Proverbs 16:15

Bishops' Bible (1568)

The chearfull countenaunce of the kyng is life: and his louyng fauour is as a cloude of the latter rayne.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 29:23-24 : 23 They wayted for me as for the raine: and gaped vpon me, as the grounde doeth to receaue the latter shoure. 24 When I laughed, they beleued it not, & the light of my countenaunce would they not put out.
  • Ps 72:6 : 6 He wyll come downe lyke the rayne into a fleece of wooll: euen as the droppes that water the earth.
  • Prov 19:12 : 12 The kynges displeasure is lyke the roaryng of a Lion: but his fauour is lyke the deawe vpon the grasse.
  • Hos 6:3 : 3 Then shall we haue vnderstanding, and endeuour our selues to knowe the Lord: he shal go foorth as the spring of the day, & come vnto vs as the rayne, and as the latter rayne vnto the earth.
  • Zech 10:1 : 1 Pray the Lorde then betimes to geue the latter rayne, so shall the Lorde make bright cloudes, and geue you rayne inough, and to euery one grasse in the fielde.
  • Acts 2:28 : 28 Thou hast shewed me the wayes of lyfe, thou shalt make me full of ioy with thy countenaunce.
  • Ps 4:6 : 6 There be many that say, who wyll shewe vs any good? O God lift thou vp the light of thy countenaunce vpon vs.
  • Ps 21:6 : 6 For thou hast placed him to be blessinges for euer: and hast made him glad with the ioy of thy countenaunce.
  • Ps 30:5 : 5 For a litle short time passeth in his anger, a life is spente in his good wyll: at euening weeping shall begin the night, but ioy commeth in the morning.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 16:13-14
    2 verses
    81%

    13Ryghteous lippes are pleasaunt vnto kynges, and them that speaketh the trueth shall he loue.

    14The kinges displeasure is a messenger of death: but a wise man wyll pacifie hym.

  • Prov 19:12
    79%

    12The kynges displeasure is lyke the roaryng of a Lion: but his fauour is lyke the deawe vpon the grasse.

  • Prov 14:35
    77%

    35A discrete seruaunt is a pleasure vnto the kyng: but his wrath is agaynst hym that doth dishonour hym.

  • Prov 16:16
    74%

    16To haue wisdome in possession, is better then to haue golde: and to get vnderstandyng, is rather to be chosen then to haue siluer.

  • Prov 14:28
    72%

    28In the multitude of people is the kynges honour: but the decay of the people is the confusion of the prince.

  • Prov 20:28
    71%

    28Mercy and trueth preserueth the king, and with louing kindnes his seate is holden vp.

  • Ps 30:5
    71%

    5For a litle short time passeth in his anger, a life is spente in his good wyll: at euening weeping shall begin the night, but ioy commeth in the morning.

  • Prov 22:11
    70%

    11Who so loueth cleannes of heart, for the grace of his lippes the kyng shalbe his frende.

  • Ps 36:9
    70%

    9For with thee is the fountaine of lyfe: and in thy light shall we see light.

  • Prov 3:4
    70%

    4So shalt thou finde fauour and good vnderstandyng in the sight of God and men.

  • Prov 13:15
    70%

    15Good vnderstandyng geueth fauour: but harde is the way of the dispisers.

  • Prov 16:10
    70%

    10When the prophecie is in the lippes of the kyng, his mouth shall not go wrong in iudgement.

  • Prov 29:26
    70%

    26Many there be that seke the princes fauour: but euery mans iudgement commeth from the Lorde.

  • Ps 89:15
    70%

    15Blessed is the people that knoweth a triumphant noyse: O God, they shall walke in the light of thy countenaunce.

  • Prov 25:13-15
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    70%

    13As the colde of snowe in the tyme of haruest: so is a faythfull messenger to them that sende hym, for he refresheth his maisters mynde.

    14Whoso maketh great boastes and geueth nothing, is lyke cloudes and winde without rayne.

    15With pacience is a prince pacified, and with a softe tongue is rigorousnesse broken.

  • 2 Sam 23:4
    70%

    4And as the morning lyght when the sunne is vp, a morning in which are no cloudes, so shal my house be, but not as the grasse of the earth is by bryghtnesse and rayne.

  • Eccl 11:7
    69%

    7The light is sweete, and a pleasaunt thing is it for the eyes to looke vpon the sunne.

  • Prov 15:30
    69%

    30The clearnes of the eye reioyseth the heart, & a good name feedeth the bones.

  • Prov 21:1
    69%

    1The kynges heart is in the hand of the Lord, lyke as are the riuers of water, he maye turne it whyther soeuer he wyll.

  • Isa 32:1-2
    2 verses
    69%

    1Beholde, a kyng shall gouerne after the rule of righteousnesse, and the princes shall rule according to the ballaunce of equitie.

    2And that man shalbe vnto men as a defence for the winde, and as a refuge for the tempest, lyke as a ryuer of water in a thirstie place, and the shadowe of a great rocke in a drye lande.

  • Prov 25:23
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    23The northwinde dryueth away the rayne: euen so doth an angry countenaunce a backbiters tongue.

  • Prov 15:16
    69%

    16Better is a litle with the feare of the Lorde: then great treasure, and trouble therwith.

  • Prov 15:23
    69%

    23A ioyfull thing it is to a man whe his counsayle is folowed: and howe good is a worde spoken in season.

  • Prov 22:1
    69%

    1A good name is more to be desired then great riches: and louing fauour is better then siluer and golde.

  • Prov 15:13
    68%

    13A mery heart maketh a chearfull countenaunce: but by the sorowe of the heart the mynde is heauy.

  • Ps 61:6
    68%

    6Thou wilt adde dayes vnto the kings dayes: and his yeres shalbe a generation and a generation.

  • Job 36:28
    68%

    28Which rayne the cloudes do droppe, and let fall aboundantly vpon men.

  • Eccl 12:2
    68%

    2Before the sunne, the light, the moone, and starres be darkened, and or the cloudes turne agayne after the rayne:

  • Prov 16:7-8
    2 verses
    68%

    7When a mans wayes please the Lord, he maketh his very enemies to be his frendes.

    8Better it is to haue a litle with ryghteousnesse, then great rentes wrongfully gotten.

  • Ps 104:15
    68%

    15That he may bryng foorth foode out of the earth: both wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oyle to make hym haue a chearefull countenaunce, & also bread to strengthen mans heart.

  • Job 37:22
    68%

    22The faire weather commeth out of the north, the prayse thereof is to God who is terrible.

  • Ps 112:4
    68%

    4There ariseth vp light in the darknes: vnto them that deale vprightly he is merciful, and louing, and righteous.

  • Prov 16:31
    68%

    31Age is a crowne of worshyp, yf it be founde in the way of ryghteousnesse.

  • Zech 10:1
    68%

    1Pray the Lorde then betimes to geue the latter rayne, so shall the Lorde make bright cloudes, and geue you rayne inough, and to euery one grasse in the fielde.

  • Ps 4:6
    68%

    6There be many that say, who wyll shewe vs any good? O God lift thou vp the light of thy countenaunce vpon vs.

  • Eccl 8:4
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    4Like as when a king geueth a charge, his commaundement is mightie: Euen so, who may say vnto him, what doest thou?

  • Ps 31:16
    68%

    16Cause thy countenaunce to shine vppon thy seruaunt: saue me for thy mercies sake.

  • Prov 20:2
    68%

    2The feare of the king is as the roaring of a Lion, who so prouoketh hym vnto anger, offendeth against his owne soule.

  • Prov 29:14
    68%

    14The seate of the kyng that faithfully iudgeth the poore, shall continue sure for euermore.

  • Prov 25:7
    68%

    7For better is it, that it be sayde vnto thee, come vp hyther: then thou to be put lower in the presence of the priuce whom thou seest with thyne eyes.

  • Prov 16:24
    68%

    24Fayre wordes are an hony combe, a refresshyng of the mynde, and health of the bones.

  • Prov 12:25
    67%

    25Heauinesse discourageth the heart of man: but a good worde maketh it glad agayne.

  • Prov 12:2
    67%

    2A good man is acceptable vnto the Lorde: but the wicked imaginer wyll he condempne.

  • Prov 8:35
    67%

    35For whoso findeth me, findeth life, and shall obtaine fauour of the Lorde.

  • Prov 18:16
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    16A mans gyft maketh an open way, to bryng hym before great men.