Proverbs 16:15
The chearfull countenaunce of the kyng is life: and his louyng fauour is as a cloude of the latter rayne.
Bible (Bishops')
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 kinges displeasure is a messenger of death: but a wise man wyll pacifie hym.
Cross References
Proverbs 29:26Many there be that seke the princes fauour: but euery mans iudgement commeth from the Lorde.
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 →