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Proverbs 19:12
The king's displeasure is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.
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Proverbs 19:12 in other translations
The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.
A king’s rage is like the roar of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.
The king’s wrath is like the roaring of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.
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In context
9 A false witness shall not be held innocent, and he that uttereth lies shall perish.
10 Good living beseemeth not a fool; how much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
11 The discretion of a man maketh him slow to anger, and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.
12 The king's displeasure is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.
13 A foolish son is the calamity of his father; and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
14 House and wealth are an inheritance from fathers; but a prudent wife is from Jehovah.
15 Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep, and the idle soul shall suffer hunger.
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