Proverbs 16:15
In the cheerfulness of the king’s countenance, there is life. And his clemency is like belated rain.
Catholic Public Domain Version
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
14The indignation of a king is a herald of death. And the wise man will appease it.
Cross References
Job 29:23They waited for me as for rain, and they opened their mouth as for belated rains.
Psalms 21:6They cried out to you, and they were saved. In you, they hoped and were not confounded.
Psalms 72:6Therefore, arrogance has held on to them. They have been covered with their iniquity and impiety.
Proverbs 29:26Many demand the face of the leader. But the judgment of each one proceeds from the Lord.
Zechariah 10:1Petition before the Lord for rain in the latter time, and the Lord will produce snows and will give showers of rain to them, to each blade 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 →