Proverbs 16:15
In the light of the king's countenance there is life; and his favor is as a cloud of the latter rain.
Leeser Tanakh
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 fury of a king is like the messengers of death; but a wise man will appease it.
Cross References
Job 29:23And they waited for me as for the rain, and they opened wide their mouth as for the latter rain.
Psalms 21:6(21:7) For thou appointest him to be a blessing for ever: thou makest him glad with joy from thy presence.
Psalms 72:6He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass, as showers which are dropping on the earth.
Proverbs 29:26Many seek the favor of a ruler; but from the Lord cometh justice for man.
Zechariah 10:1Ask from the Lord rain at the time of the latter rain, [from] the Lord who maketh lightning-clouds: and he will give unto them showers of rain, to every herb 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 →