Proverbs 16:14
Indignacioun of the kyng is messangeris of deth; and a wijs man schal plese him.
Bible (Wycliffe)
In The King James Version
The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: but a wise man will pacify it.
In Context
13The wille of kyngis is iust lippis; he that spekith riytful thingis, schal be dressid.
15Lijf is in the gladnesse of the `cheer of the king; and his merci is as a reyn comynge late.
Cross References
Genesis 40:2And Farao was wrooth ayens hem, for the toon was `souereyn to boteleris, the tother was `souereyn to bakeris.
Esther 7:7Forsothe the kyng roos wrooth, and fro the place of the feeste he entride in to a gardyn biset with trees. And Aaman roos for to preie Hester, the queen, for his lijf; for he vndurstood yuel maad redi of the kyng to hym.
Proverbs 19:12As the gnasting of a lioun, so and the ire of the king; and as deewe on eerbe, so and the gladnesse of the kyng.
Proverbs 29:26Many men seken the face of the prince; and the doom of alle men schal go forth of the Lord.
Daniel 2:16Danyel entride, and preyede the kyng, that he schulde yyue tyme to hym to schewe the soilyng to the kyng.
Mark 6:27but sente a manqueller and comaundide, that Joones heed were brouyt in a dissche. And he bihedide hym in the prisoun,