Proverbs 16:15
In the light of the Kings coutenance is life: and his fauour is as a cloude of the latter raine.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 wrath of a King is as messengers of death: but a wise man will pacifie it.
Cross References
Job 29:23And they wayted for me, as for the raine, and they opened their mouth as for the latter rayne.
Psalms 21:6For thou hast set him as blessings for euer: thou hast made him glad with the ioy of thy countenance.
Psalms 72:6He shall come downe like the rayne vpon the mowen grasse, and as the showres that water the earth.
Proverbs 29:26Many doe seeke the face of the ruler: but euery mans iudgement commeth from the Lord.
Zechariah 10:1Aske you of the Lord raine in the time of the latter raine: so shall the Lord make white cloudes, and giue you showers of raine, and to euery one grasse 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 →