Proverbs 16:14
The wrath of a King is as messengers of death: but a wise man will pacifie it.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: but a wise man will pacify it.
In Context
13Righteous lips are the delite of Kings, and the King loueth him that speaketh right things.
15In the light of the Kings coutenance is life: and his fauour is as a cloude of the latter raine.
Cross References
Genesis 40:2And Pharaoh was angrie against his two officers, against the chiefe butler, and against the chiefe baker.
Esther 7:7And the King arose from ye banket of wine in his wrath, and went into the palace garden: but Haman stood vp, to make request for his life to the Queene Ester: for he sawe that there was a mischiefe prepared for him of the King.
Proverbs 19:12The Kings wrath is like the roaring of a lyon: but his fauour is like the dewe vpon ye grasse.
Proverbs 29:26Many doe seeke the face of the ruler: but euery mans iudgement commeth from the Lord.
Daniel 2:16So Daniel went and desired the king that he woulde giue him leasure and that he woulde shewe the king the interpretation thereof.
Mark 6:27And immediatly the King sent the hangman, and gaue charge that his head shoulde be brought in. So he went and beheaded him in the prison,
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 16:14
13 Righteous lips are the delight of kings; and they love him that speaketh right. Here is a further character of good kings, that they love and delight in those that speak right. 1. They hate parasites and those that flatter them, and are very willing that all about them should deal faithfully with them and tell them that which is true, whether it be pleasing or displeasing, both concerning persons and things, that every thing should be set in a true light and nothing disguised, ch. xxix. 12 . 2. They not only do… Read the whole commentary →