Proverbs 19:12

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Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 19. A shrewd turn of sarcasm in Proverbs 19:3 suggests the attitude of practical wisdom towards that questioning of the moral government...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

dew . night mist.
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass. The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion - There is no...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass. The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion - (theref...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1. Fool ] read, 'rich' ( Proverbs 28:6 ).
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 20 HUMAN FREEDOM "The foolishness of man subverteth his way; And his heart fretteth against the Lord."- Proverbs 19:3 THERE is such a...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Verse Proverbs 19:7 . This is the only case in this first collection of proverbs in which we find three clauses. It is certainly most likely that th...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes. The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

The king's wrath [is] as the roaring of a lion ,.... Which is very terrible when hungry, and is after its prey, and has got it. Kings, especially ty...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

The king's wrath [is] as the roaring of a lion; but his favour [is] as dew upon the grass. Ver. 12. The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion.]...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion The words of a king in anger are as much to be feared as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

12 The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass. This is to the same purport with what...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 19:11 . Discretion, or “ intelligence .” MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 19:11-12 TWO KINGS I. The man who exercis...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 19:1 . Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, in simplicity and honesty of heart, than a fool whose tongue is perverse, and wh...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Proverbs 19:1 Better is the poor that walkth in his integrity. The word for "poor" is, here and in Proverbs 19:7 , Proverbs...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

v. 12. The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion, striking terror to the hearts of men as he prepares to fall upon his prey; but his favor is a...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Samuel 23:4 ; Daniel 2:12 ; Daniel 2:13 ; Daniel 3:19-23 ; Daniel 5:19 ; Daniel 6:24 ; Ecclesiastes 8:4 ; Esther 7:8 ; Hosea 14:5 ; Luke...

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

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 19:12

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 19:12