Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Proverbs 19:12
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Berean Standard Bible
A king’s rage is like the roar of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.
King James Version
The king’s wrath [is] as the roaring of a lion; but his favour [is] as dew upon the grass.
World English Bible
The king’s wrath is like the roaring of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.
American Standard Version
The king’s wrath is as the roaring of a lion; But his favor is as dew upon the grass.
Berean Literal Bible
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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB
Proverbs 19
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.
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