Bible verse

Proverbs 19:12

A king’s rage is like the roar of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.

Proverbs 19:12 · BSB

Proverbs 19:12 in context

The verses around it, from Proverbs 19.

8 He who acquires wisdom loves himself; one who safeguards understanding will find success.

9 A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who pours out lies will perish.

10 Luxury is unseemly for a fool—how much worse for a slave to rule over princes!

11 A man’s insight gives him patience, and his virtue is to overlook an offense.

12 A king’s rage is like the roar of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.

13 A foolish son is his father’s ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping.

14 Houses and wealth are inherited from fathers, but a prudent wife is from the LORD.

15 Laziness brings on deep sleep, and an idle soul will suffer hunger.

16 He who keeps a commandment preserves his soul, but he who is careless in his ways will die.

Read all of Proverbs 19

Proverbs 19:12 in other translations

KJV

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

ASV

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

ERV

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

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