Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Proverbs 16:15
In the light of a king's countenance [is] life; and his favour [is] (i) as a cloud of the latter rain.
(i) Which is most comfortable to the dry ground.
In the light of a king's countenance [is] life; and his favour [is] (i) as a cloud of the latter rain.
(i) Which is most comfortable to the dry ground.
The “latter rain” is that which falls in March or April just before the harvest. The “cloud” which brings it, immediately screening people from the scorching sun, and bringing plenty and blessing, is...
CHAPTER 16 IN THE LIGHT OF THE LORD The name Jehovah (LORD) appears eleven times in this chapter of Proverbs. The Lord has the final word, for to man belong the preparations (or plans) of the heart; b...
PROVERBS 16. The special feature is a group of aphorisms (Proverbs 16:10) relating to kings. The sentiments seem rather to reflect the picture of the ideal king than to indicate any particular period....
CLOUD. heavy cloud, &c. Specially valuable, falling just before harvest....
_the latter rain_ i.e. the spring rain, which swelled and matured the corn for harvest, just as the "former" or autumn rain prepared the ground, after the drought of summer, for the sowing. Such a clo...
THE LATTER RAIN— See Deuteronomy 11:14 and Joel 2:23....
TEXT Proverbs 16:12-22 12. It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness; For the throne is established by righteousness. 13. Righteous lips are the delight of kings; And they love him that...
In the light of the king's countenance is life; and his favour is as a cloud of the latter rain. IN THE LIGHT OF THE KING'S COUNTENANCE (IS) LIFE - as there is in the light of the sun beaming on th...
1-9. God's control of human life....
THE LIGHT OF.. COUNTENANCE] i.e. his friendly regard. THE LATTER RAIN] is the spring rain, required to ripen the crops. 16-19. The advantages of a right spirit....
The wise servant wants the king to be happy. The king should not be angry. Events should not upset the king. Then the king will make good decisions. He will care about his people. He will serve God an...
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 16 The subject of the book now begins to change. In earlier Chapter s, the main subject is the difference between wise actions and evil action...
A CLOUD OF THE LATTER RAIN. — This fell at the end of March, maturing the barley and wheat crops before the harvest in April. It was eagerly looked for as of great importance. (Comp. Psalms 72:6 for t...
בְּ אֹור ־פְּנֵי ־מֶ֥לֶךְ חַיִּ֑ים וּ֝ רְצֹונ
CHAPTER 17 A JUST BALANCE "A just balance and scales are the Lord's: all the weights of the bag are His work."- Proverbs 16:11 "A false balance is an abomination to the Lord: but a just weight is H...
CHAPTER 29 AN ASPECT OF ATONEMENT "He that hideth his transgressions shall not prosper; but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall obtain mercy."- Proverbs 28:13 "Happy is the man that feareth...
Verse Proverbs 16:1. A somewhat obscure proverb which recognizes that man has to exercise his own reason in making his plans, but that he is dependent on the Lord for the answer of the tongue. Dr. Per...
_Life. A mild government resembles a serene sky. (Sen.) (Clem.) (Job xxix. 23.)_...
Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right. A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps. A divine sentence is in the lips of the king: his mouth trans...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 THROUGH 31. In chapter 10 begin the details which teach those who give ear how to avoid the snares into which the simple might fall, the path to be followe...
IN THE LIGHT OF THE KING'S COUNTENANCE [IS] LIFE,.... When he looks with a pleasant smiling countenance on a person that has been under his displeasure, and especially if under a sentence of death, it...
_In the light of the king's countenance [is] life; and his favour [is] as a cloud of the latter rain._ Ver. 15. In the light of the king's countenance is life.] As when it is well with the head, it i...
_Righteous lips are the delight of kings_ All wise and good kings do, and all kings should, delight in employing such counsellors, judges, and officers, under them, as are just and faithful in their c...
V. 15. IN THE LIGHT OF THE KING'S COUNTENANCE IS LIFE, when he is graciously disposed, he dispenses favors which make life pleasant for his subjects; AND HIS FAVOR IS AS A CLOUD OF THE LATTER RAIN, th...
IN THE LIGHT OF THE KING'S COUNTENANCE IS LIFE; his favour and smiling countenance is most sweet and refreshing, especially to him that was under a sentence of death, PROVERBS 16:14. HIS FAVOUR IS AS...
Proverbs 16:15 light H216 kings H4428 face H6440 life H2416 favor H7522 cloud H5645 rain H4456 the light -...
THE RESPONSIBILITY AND AUTHORITY OF A KING (PROVERBS 16:12). It is no coincidence that this subsection with its fourfold mention of the king comes after a series of subsections in which YHWH and His j...
CONTENTS: Proverbs contrasting good and evil. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: The safest way in which to travel is the way of the upright, a way which God makes plain to those who desire to walk in it....
Proverbs 16:1. _The preparations of the heart in man._ As the field must be plowed, and the soil prepared for the seeds, so the heart of man must be prepared for grace. Afflictions in Egypt disposed t...
_In the light of the king’s countenance is life._ THE BLESSEDNESS OF THE KING’S FAVOUR This is a general proverb. Its primary application is to royalty. In the previous verse the wrath of a king has...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 16:10 The remaining sections of ch. Proverbs 16:1 illustrate the benefits of wisdom for the well-being of the heart (vv....
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 16:10. A DIVINE SENTENCE, literally _“divination,” i.e., “an oracle_” or “_a decision_.” “HIS MOUTH TRANSGRESSETH NOT.” Stuart and Delitzsch read, “_In judgment his mouth sh...
EXPOSITION PROVERBS 16:1 These are specially religions maxims, and they all contain the name Jehovah. PROVERBS 16:1 The Authorized Version makes one sentence of this verse without any contrast or a...
Shall we turn now to Proverbs 16:1-33, the sixteenth chapter and begin our study this evening. The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the LORD (Proverbs 16:1). Go...
Acts 2:28; Hosea 6:3; Job 29:23; Job 29:24; Proverbs 19:12;...
A cloud — As acceptable as those clouds which bring the latter rain, whereby the fruits are filled and ripened a little before the harvest....