Proverbs 16:15
In the light of the king's face there is life; and his approval is like a cloud of spring rain.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
In the light of the king’s countenance is life; and his favour is as a cloud of the latter rain.
In Context
Cross References
Job 29:23They were waiting for me as for the rain, opening their mouths wide as for the spring rains.
Psalms 21:6\21:5\His glory is great in your salvation: honour and authority have you put on him.
Psalms 72:6May he come down like rain on the cut grass; like showers watering the earth.
Proverbs 29:26The approval of a ruler is desired by great numbers: but the decision in a man's cause comes from the Lord.
Zechariah 10:1Make your request to the Lord for rain in the time of the spring rains, even to the Lord who makes the thunder-flames; and he will give them showers of rain, to every man grass in the field.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 16:15-16
14 The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: but a wise man will pacify it. 15 In the light of the king's countenance is life; and his favour is as a cloud of the latter rain. These two verses show the power of kings, which is every where great, but was especially so in those eastern countries, where they were absolute and arbitrary. Whom they would they slew and whom they would they kept alive. Their will was a law. We have reason to bless God for the happy constitution of the government we live under, which… Read the whole commentary →