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


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Proverbs 14 35 The king's favour is toward a wise servant: but his wrath is against him that causeth shame.
Proverbs 16 15 In the light of the king's countenance is life; and his favour is as a cloud of the latter rain.
Proverbs 16 14 The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: but a wise man will pacify it.
Proverbs 20 2 The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.
Proverbs 14 28 In the multitude of people is the king's honour: but in the want of people is the destruction of the prince.
Psalms 45 5 Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the king's enemies; whereby the people fall under thee.
Proverbs 20 8 A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes.
Psalms 110 5 The Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the day of his wrath.
Proverbs 28 15 As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people.
Proverbs 20 28 Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upholden by mercy.
Proverbs 20 26 A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them.
Proverbs 21 1 The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.
Hosea 13 11 I gave thee a king in mine anger, and took him away in my wrath.
Proverbs 29 2 When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.
Proverbs 29 26 Many seek the ruler's favour; but every man's judgment cometh from the LORD.
Esther 1 13 Then the king said to the wise men, which knew the times, for so was the king's manner toward all that knew law and judgment:
Proverbs 16 10 A divine sentence is in the lips of the king: his mouth transgresseth not in judgment.
Nahum 1 3 The LORD is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked: the LORD hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
Psalms 33 16 There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.
Revelation 13 2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.
2 Chronicles 10 11 For whereas my father put a heavy yoke upon you, I will put more to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
Proverbs 27 3 A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both.
Daniel 8 23 And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up.
Psalms 89 14 Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.
1 Kings 12 11 And now whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke: my father hath chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
Proverbs 16 32 He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.
Job 12 21 He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength of the mighty.
Psalms 30 5 For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.
Proverbs 26 1 As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool.
Amos 5 19 As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.
Proverbs 28 1 The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.
Numbers 24 9 He couched, he lay down as a lion, and as a great lion: who shall stir him up? Blessed is he that blesseth thee, and cursed is he that curseth thee.
Proverbs 30 22 For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat;
Jeremiah 6 7 As a fountain casteth out her waters, so she casteth out her wickedness: violence and spoil is heard in her; before me continually is grief and wounds.
Psalms 147 16 He giveth snow like wool: he scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes.
Isaiah 40 23 That bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.
Daniel 11 36 And the king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done.
Psalms 55 21 The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords.
Job 24 18 He is swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards.
Daniel 5 6 Then the king's countenance was changed, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another.
Job 28 8 The lion's whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed by it.
Deuteronomy 32 2 My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass:
Isaiah 42 13 The LORD shall go forth as a mighty man, he shall stir up jealousy like a man of war: he shall cry, yea, roar; he shall prevail against his enemies.
Habakkuk 1 10 And they shall scoff at the kings, and the princes shall be a scorn unto them: they shall deride every strong hold; for they shall heap dust, and take it.
Job 15 24 Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.
Zephaniah 3 3 Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow.
Hosea 13 3 Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud and as the early dew that passeth away, as the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out of the floor, and as the smoke out of the chimney.
Job 37 22 Fair weather cometh out of the north: with God is terrible majesty.
Isaiah 5 29 Their roaring shall be like a lion, they shall roar like young lions: yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and shall carry it away safe, and none shall deliver it.
Proverbs 11 23 The desire of the righteous is only good: but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.