a king is, there is power: and who may say unto him, What doest thou?
  • Esth 1:12 — But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king’s commandment by his chamberlains: therefore was the king very wroth, and his anger burned in him.
  • Esth 7:8 — 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
  • Exod 2:14 — And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? intendest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely this thing is known.
  • Hos 14:5 — I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.
  • Luke 12:4 — 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.
  • Prov 16:14 — The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: but a wise man will pacify it.
  • Prov 16:14 — The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: but a wise man will pacify it.
  • Prov 16:15 — In the light of the king’s countenance is life; and his favour is as a cloud of the latter rain.
  • Prov 19:6 — Many will intreat the favour of the prince: and every man is a friend to him that giveth gifts.
  • Prov 20:2 — The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.
  • Prov 20:2 — 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 — As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people.
  • Prov 28:15 — As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people.
  • Ps 7:2 — Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.
  • Ps 133:3 — 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.
  • Ps 133:3 — 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.
  • Zech 8:12 — For the seed shall be prosperous; the vine shall give her fruit, and the ground shall give her increase, and the heavens shall give their dew; and I will cause the remnant of this people to possess al