“The king’s wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.”
Proverbs 19:12 (KJV) |
Proverbs 19:12
From Proverbs 19, in the Book of Proverbs (Old Testament).
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10
Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
11
The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.
12
The king’s wrath 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 riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is from the LORD.