TRUNEWS with Rick Wiles - Morning Manna - Jan 8, 2026 - Proverbs 19:10-12 - Honor, Restraint, and Strength of Patience 04-2026

Episode Date: January 8, 2026

Proverbs 19:10–12 draws clear lines between honor and disgrace, wisdom and folly, wrath and restraint. Luxury does not fit a fool, and honor is misplaced when granted to the wicked. True wisdom reveals itself in patience—the ability to restrain anger and overlook an offense. The passage closes by contrasting the destructive rage of a king with the life-giving favor that refreshes like morning dew. In today’s Morning Manna, Rick Wiles and Doc Burkhart examine how self-control reflects godly wisdom, why patience is a mark of strength, and how favor—divine or earthly—brings peace and stability. Teachers: Rick Wiles and Doc Burkhart You can partner with us by visiting MannaNation.com, calling 1-888-519-4935, or by mail at PO Box 399 Vero Beach, FL 32961. MEGA FIRE reveals the ancient recurring cycles of war and economic collapse that have shaped history for 600 years. These patterns predict America is now entering its most dangerous period since World War II. Get your copy today! www.megafire.world Get high-quality emergency preparedness food today from American Reserves! www.AmericanReserves.com It’s the Final Day! The day Jesus Christ bursts into our dimension of time, space, and matter. Now available in eBook and audio formats! Order Final Day from Amazon today! www.Amazon.com/Final-Day Apple users, you can download the audio version on Apple Books! www.books.apple.com/final-day Purchase the 4-part DVD set or start streaming Sacrificing Liberty today. www.Sacrificingliberty.com

Good morning, classmates. Welcome to Morning Manna. Are you ready to study the book of Proverbs? We're currently learning about chapter 19, and today we will discuss verses 10, 11, and 12. If you are watching Morning Manna on Faith TV, and we run out of time, you can watch the rest of today's lesson at manna nation.com.

Look for today's lesson number. This is Lesson 04-20206. After Raymond Burckhardt will begin our lesson by reading the Word of God, Proverbs 19, verses 10 through 12. Thank you, Rick. And it's always a pleasure to read the Word of God and to share with believers all of the world. We welcome you to this study in the book of Proverbs today. As Rick said, we are in Proverbs chapter 19, and we're going to be focusing our study today on verses 10. through 12. I'll be reading from King James today, and I encourage you to read along with me

your Bibles today. Read the Word of God out loud. I always encourage our students to do that. It helps us to remember the word of God better and get it down into our hearts. Preverbs 19 verses 10 through 12, beginning of verse 10. Delight is not seemly, poor fool, much less for a servant to have rule over princes. the discussion of a man defereth his anger and his glory to pass over a transgression verse 12 the king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion but his saver is as due upon the grass god bless the reading of his word this should be interesting study today we're going to need to do a little sorting out of these verses today what does this mean delight is not

seemingly for a fool Rick this is this going to be a good one Verse 10. By the way, if you're new, the way that we teach is that we go verse by verse, but we take each verse and we break it down into two or three segments, and we drill down like we're looking for minerals, and we go down into each segment, and then we put it all together to get the full context of the verse. So the first part of verse 10 is delight is not seemly for a full, much less for a servant to have rule over princes.

A subtuagent translation says, Delight does not suit a fool, nor is it seemly if a servant should begin to rule with haughtiness. But verse 19 presents two glaring increguerities side by side, delight in the hands of a fool and dominion in the hands of an uninformed person illustrating that when outward elevation outpaces inward transformation,

both the person and the community are in danger. Doug, it's about putting the wrong person in power. That's right. Having the wrong person in a position of authority. The word delight, the Hebrew word, it actually, it refers to soft, delicate, luxurious living. The delight is not seemly for a fool. Another way we're saying that would be

luxurious living is not, it's just not right for a fool. Yes. There's something not right about a fool living in luxury. That's what Solomon is saying. Not seemly, you know, it means it's improper. It's unbecoming. is it's just out of place. It's like snow in the summertime

or a diamond in a hog snout. Yes. He just doesn't look right. There's something wrong about it. So the fool in Proverbs, as we've learned, I mean, we're now in the 19th chapter. We've learned a long time ago in the book of Proverbs. The fool is not a stupid person,

an uninformed or uneducated person. There are many educated fools in a world. A lot of them. A lot of them. But a fool, according to the Bible, is a morally stubborn and rebellious and God-resisting person who doesn't have the fear of the Lord and doesn't have the character to handle blessings. so giving a foolish man or woman delight meaning luxurious living it's like putting a crown on a clown yes that's the best picture i can come up with a crown on a clown the costume

the clown costume only highlights the absurdity, okay, that you're putting a crown on somebody who's dressed like a clown. So what we've learned here, Doc, is that prosperity requires as much wisdom to manage as adversity. Yes.

In a full luxury, luxury fuels lust and arrogance and laziness and self-indulgence instead of generating gratitude and humility. When you give prosperity to a fool, you're going to get the opposite of what you should get. Yes. Yeah.

Really, Rick, wealth is like an accelerator. What I'd say is money is a multiplier. It multiplies or defies whatever is ruined in the heart. And since a fool himself is governed by what he wants, self-will, this delight that we're talking about is an accelerant to the fire, the corruption of his heart, of destruction. And so, theoretically, this implies a severe mercy. God often withhold certain kinds of, if you will, delicate from the wicked,

is not to confirm them more deeply in their folly. So there's a sensed moral violation when those who refuse wisdom and work enjoy the rewards that ordinarily follow disgrace, or diligence rather. Jar is with a pattern

of blessing after obedience. This verse offers a diagnosis. Ridge fool really ought to be pitied, not envied, Rig. His luxury functions and anesthetic for a dying soul,

numbing him while his folly rites. So wisdom insists that pleasure must be fitted to maturity, not just desire. God's order is discipline. Talking about order once again. God's order is discipline before delight. It's the cross before the crown. True delight belongs to the wise,

those who enjoy the gift while honoring the giver, God, he's in confidence as a trust and not as an idol in their lives. Yes, so to, to emphasize what we just taught, whatever, more money, more success only amplifies what a person already is. It magnifies them. if you give more money to a wise person they actually will become wiser yes if you give more money to a fool they will become more foolish that's the lesson here and it's saying that god is in his infinite mercy

actually withhold blessings from fools because it will only make them more foolish and wicked amen he's not being mean to them, he's actually being gracious to them. Showing mercy. Okay. Doc, some of the old commentators from centuries long ago, Matthew Henry, Presbyterian.

He said, delight is not seemly for a fool because he knows not how to use it soberly. It is not safe. He will abuse it. And Baptist John Gill said, delight is not seemingly for a fool. Luxury and pleasure are not proper for him. he will turn them to his to his own ruin and become more haughty and proud rick william are not had this to say about this particular passage when a fool is stilled with delight the vessel is an empty danger of bursting and joseph bits that sensual and luxurious living only makes his folly more evident and more dangerous but to himself to others as well rick

Okay, we'll go to the next segment Much less for a servant to have rule over princes So in the first part of this verse Solomon is saying It's not right It's something strange about a fool living with luxury Now he says much less for a servant to have rule over princes

It's another, like the crown on a clown, why would a servant be ruling over a prince? And Solomon said, this is a strange man also. So the much less signals a move from bad to worse. He's saying, hey, if you think a full living luxuriously is bad, I'll tell you something even worse. A servant rising up to have power over a prince. Yes.

So he's saying, the servant here, excuse me, the servant in this verse is an unformed, I didn't say uninformed, unformed person, untrained, unproven, lacking the self-governance and wisdom needed to govern others. Doc, you know, in these teachings, I'll point to the monarchy of Great Britain. You've got Prince William and Prince Harry. They were put into a structured educational training program from the time they were infants.

Yes. To teach them how to be a prince. Yes. I seems to have worked for William. I'm not so sure about Harry. I think Harry may have flunked a couple of classes. But the point I'm making is that King Charles immediately put his children in a school that none of us would ever attend.

Right. None of us would ever be in those classes. because we're not destined in this world to be a king or a queen. So when it says the servant is an unformed person, not uninformed but unformed. They've not been mowed and shaped to be a ruler, a leader, a prince, a king. So a servant ruling over a prince is an inversion of order.

God intends that wisdom and righteousness lead and when the unqualified suddenly sit over the noble in character and the noble incompetence the whole community it can be the whole nation will groan in misery we've seen throughout history

that when the slave becomes a master without the inward transform of their character, they usually become a harsh tyrant, right, because they don't have the training to be a ruler. And they end up mimicking the oppression that they once suffered. So authority placed in unprepared hands produces injustice, instability, pride, haughtiness. And it's one of the, it's one of the worst judgment. God can permit to fall on a people. Yes.

And it is a judgment, Rick. It is a judge. Yes. Explain that, Doc. Why is that a judgment? How wicked rulers are judgment. Yeah. I think it's in scripture, especially in the Old Testament over and over again,

you see when the unprepared take the throne is a matter of, you know, lacking wisdom, lacking preparation. That's what this verse is talking about. here. It's not talking about the status of the social status of the servant. King Solomon's pointing, it's very strange. Or you know something's wrong. A servant is leading and ruling over prince. So the image here is of a slave on the throne. The crown of the slipping. The sceptor is being misused. The kingdom is tilting toward in justice and chaos under unformed hands.

It's the judgment of God. So this proverb urges formation before promotion. Leadership must be fitted to character, not just to the opportunity, just to charisma, not just ambition. Internally, this also is a warning to the soul. The servant, if you will, if we're to apply it in our personal lives, those lower appetites, what we call the fled, must not rule over the prince, if you will,

the conscience and the renewed spirit sits on the throne of our minds. So when that lower nature, the fleshly nature dictates to the higher nature, that person is on a spiritual decline. So politically, ecclesially, King Solomon warns that nations and by extension churches, are in danger when those structures that divine order that's in place are overturned by flattery, by novelty, revolution, so the unworthy sit in high seats. Ultimately, this incongruity throws Christ into the mix there.

He is the only serve truly fit to be king. He was exalted from servanthood to kingship himself. his exaltation brought peace not chaos because why his character perfectly matched the throne that's the difference there and so solvin pointing out here that there are some that occupy the throne that should never be there christ is certainly not in that category there he was prepared for the throne doc we see this proverbial principle in in play in the United States of America in recent years. I'm not going to name names,

but people can put faces to anything that comes in mind. We have people in political power who have no business being in office. Yes. I mean, they are in over their head. They've not been trained. They don't have the character. They don't have the knowledge.

They don't have experience or wisdom. Right. And yet they're ruling over millions of people. And it's a judgment. Yes, it is. It's a judgment from God. He's saying, I'm going to let you be ruled by fools. Okay, let's look and see what the commentator said.

Matthew Henry, much less for a servant to have rule over princes, it is monstrous and intolerable. It tends to the confusion of a kingdom when mean and ignoble men have, dominion. And Adam Clark, he said, it is a great disorder when those who have not been trained to rule or put into places of authority, he that has been a slave, if he gets power, is generally haughty, insolent, and cruel. And Cheryl Spurgeon said, much less for a servant to have rule over princes, it is a monstrous

in cruguity, he will turn the kingdom upside down. Albert Barnes jumps in here with this quote The contrast is between fitness and unfitness There is something shocking to the moral sense When men of servile or servant spirit Are set over those who are prudely in character Joseph Benson's rule without wisdom Is more dangerous than poverty

And then her good friend William R. Not Power and unfit hands is one of the sourished judgments upon a people and so when you see a fool sitting on the throne yet know that you're under the judgment of God yes

verse 11 the discretion of a man defereth his anger and it is his glory to pass over a transgression the subtoagent version is a merciful man is long suffering

and his triumph over overtakes transgressors. But we'll begin with the first segment, the discretion of a man deferroth his anger. Discretion, according to the ancient Hebrew word that's in this verse

means insight, intelligence, prudence, sound judgment, wisdom applied to provocations in relationship. look we have relationships with people and we're provoked yes this is talking this discretion is talking about having the the intelligence and the prudence the sound judgment the wisdom to respond the right way to those provocations a deferrith means to lengthen to draw out

so it's saying that the wise man or woman has a long fuse There's a big gap between the provocation and the response rather than exploding on contact. And dokees in that where so many interpersonal relationships are destroyed because there is an immediate explosion after a provocation. And so the wise man or woman responds with discretion It means he or she holds their lips They wait They consider the right way

The right time to respond And sometimes it's never respond Just let it go So The wise man looks behind the curtain and gains power over his own reaction

the wise person's thinking this through if I say this right now what's going to happen if I respond this way what's going to be this person's response the wise person thinks it through the fool just shoots off his or her mouth which is like pouring gasoline on a fire you're going to have a bigger fire

anger delayed is anger examined discretion weighs the nature of the offense it thinks about it it ponderes it weighs the offense and most of all it seems seeks the Lord's advice how to respond to the event, to the offense.

Lord, if I respond, what will be the consequences of my response? Right. So it's not an emotional denial, but it's a moral government, but the intellect, your mind, which is informed by the fear of the Lord, rules the passions of our heart instead of being ruled by them. Yes. And this is a strength or weakness. Raining in anger is like holding a wild force.

It takes more strength or control than it does to let it run free. So the man who defers anger is a master of his own soul. That quick-tempered man is a slave to every impulse comes across his way and can be easily steered by others as well. So there are many honored cultures that equate quick-retouches. courage. Scripture calls that folly and exalts one who govern the spirit. So prevention of regret and escalation is the key here. Anger is a temporary madness. What happens is discretion gives time for heat to cools. That word spoken and actions taken are lifelong regrets.

And by lengthening the fuse, what the wise man does is he prevents conflict from escalating, protects relationships. It really preserves his witness and credibility. We can call this a holy delay, if you will. This holy delay often reveals what felt intolerable in the moment does not merit a full confrontation once passion has subsided. So what we're really doing here is we're imitating God's patience as well. God is incredibly patient with us.

And so this virtue is mirroring God, who is the Bible set as slowed and bounding in mercy. You know, Rick, if God reacted instantly to every provocation that came along the way, no one would stand at all. So the more person shares God's wisdom, the more that person shares God's slowness to wrath. Patience is presented as intelligent godliness, not pacific. this is often referred to as a long nose that that Hebrew picture behind slow to anger is part of the believer's family resemblance to the font you know Rick I recall when my son Sean was a toddler he got upset with his older sister over some I don't know what discretion it was probably over a toy or something

he was mad and I recall his mother saying to don't get angry count to 10 before you get angry and I still remember he said one two three four

was counting in anger and we got to 10 he asked his mother can I get angry now and so that's not the approach we need to have we need to allow God to develop that patience with us

so that we respond to situations and we don't let that anger continue to build up and continue to fester and grow within us pursue the wisdom of patience be like god be slow to anger and abound in mercy as much as you're able to do yeah and doc you know we see it in geopolitical affairs let's say there's a terrorist attack or one country bombs another country or something and the leader of the country that was attacked will come out and say,

I promise there will be swift and vicious retaliation. Okay. Okay, people applaud that. Yeah, we're going to get revenge. We're going to do it today. Right. That's human nature.

But the word of God says, that's foolishness. only a fool responds that way so i just would say to our audience you know when you hear politicians talking about swift revenge just say to yourself as contrary to the word of god amen you don't want god to get swift revenge on you absolutely not all right you you you really need him to be long suffering uh let's see what the commentator said uh these are um Paraphrase comments, not verbatim. Matthew Henry said wisdom teaches us to be slow to anger.

It is a great proof of wisdom to govern our passions and not be hurried into indecency. John Gill said a man of understanding is not easily provoked. He considers the nature and circumstances of the offense and gives time for his passion to cool. And Adam Clark said the long-suffering man bears much knowing that if he lets anger loose, he may do in a moment what will damage him all his days. William R. Nod had a unique perspective on this. I like it. The understanding man sees temptation

to anger coming and quietly steps aside to let it pass. G. Campbell-Worgan, the man of discretion waits. He does not strike while the iron's hot, but wait. until his own spirit is cool. That's right. Hey, I want to say, if you're watching us on Faith TV and we're running out of time, you can catch the rest of this lesson at manna nation.com. Let's look for the lesson number.

Today's is 04-206. We'll go to segment two, and it is his glory to pass over a transgression. Many cultures find glory and revenge. That's what we're just talking about a moment ago. A satisfied honor.

Politicians really like to puff out their chest and say, we're going to get revenge. We're going to blow things up. We're going to make them pay. And the voters cheer and clap for it and wave the flags. But that's not what God says.

is wisdom in this verse and it is his glory to pass over a transgression the glory means is speaking of moral splendor beauty dignity the the inner nobility of a person who could strike back yet chooses patience and mercy so the verse is challenging the world's fault false honor that demands immediate payback for every slight, every offense. Scripture calls that honor actually small, small soul, and beast-like, animal-like. Right. You're responding like an animal. Yes.

It's interesting that that phrase, Passover, as used in this portion of the scripture. What does that mean? Well, it's a phrase meaning to see. step over or to pass by a transgression, like stepping over something unworthy or for some serious notice on the pattern. Please understand. It's not denying that a wrong has occurred. It simply judges that wisdom and love can safely cover it rather than, at least at the moment, prosecuted. And so the wise person refuses to let every single slight halt their progress. some offenses are too small

and we work the loss, peace, joy, and time. Do you get upset about every little thing that comes along, whether political or in relationships and everything else? You might want to take this first to heart and reconsider. Are you really letting yourself like a prince in a situation? Are you willing to pass over these minor transgression? You're not endorsing the sin,

or anything like that, what you're doing right now is you're waiting for the opportunity to respond with wisdom and with intelligence and not from some knee-jerk reaction that will end up costing you the rest of your days.

Doc, you know, the devil knows our nature. He knows what buttons to push us. You get a reaction out of us. If you're easily offended, easily provoked, I guarantee you, he will make sure you have a lot of people who will provoke you. That's right. Why?

Because he wants to slow you down. He wants you to waste time. He wants to get you off of God's, the destiny that God has planned for you. He wants you to be lost. And over here on the sidelines, fighting with people over minor things. things. The scripture's teaching us when these offenses come,

just step over them. Just say, I'm too big for this little fight. There you go. I mean, if you're going to have a fight, let it be a big wood. But I'm not going to fight over a little fight. I'm too big for a little fight, okay?

And just move on. There are petty people. Everybody has petty people in here. in their lives and they'll fight over the smallest things don't get involved in it just let them do it just let them do it

don't take the offense on um doc let's get down to I want you to talk more about the glory the beauty the victory the witness that God has were up

yes it's interesting that this verse uses that word glory because here is that idea of beauty and adornment. Forgiveness is one of the beautiful garments that a believer can wear. Think about that. It's one of the most beautiful garments, a believer can wear.

And passing over a transgression really is a devil. First of all, it's a victory over the offender who know their controls are in their life. And it's a victory of herself. It denies the flesh's thirst for revenge. This grace here that adorns the gospel, glory adorns the gospel, makes Christ's way attractive when the world expects retaliation and instead sees mercy. The world runs on revenge, where it does not run on mercy.

God's kingdom runs on mercy and grace. Amen. The Greek rendering of this first says, that his triumph, this talking about the Septuagin translation, his triumph overtakes transgressors. What is suggesting is that over time, the forgiving person eventually wins the greater battle. That's what I just said a moment ago.

When you have petty people trying to trip you up, just say, that fights too small for me. It's beneath my dignity. I'm not going to get involved in a fight. that small, right? Just keep going. And what the verse is saying is that over time,

people who are patient and forgiving and merciful will eventually win the big battles. Forgiveness breaks the cycles of hostility. It can turn enemies into friends. Vengeance has never turned somebody into a friend. A vengeance multiple. applies enemies. Vengeance hardens heart. Vengeance separates people and families and friends. Yes. The one who passes over many wrongs, walks for peace, feudy, arguing, being contentious,

and that person becomes the prevailing atmosphere. That's right. Jesus said, blessed of the peacemakers. Yeah, so it really can't be fighting with people and be a peacemaker. That's right. And so, and that's a great say way there, Rick, because this verse finds its highest fulfillment in Jesus himself. His greatest glory on earth was calling down legions of angels, which he had the authority and power to do. What did he say? He prayed fought, forgive them. So even at the cross, he passed over transgressions, not just there, the people that crucist, him, but us as well. He passed over our transgression, bearing those transgressions on itself so me, the offender, might go free. So every act of forgiveness in our own lives

is a small reflection of what Christ did on the cross, making the forgiver like God and like the Redeemer character. We are reflecting Jesus himself when we forgive, Rick. That's right. You know, none of us like to have mean, spirited, cantankerous, argumentative people in our lives. I mean, who would put in a request to heaven? Hey, could you send a mean person to me today? Well, Doc, I actually think God does it. How else can he teach us forgiveness? If everybody in our life is nice, we would never learn about forgiveness.

The greatest lessons in forgiveness is when you have to deal with the meanest people you've ever encountered. Yes. Now, what he does with those people at the end of their lives, that's between the Lord and them. I'm not going to speak about that.

But, you know, you got to think about this. He's sending mean people into the lives of nice people to do things. two works. He's teaching the nice person to forgive, and he's teaching the mean person to be nice. They both need each other. Let's see what the commentator said.

Matthew Henry said, it is a man's honor to forgive and to forget an injury, not to seize every opportunity to prosecute the offender. John Gill said passing over a transgression The man of wisdom and understanding makes him reasonable God and Christ We are not, free church of Scotland To pass over a transgression is the most glorious victory He who can forgive is superior

to the one who inflicted the wrongs Charles Spurgeon said to pass over a transgression is God's glory and it is a man's glory when he can do the same, proving he is not a narrow soul he's living. I'm going to end with Alexander McLaren. This is a great quote. McLaren said, the world says revenge is sweet.

Christ says forgiveness is glorious. Revenge is animal instinct. Forgiveness is a divine attribute. Amen. All right. Well, hey. Oh, we. We have one more, don't we?

Verse 12. Oh, I think we were in. We have verse 12. Verse 12. The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion, but his favor is as due upon the grass. The Septuagin said, the threatening of a king is like the roaring of a lion, but as due on the grass, so is his favor. The first segment, king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion. Solomon chose the lion

You know The great predator You know And it's always an image of royal anger Okay The lion roars I've never heard I don't think I ever heard an African lion roar

In the wild But I've heard mountain lions roar in Appalachia in the mountains of the United States and Doc I'll tell you something when a lion roars the entire valley goes silent it is the most

it is awesome and terrifying at the same time he lets you know who's boss doesn't he yes and the entire valley will go quiet and then in a couple

minutes, every dog within 10 miles starts howling. It's like they go into shock for a couple minutes. So Solomon's using the roar of the lion. The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion. So you think about when a lion roars, he's angry. He's telling you, I have the power to tear you to pieces. When you make the king angry and he roars, are he's telling you nobody is safe right now it's a it's a paralyzing signal that the the lion has marked its prey and its strike is near and so when they when the king is roaring he's saying somebody's going to be taken out yes somebody's going to be hit so solomon's you know he obviously he knows how to teach this because he's the king

And even though he had a peaceful kingdom, I'm sure there were times he had to roar. So the royal wrath is like a charging lion. So just as a shepherd is helpless before the beast, a subject, a citizen is helpless before an enraged ruler who holds the power of life and death in his hand. now the difference between private anger and royal wrath is the ability to execute it plain and simple the king can do it because it's legal you can't show your wrath because it's illegal but the king's emotions carry legal and lethal force right that's the difference king's Solomon here is making an observation about court politics here. He's addressing political realism and prudence here. You do not lightly provoke the one bears the sword, okay?

Rulers are ordained for order to trifle with the rightful authority is to gamble with your life. Authority amplifies emotion and consequence. What would be a mere annoyance in just a private matter, Rick, can become a catastrophe, when felt by a king, he could end up destroying livelihoods, families, reputation in an instant. A reader who habitually roars in a rage exposes a heart lacking wisdom of control, ruling by terror rather than by justice. Anger in the rulers like a wild beast loosed among the people, even the threat of such wrath spreads fear and instability. longed for any decree is signed. Okay, so, you know, ancient times you think about King Herod,

that man was a nut. I mean, he killed baby boys. Yes. You made him mad and killed people. But we've seen these kind of tyrants in modern days, Saddam Hussein. Others that have come and gone on the world stage in the past 50 years.

Nobody argues with a roaring lion. The only thing you can do is tremble and submit. So when the king's wrath is kindled, silence and humility are the only rational responses. You simply go quiet. When the king is furious, okay? if the wrath of a moral king is this dreadful

how much more the wrath of the king of kings on the day of judgment that's something everybody should think about his wrath will be released on the day of judgment and the only thing standing between you and his wrath is the blood of Christ. And that's what ultimately this verse is pointing to Jesus Christ, the lion of the

tribal Judah, he's a consuming fire whose final roar will shake heaven and earth. So, Doc, it's a... a fearful thing to hear the lion roar. Let's look, I see what the commentator said about this verse. I'll start off with Matthew Henry, and this is a paraphrase here. The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion, very dreadful to those who ended him. And John Gill, it strikes to share into his objects that may be applied to the wrath of God against all unrighteous. Basically what is saying is, yes, an earthly king can roar and people submit to there's

coming a day where God himself will roar and call all into gentlemen. Amen. Adam Clark said loud, sudden and alarming, the self-willed ruler who is above law is to be dreaded as a lion. And William are not said anger and a ruler is like a wild beast among the people. One more here for good measure. Charles Bridges, the wrath of a king is so terrible. What then the wrath of God? before whose indignation stand now the second part of verse 12 is but his favor is as due

upon the grass amen this is in sharp contrast to the roaring lion the king's favor is like due it's gentle it's silent it's unseen and it's descent from the

sky and yet it's powerful to sustain life grass will wither quickly under scorching sun and do is the only hope it has for survival if you're in a region where the sun is extremely

hot if you live in an area where the sun is extremely hot you know that when that summertime sun comes out it can quickly turn the grass brown and the only hope that the grass has is a morning dew and the favor of a righteous king revives those who are withering under anxiety poverty oppression and the king's smile

lifts their burdens yes like a morning dew revives a burnt field so while wrath withers and destroys the king's favor nourishes and stabilizes and that enables people in their communities to flourish and grow. And you know what's really amazing

about dew, Rick, is that you can't man cannot make do. You go out in the morning and there's dew on the grass. That's not the result of human effort. No human can do that. It comes like a free gift from heaven from above. So likewise, royal favor often functions as grace, not just merely,

you know, tasked to be performed. To those who have felt the heat of displeasure, having favor restored, it is deeply acceptable. It's like that dew that makes the grass green and fruitful again in the morning. This is the ideal use. power. Authority is most effective, not when it terrifies, but when it nurtures and when it protects. And so Dewe's regular morning appearance imagines the stability and predictability of a righteous ruler whose people can rely on his justice, protection, and prevention. Yes, he has a great roar, but he also has great grace as well. the doc jesus christ is he embodies perfectly this double reality to the unrepentant to the rebellious

to the wicked he is the roaring lion but to the people who believe in his name he is the due of heaven amen when when a soul is parched by the guilt and shame the favor of god in christ descends like morning dew and brings peace and coolness and newness of life praise god praise solomon has he's setting two models before us leadership that motivate by fear that's the roar and leadership that motivates by life, that's to do. Rick, let's see what the commentators had to say about this portion of the phrase. Matthew Henry, this, his favor as it did upon the grass, refreshing and reviving in the soul cheerful and fruitful. King Solomon was this to Israel. King Solomon was that to Israel, Christ is much more to his kingdom. Joseph Benson had this to say. He said, royal favor, very desirable

beneficial like dew that makes the grass green and this one john gill said his favor fall silently gently and refreshes the earth just as the love and grace of god comforts his people Alexander McLaren said power becomes truly beneficial only when ruled by gentleness yes and charles burgeon said the dew is so gentle, it does not break a gossamer wing. So the favor of God to his people softly makes everything fresh and green. Now, this completes our lesson for Proverbs chapter 19 versus 10 through 12. We want to encourage you. You can find the full lesson in our archives at manonation.com. Today's lesson is lesson 04-2026. That's lesson 04-2026. That's lesson 04-2026.

six, Rick. That's right. So please invite your friends, relatives, co-workers to visit mananasation.com. Over the next several months, you will see an expanded online platform offering doctrinally sound, solid Christian education. And I'm very excited that we are working on developing an online religious education platform for children. Amen. And we hope to launched by the middle of 2026. It's it for today. Thank you so much. We'll see you tomorrow. God bless you. We love you.