Proverbs 16:15
בְּאוֹר ־ פְּנֵי ־ מֶלֶךְ חַיִּים וּרְצוֹנוֹ כְּעָב מַלְקֽוֹשׁ ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
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
14חֲמַת ־ מֶלֶךְ מַלְאֲכֵי ־ מָוֶת וְאִישׁ חָכָם יְכַפְּרֶֽנָּה ׃
16קְֽנֹה ־ חָכְמָה מַה ־ טּוֹב מֵחָרוּץ וּקְנוֹת בִּינָה נִבְחָר מִכָּֽסֶף ׃
Cross References
Job 29:23וְיִֽחֲלוּ כַמָּטָר לִי וּפִיהֶם פָּעֲרוּ לְמַלְקֽוֹשׁ ׃
Psalms 21:6גָּדוֹל כְּבוֹדוֹ בִּישׁוּעָתֶךָ הוֹד וְהָדָר תְּשַׁוֶּה עָלָֽיו ׃
Psalms 72:6יֵרֵד כְּמָטָר עַל ־ גֵּז כִּרְבִיבִים זַרְזִיף אָֽרֶץ ׃
Proverbs 29:26רַבִּים מְבַקְשִׁים פְּנֵי ־ מוֹשֵׁל וּמֵיְהוָה מִשְׁפַּט ־ אִֽישׁ ׃
Zechariah 10:1שַׁאֲלוּ מֵיְהוָה מָטָר בְּעֵת מַלְקוֹשׁ יְהוָה עֹשֶׂה חֲזִיזִים וּמְטַר ־ גֶּשֶׁם יִתֵּן לָהֶם לְאִישׁ עֵשֶׂב בַּשָּׂדֶֽה ׃
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 →