Proverbs 19:12

English Standard Version 2016

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

Cross References

Hosea 14:5

I will be like the dew to Israel; he shall blossom like the lily; he shall take root like the trees of Lebanon;

Proverbs 20:2

The terror of a king is like the growling of a lion; whoever provokes him to anger forfeits his life.

Proverbs 28:15

Like a roaring lion or a charging bear is a wicked ruler over a poor people.

Psalm 133:3

It is like the dew of Hermon, which falls on the mountains of Zion! For there the Lord has commanded the blessing, life forevermore.

Micah 5:7

Then the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many peoples like dew from the Lord, like showers on the grass, which delay not for a man nor wait for the children of man.

Daniel 6:24

And the king commanded, and those men who had maliciously accused Daniel were brought and cast into the den of lions—they, their children, and their wives. And before they reached the bottom of the den, the lions overpowered them and broke all their bones in pieces.

Daniel 5:19

And because of the greatness that he gave him, all peoples, nations, and languages trembled and feared before him. Whom he would, he killed, and whom he would, he kept alive; whom he would, he raised up, and whom he would, he humbled.

Ecclesiastes 8:4

For the word of the king is supreme, and who may say to him, “What are you doing?”

Psalm 72:6

May he be like rain that falls on the mown grass, like showers that water the earth!

Esther 7:8

And the king returned from the palace garden to the place where they were drinking wine, as Haman was falling on the couch where Esther was. And the king said, “Will he even assault the queen in my presence, in my own house?” As the word left the mouth of the king, they covered Haman’s face.

2 Samuel 23:4

he dawns on them like the morning light, like the sun shining forth on a cloudless morning, like rain that makes grass to sprout from the earth.

Genesis 27:28

May God give you of the dew of heaven and of the fatness of the earth and plenty of grain and wine.

Deuteronomy 33:28

So Israel lived in safety, Jacob lived alone, in a land of grain and wine, whose heavens drop down dew.

Isaiah 18:4

For thus the Lord said to me: “I will quietly look from my dwelling like clear heat in sunshine, like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.”

Esther 1:12

But Queen Vashti refused to come at the king’s command delivered by the eunuchs. At this the king became enraged, and his anger burned within him.