12The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.
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I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.
The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: but a wise man will pacify it. …
The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.
As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people.
As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the LORD commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(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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