Proverbs 16:15
In the light of a king’s face [is] life, || And his goodwill [is] as a cloud of the spring rain.
Literal Standard 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 fury of a king [is] messengers of death, || And a wise man pacifies it.
Cross References
Job 29:23And they wait for me as [for] rain, || And they have opened wide their mouth || [As] for the spring rain.
Psalms 21:6For You make him blessings forever, || You cause him to rejoice with joy, || By Your countenance.
Psalms 72:6He comes down as rain on mown grass, || As showers—sprinkling the earth.
Proverbs 29:26Many are seeking the face of a ruler, || And the judgment of each [is] from YHWH.
Zechariah 10:1They asked of YHWH rain || In a time of spring rain, || YHWH is making lightnings, || And He gives to them rain [in] showers. To each—the 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 →