Proverbs 16:15
The son of a king is in the light of life; and they that are in favour with him are as a cloud of latter rain.
LXX2012 (British)
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 anger of a king is a messenger of death; but a wise man will pacify him.
Cross References
Job 29:23As the thirsty earth expecting the rain, so they waited for my speech.
Psalms 21:6But I am a worm, and not a man; a reproach of men, and scorn of the people. 1
Psalms 72:6Therefore pride has possessed them; they have clothed themselves with their injustice and ungodliness. 1
Proverbs 29:26Many wait on the favour of rulers; but justice comes to a man from the Lord.
Zechariah 10:1Ask you⌃ of the Lord rain in season, the early and the latter: the Lord has given bright signs, and will give them + 10:1 Gr. stormy. abundant rain, to every one grass 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 →