Proverbs 16:15
In the light of the king's countenance is life; and his favour is as a cloud of the latter rain.
Updated King James Version
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 pacify it.
Cross References
Job 29:23And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.
Psalms 21:6For you have made him most blessed for ever: you have made him exceeding glad with your countenance.
Psalms 72:6He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers that water the earth.
Proverbs 29:26Many seek the ruler's favour; but every man's judgment comes from the LORD.
Zechariah 10:1Ask all of you of the LORD rain in the time of the latter rain; so the LORD shall make bright clouds, and give them showers of 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 →