THEOSISProverbs 19:12Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
As the roaring of a lion, so also is the anger of a king: and his cheerfulness as the dew upon the grass.
נַ֣הַם כַּ֭כְּפִיר זַ֣עַף מֶ֑לֶךְ וּכְטַ֖ל עַל־עֵ֣שֶׂב רְצוֹנֽוֹ׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Hos 14:5I will heal their breaches, I will love them freely: for my wrath is turned away from them.
- Prov 20:2As the roaring of a lion, so also is the dread of a king: he that provoketh him, sinneth against his own soul.
- Prov 16:14The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: and the wise man will pacify it.
- Prov 16:15In the cheerfulness of the king's countenance is life: and his clemency is like the latter rain.
- Luke 12:4And I say to you, my friends: Be not afraid of them who kill the body and after that have no more that they can do.
- Luke 12:5But I will shew you whom you shall fear: Fear ye him who, after he hath killed, hath power to cast into hell. Yea, I say to you: Fear him.
- Prov 28:15As a roaring lion, and a hungry bear, so is a wicked prince over the poor people.
- Ps 133 (132):3