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12The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.

Proverbs 19:12

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Matthew Henry

(vv. 12)

This is to the same purport with what we had Prov. 16:14 , 15 , and the design of it is, 1. To make kings wise and considerate in dispensing their frowns and smiles. They are not like those of common persons; their frowns are very terrible and their smiles very comfortable, and therefore it concerns them to be very careful that they never frighten a good man from doing well with their frowns, nor ...

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