Proverbs 16:15

Bible in Basic English (1941)

In the light of the king's face there is life; and his approval is like a cloud of spring rain.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 29:23-24 : 23 They were waiting for me as for the rain, opening their mouths wide as for the spring rains. 24 I was laughing at them when they had no hope, and the light of my face was never clouded by their fear.
  • Ps 72:6 : 6 May he come down like rain on the cut grass; like showers watering the earth.
  • Prov 19:12 : 12 The king's wrath is like the loud cry of a lion, but his approval is like dew on the grass.
  • Hos 6:3 : 3 And let us have knowledge, let us go after the knowledge of the Lord; his going out is certain as the dawn, his decisions go out like the light; he will come to us like the rain, like the spring rain watering the earth.
  • Zech 10:1 : 1 Make your request to the Lord for rain in the time of the spring rains, even to the Lord who makes the thunder-flames; and he will give them showers of rain, to every man grass in the field.
  • Acts 2:28 : 28 You have made me see the ways of life; I will be full of joy when I see your face.
  • Ps 4:6 : 6 There are numbers who say, Who will do us any good? the light of his face has gone from us.
  • Ps 21:6 : 6 For you have made him a blessing for ever: you have given him joy in the light of your face.
  • Ps 30:5 : 5 For his wrath is only for a minute; in his grace there is life; weeping may be for a night, but joy comes in the morning.

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    13 Lips of righteousness are the delight of kings; and he who says what is upright is dear to him.

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  • Prov 19:12
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    12 The king's wrath is like the loud cry of a lion, but his approval is like dew on the grass.

  • Prov 14:35
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    35 The king has pleasure in a servant who does wisely, but his wrath is against him who is a cause of shame.

  • Prov 16:16
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    16 How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! and to get knowledge is more to be desired than silver.

  • Prov 14:28
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    28 A king's glory is in the number of his people: and for need of people a ruler may come to destruction.

  • Prov 20:28
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    28 Mercy and good faith keep the king safe, and the seat of his power is based on upright acts.

  • Ps 30:5
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    5 For his wrath is only for a minute; in his grace there is life; weeping may be for a night, but joy comes in the morning.

  • Prov 22:11
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    11 He whose heart is clean is dear to the Lord; for the grace of his lips the king will be his friend.

  • Ps 36:9
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    9 For with you is the fountain of life: in your light we will see light.

  • Prov 3:4
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    4 So you will have grace and a good name in the eyes of God and men.

  • Prov 13:15
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    15 Wise behaviour gets approval, but the way of the false is their destruction.

  • Prov 16:10
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    10 Decision is in the lips of the king: his mouth will not go wrong in judging.

  • Prov 29:26
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    26 The approval of a ruler is desired by great numbers: but the decision in a man's cause comes from the Lord.

  • Ps 89:15
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    15 Happy are the people who have knowledge of the holy cry: the light of your face, O Lord, will be shining on their way.

  • Prov 25:13-15
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    13 As the cold of snow in the time of grain-cutting, so is a true servant to those who send him; for he gives new life to the soul of his master.

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    4 It is as the light of the morning, when the sun comes up, a morning without clouds; making young grass come to life from the earth.

  • Eccl 11:7
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    7 Truly the light is sweet, and it is good for the eyes to see the sun.

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    30 The light of the eyes is a joy to the heart, and good news makes the bones fat.

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    1 The king's heart in the hands of the Lord is like the water streams, and by him it is turned in any direction at his pleasure.

  • Isa 32:1-2
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    1 See, a king will be ruling in righteousness, and chiefs will give right decisions.

    2 And a man will be as a safe place from the wind, and a cover from the storm; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shade of a great rock in a waste land.

  • Prov 25:23
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    23 As the north wind gives birth to rain, so is an angry face caused by a tongue saying evil secretly.

  • Prov 15:16
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    16 Better is a little with the fear of the Lord, than great wealth together with trouble.

  • Prov 15:23
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    23 A man has joy in the answer of his mouth: and a word at the right time, how good it is!

  • Prov 22:1
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    7 When a man's ways are pleasing to the Lord, he makes even his haters be at peace with him.

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    15 And wine to make glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face shining, and bread giving strength to his heart.

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    22 A bright light comes out of the north; God's glory is greatly to be feared.

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    1 Make your request to the Lord for rain in the time of the spring rains, even to the Lord who makes the thunder-flames; and he will give them showers of rain, to every man grass in the field.

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    6 There are numbers who say, Who will do us any good? the light of his face has gone from us.

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    16 Let your servant see the light of your face; in your mercy be my saviour.

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    7 For it is better to have it said to you, Come up here; than for you to be put down in a lower place before the ruler.

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