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Proverbs 19

Prov. 19:12 KJV (With Strong’s)

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The king’s
melek (Hebrew #4428)
a king
KJV usage: king, royal.
Pronounce: meh'-lek
Origin: from 4427
wrath
za`aph (Hebrew #2197)
anger
KJV usage: indignation, rage(-ing), wrath.
Pronounce: zah'-af
Origin: from 2196
is as the roaring
naham (Hebrew #5099)
a snarl
KJV usage: roaring.
Pronounce: nah'-ham
Origin: from 5098
of a lion
kphiyr (Hebrew #3715)
a village (as covered in by walls); also a young lion (perhaps as covered with a mane)
KJV usage: (young) lion, village. Compare 3723.
Pronounce: kef-eer'
Origin: from 3722
; but his favor
ratsown (Hebrew #7522)
from 7521; delight (especially as shown)
KJV usage: (be) acceptable(-ance, -ed), delight, desire, favour, (good) pleasure, (own, self, voluntary) will, as...(what) would.
Pronounce: raw-tsone'
Origin: or ratson {raw-tsone'}
is as dew
tal (Hebrew #2919)
dew (as covering vegetation)
KJV usage: dew.
Pronounce: tal
Origin: from 2926
a upon the grass
`eseb (Hebrew #6212)
grass (or any tender shoot)
KJV usage: grass, herb.
Pronounce: eh'seb
Origin: from an unused root meaning to glisten (or be green)
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Ministry on This Verse

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king's.
Prov. 16:14‑15• 14The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: but a wise man will pacify it.
15In the light of the king's countenance is life; and his favor is as a cloud of the latter rain.
(Prov. 16:14‑15)
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Prov. 20:2• 2The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul. (Prov. 20:2)
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Prov. 28:15• 15As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people. (Prov. 28:15)
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Esther 7:8• 8Then the king returned out of the palace garden into the place of the banquet of wine; and Haman was fallen upon the bed whereon Esther was. Then said the king, Will he force the queen also before me in the house? As the word went out of the king's mouth, they covered Haman's face. (Esther 7:8)
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Eccl. 8:4• 4Where the word of a king is, there is power: and who may say unto him, What doest thou? (Eccl. 8:4)
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Dan. 2:12‑13• 12For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.
13And the decree went forth that the wise men should be slain; and they sought Daniel and his fellows to be slain.
(Dan. 2:12‑13)
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Dan. 3:19‑23• 19Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego: therefore he spake, and commanded that they should heat the furnace one seven times more than it was wont to be heated.
20And he commanded the most mighty men that were in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, and to cast them into the burning fiery furnace.
21Then these men were bound in their coats, their hosen, and their hats, and their other garments, and were cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.
22Therefore because the king's commandment was urgent, and the furnace exceeding hot, the flame of the fire slew those men that took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego.
23And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.
(Dan. 3:19‑23)
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Dan. 5:19• 19And for the majesty that he gave him, all people, nations, and languages, trembled and feared before him: whom he would he slew; and whom he would he kept alive; and whom he would he set up; and whom he would he put down. (Dan. 5:19)
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Dan. 6:24• 24And the king commanded, and they brought those men which had accused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions, them, their children, and their wives; and the lions had the mastery of them, and brake all their bones in pieces or ever they came at the bottom of the den. (Dan. 6:24)
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Luke 12:4‑5• 4And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.
5But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.
(Luke 12:4‑5)
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 How much more fully may the words be applied to the coming King, the Lion of the tribe of Judah! When the great day of His wrath has come, how wretched will be the estate of all who know not His grace, which to the repentant soul is indeed like dew upon the grass! (Proverbs Nineteen by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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The king’s displeasure is as the roaring of a lionc; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.

JND Translation Notes

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c
Strictly, "young lion," as Job 4.10, etc.; and so chs. 20.2; 28.1.