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

If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yielding pacifieth great offences.

Then king Solomon sware by the LORD, saying, God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah have not spoken this word against his own life.

But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.

They shall walk after the LORD: he shall roar like a lion: when he shall roar, then the children shall tremble from the west.

The lion hath roared, who will not fear? the Lord GOD hath spoken, who can but prophesy?

The wrath of a king {is as} messengers of death: but a wise man will pacify it.

Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off many people, and hast sinned {against} thy soul.

The censers of these sinners against their own souls, let them make them broad plates {for} a covering of the altar: for they offered them before the LORD, therefore they are hallowed: and they shall be a sign unto the children of Israel.

Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same:

But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.

The wrath of a king {is as} messengers of death: but a wise man will pacify it.

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

For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to {execute} wrath upon him that doeth evil.

The censers of these sinners against their own souls, let them make them broad plates {for} a covering of the altar: for they offered them before the LORD, therefore they are hallowed: and they shall be a sign unto the children of Israel.

{As} a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; {so is} a wicked ruler over the poor people.

Where the word of a king {is, there is} power: and who may say unto him, What doest thou?

But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king's commandment by {his} chamberlains: therefore was the king very wroth, and his anger burned in him. {by his...: Heb. which was by the hand of his eunuchs}

Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that by me the preaching might be fully known, and {that} all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.

A greyhound; an he goat also; and a king, against whom {there is} no rising up. {greyhound: or, horse: Heb. girt in the loins}

For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise {men} of Babylon.

And he said, The LORD will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the habitations of the shepherds shall mourn, and the top of Carmel shall wither.

For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knoweth the ruin of them both?

Whoso is partner with a thief hateth his own soul: he heareth cursing, and bewrayeth {it} not.