Proverbs 19:12

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

An angry king roars like a lion, but when a king is pleased, it's like dew on the crops.

Cross References

Genesis 27:28

God will bless you, my son, with dew from heaven and with fertile fields, rich with grain and grapes.

2 Samuel 23:4

is like the sunrise on a cloudless day, or like rain that sparkles on the grass.”

Esther 1:12

The king's servants told Queen Vashti what he had said, but she refused to go to him, and this made him terribly angry.

Esther 7:8

Just as the king came back into the room, Haman got down on his knees beside Esther, who was lying on the couch. The king shouted, “Now you're even trying to rape my queen here in my own palace!” As soon as the king said this, his servants covered Haman's head.

Psalm 133:3

It is like the dew from Mount Hermon, falling on Zion's mountains, where the LORD has promised to bless his people with life for evermore.

Psalm 72:6

Let him be as helpful as rain that refreshes the meadows and the ground.

Proverbs 20:2

An angry ruler is like a roaring lion— make either one angry, and you are dead.

Proverbs 28:15

A ruler who ill-treats the poor is like a roaring lion or a bear hunting for food.

Ecclesiastes 8:4

The king's word is law. No one can ask him, “Why are you doing this?”

Isaiah 18:4

The LORD said to me, “I will calmly look down from my home above— as calmly as the sun at midday or clouds in the heat of harvest season.”

Daniel 5:19

God did such great things for him that people of all nations and races shook with fear. Your father had the power of life or death over everyone, and he could honour or ruin anyone he chose.

Daniel 6:24

And the king ordered the men who had brought charges against Daniel to be thrown into the pit, together with their wives and children. But before they even reached the bottom, the lions ripped them to pieces.

Hosea 14:5

I will be like the dew— then you will blossom like lilies and have roots like a tree.

Micah 5:7

A few of Jacob's descendants survived and are scattered among the nations. But the LORD will let them cover the earth like dew and rain that refreshes the soil.

Deuteronomy 33:28

Israel, you will live in safety; your enemies will be gone. The dew will fall from the sky, and you will have plenty of grain and wine.