Proverbs 16:15
In the light of a king's face is life 1 and his favor is like a cloud that brings a spring rain. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
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
14A king's wrath is a messenger of death 1 but a wise man will try to calm his anger. 1
Cross References
Job 29:23They always waited for me as they waited for rain; 1 they opened their mouth wide to drink in my words, 1 as they would do for the latter rain. 1
Psalms 21:6For you grant him lasting blessings; 1 you make him glad with the joy of your presence. 1
Psalms 72:6May he come down like rain on the mown grass, 1 like showers that water the earth. 1
Proverbs 29:26Many are those who seek the face of the ruler, 1 but from Yahweh is justice for a person. 1
Zechariah 10:1Ask for rain from Yahweh in the season of the spring rain— 1 Yahweh who makes thunderstorms— 1 and he gives rain showers to everyone 1 and vegetation in the field. 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 →