Proverbs 16:15
In the light of the king’s face is life. 2 His favor is like a cloud of the spring rain. 1
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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 king’s wrath is a messenger of death, 2 but a wise man will pacify it. 1
Cross References
Psalms 21:6For you make him most blessed forever. 2 You make him glad with joy in your presence. 1
Psalms 72:6+ 72:6. MP: Messiah’s authority is like refreshing gentle rains on “cut grass,” that is parched, cracked ground. (Acts 3:19) He will come down like rain on the cut grass of the earth, 2 as showers that water the earth. + 72:6 Reference to Hosea 6:3, “Let us acknowledge Yahweh. Let us press on to know Yahweh. As surely as the sun rises, Yahweh will appear. He will come to us like the rain, like the spring rain that waters the earth.” 1
Proverbs 29:26Many seek the ruler’s favor, 2 but a man’s mishpat ·justice· comes from Adonai. 1
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 →