Proverbs 16:15

Geneva Bible (1560)

In the light of the Kings coutenance is life: and his fauour is as a cloude of the latter raine.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 29:23-24 : 23 And they wayted for me, as for the raine, and they opened their mouth as for the latter rayne. 24 If I laughed on them, they beleeued it not: neither did they cause the light of my countenance to fall.
  • Ps 72:6 : 6 He shall come downe like the rayne vpon the mowen grasse, and as the showres that water the earth.
  • Prov 19:12 : 12 The Kings wrath is like the roaring of a lyon: but his fauour is like the dewe vpon ye grasse.
  • Hos 6:3 : 3 Then shall we haue knowledge, and indeuour our selues to know the Lord: his going forth is prepared as the morning, and he shall come vnto vs as the raine, and as the latter raine vnto the earth.
  • Zech 10:1 : 1 Aske you of the Lord raine in the time of the latter raine: so shall the Lorde make white cloudes, and giue you showers of raine, and to euery one grasse in the field.
  • Acts 2:28 : 28 Thou hast shewed me the waies of life, & shalt make me full of ioy with thy countenance.
  • Ps 4:6 : 6 Many say, Who will shewe vs any good? but Lorde, lift vp the light of thy countenance vpon vs.
  • Ps 21:6 : 6 For thou hast set him as blessings for euer: thou hast made him glad with the ioy of thy countenance.
  • Ps 30:5 : 5 For he endureth but a while in his anger: but in his fauour is life: weeping may abide at euening, but ioy commeth in the morning.

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    13Righteous lips are the delite of Kings, and the King loueth him that speaketh right things.

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  • Prov 19:12
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    12The Kings wrath is like the roaring of a lyon: but his fauour is like the dewe vpon ye grasse.

  • Prov 14:35
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    35The pleasure of a King is in a wise seruant: but his wrath shalbe toward him that is lewde.

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    16Howe much better is it to get wisedome then golde? and to get vnderstanding, is more to be desired then siluer.

  • Prov 14:28
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    28In the multitude of the people is the honour of a King, and for the want of people commeth the destruction of the Prince.

  • Prov 20:28
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    28Mercie and trueth preserue the King: for his throne shall be established with mercie.

  • Ps 30:5
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    5For he endureth but a while in his anger: but in his fauour is life: weeping may abide at euening, but ioy commeth in the morning.

  • Prov 22:11
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    11Hee that loueth purenesse of heart for the grace of his lippes, the King shalbe his friend.

  • Ps 36:9
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    9For with thee is the well of life, and in thy light shall we see light.

  • Prov 3:4
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    4So shalt thou finde fauour and good vnderstanding in the sight of God and man.

  • Prov 13:15
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    15Good vnderstanding maketh acceptable: but the way of the disobedient is hated.

  • Prov 16:10
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    10A diuine sentence shalbe in the lips of the King: his mouth shall not trasgresse in iudgement.

  • Prov 29:26
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    26Many doe seeke the face of the ruler: but euery mans iudgement commeth from the Lord.

  • Ps 89:15
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    15Blessed is the people, that can reioyce in thee: they shall walke in the light of thy countenance, O Lord.

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    13As the colde of the snowe in the time of haruest, so is a faithfull messenger to them that send him: for he refresheth the soule of his masters.

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  • 2 Sam 23:4
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    4Euen as the morning light when the sunne riseth, the morning, I say, without cloudes, so shall mine house be, and not as the grasse of the earth is by the bright raine.

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    7Surely the light is a pleasant thing: and it is a good thing to the eyes to see the sunne.

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    30The light of the eyes reioyceth the heart, and a good name maketh the bones fat.

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    1The Kings heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the riuers of waters: he turneth it whithersoeuer it pleaseth him.

  • Isa 32:1-2
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    1Beholde, a King shall reigne in iustice, and the princes shall rule in iudgement.

    2And that man shall bee as an hiding place from the winde, and as a refuge for the tempest: as riuers of water in a drie place, and as the shadowe of a great rocke in a weary land.

  • Prov 25:23
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    23As the Northwinde driueth away the raine, so doeth an angry countenance the slandering tongue.

  • Prov 15:16
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    16Better is a litle with the feare of the Lord, then great treasure, and trouble therewith.

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    13A ioyfull heart maketh a chearefull countenance: but by the sorow of the heart the minde is heauie.

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    6Thou shalt giue the King a long life: his yeeres shalbe as many ages.

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    28Which raine the cloudes do droppe and let fall abundantly vpon man.

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    7When the wayes of a man please the Lord, he will make also his enemies at peace with him.

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    15And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oyle to make the face to shine, and bread that strengtheneth mans heart.

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    22The brightnesse commeth out of the North: the praise thereof is to God, which is terrible.

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    1Aske you of the Lord raine in the time of the latter raine: so shall the Lorde make white cloudes, and giue you showers of raine, and to euery one grasse in the field.

  • Ps 4:6
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    6Many say, Who will shewe vs any good? but Lorde, lift vp the light of thy countenance vpon vs.

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    16Make thy face to shine vpon thy seruant, and saue me through thy mercie.

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    2The feare of the King is like the roaring of a lyon: hee that prouoketh him vnto anger, sinneth against his owne soule.

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