Proverbs 19:12

Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

Cross References

Genesis 27:28

And God give thee of the dew of heaven, And of the fatness of the earth, And plenty of corn and wine:

2 Samuel 23:4

He shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, a morning without clouds; when the tender grass springeth out of the earth, through clear shining after rain.

Esther 1:12

But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king's commandment by the chamberlains: therefore was the king very wroth, and his anger burned in him.

Esther 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 couch whereon Esther was. Then said the king, Will he even force the queen before me in the house? As the word went out of the king's mouth, they covered Haman's face.

Psalm 133:3

Like the dew of Hermon, That cometh down upon the mountains of Zion: For there the LORD commanded the blessing, Even life for evermore.

Psalm 72:6

He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: As showers that water the earth.

Proverbs 20:2

The terror of a king is as the roaring of a lion: He that provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own life.

Proverbs 28:15

As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; So is a wicked ruler over a poor people.

Ecclesiastes 8:4

Because the king's word hath power; and who may say unto him, What doest thou?

Isaiah 18:4

For thus hath the LORD said unto me, I will be still, and I will behold in my dwelling place; like clear heat in sunshine, like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.

Daniel 5:19

and because of the greatness that he gave him, all the peoples, nations, and languages trembled and feared before him: whom he would he slew, and whom he would he kept alive; and whom he would he raised up, and whom he would he put down.

Daniel 6:24

And the king commanded, and they brought those men which had accused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions, them, their children, and their wives; and the lions had the mastery of them, and brake all their bones in pieces, or ever they came at the bottom of the den.

Hosea 14:5

I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall blossom as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.

Micah 5:7

And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many peoples as dew from the LORD, as showers upon the grass; that tarrieth not for man, nor waiteth for the sons of men.

Deuteronomy 33:28

And Israel dwelleth in safety, The fountain of Jacob alone, In a land of corn and wine; Yea, his heavens drop down dew.