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The king’s wrath is like the roaring of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.

Proverbs 19:12 · WEB

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ગુજરાતીનીતિવચનો ૧૯:૧૨
રાજાનો ક્રોધ સિંહની ગર્જના જેવો છે, પણ તેની કૃપા ઘાસ પરના ઝાકળ જેવી છે.
हिन्दीनीतिवचन १९:१२
राजा का क्रोध सिंह की गर्जन के समान है, परन्तु उसकी प्रसन्नता घास पर की ओस के तुल्य होती है।

In context

10Delicate living is not appropriate for a fool, much less for a servant to have rule over princes.

11The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger. It is his glory to overlook an offense.

12The king’s wrath is like the roaring of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.

13A foolish son is the calamity of his father. A wife’s quarrels are a continual dripping.

14House and riches are an inheritance from fathers, but a prudent wife is from the LORD.

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