Proverbs 19:12

God's Word

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

Cross References

Genesis 27:28

May God give you dew from the sky, fertile fields on the earth, and plenty of fresh grain and new wine.

2 Samuel 23:4

He is like the morning light as the sun rises, like a morning without clouds, like the brightness after a rainstorm. The rain makes the grass grow from the earth.’

Esther 1:12

But Queen Vashti refused the king’s command that the eunuchs delivered to her. As a result, the king became very angry, and his rage burned inside him.

Esther 7:8

When the king returned from the palace garden to the palace dining room, Haman was falling on the couch where Esther was lying. The king thought, “Is he even going to rape the queen while I’m in the palace?” Then the king passed sentence on him, and servants covered Haman’s face.

Psalm 133:3

It is like dew on ⌞Mount⌟ Hermon, dew which comes down on Zion’s mountains. That is where the Lord promised the blessing of eternal life.

Psalm 72:6

May he be like rain that falls on ⌞freshly⌟ cut grass, like showers that water the land.

Proverbs 20:2

The rage of a king is like the roar of a lion. Whoever makes him angry forfeits his life.

Proverbs 28:15

⌞Like⌟ a roaring lion and a charging bear, ⌞so⌟ a wicked ruler is a threat to poor people.

Ecclesiastes 8:4

Since a king’s word has such power, no one can ask him what he is doing.

Isaiah 18:4

This is what the Lord says to me: I will keep quiet and watch from my dwelling place. My presence will be like scorching heat in the sunshine, like heavy dew in the heat of the harvest.

Daniel 5:19

People from every province, nation, and language trembled and were terrified by him, because God gave him power. Nebuchadnezzar killed whomever he wanted to kill, and he kept alive whomever he wanted to keep alive. He promoted whomever he wanted to promote, and he demoted whomever he wanted to demote.

Daniel 6:24

The king ordered those men who had brought charges against Daniel to be brought to him. They, their wives, and their children were thrown into the lions’ den. Before they reached the bottom of the den, the lions attacked them and crushed all their bones.

Hosea 14:5

I will be like dew to the people of Israel. They will blossom like flowers. They will be firmly rooted like cedars from Lebanon.

Micah 5:7

Then the few people left from Jacob will be among many people like dew from the Lord, like showers on the grass. They do not put their hope in humans or wait for mortals.

Deuteronomy 33:28

So Israel will live securely. Jacob’s spring will be ⌞left⌟ alone in a land of grain and new wine. Dew will drip from Israel’s skies.