Proverbs 16:15

Authorized King James Version (1611)

In the light of the king's countenance [is] life; and his favour [is] as a cloud of the latter rain.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 29:23-24 : 23 And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide [as] for the latter rain. 24 [If] I laughed on them, they believed [it] not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.
  • Ps 72:6 : 6 He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers [that] water the earth.
  • Prov 19:12 : 12 ¶ The king's wrath [is] as the roaring of a lion; but his favour [is] as dew upon the grass.
  • Hos 6:3 : 3 Then shall we know, [if] we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter [and] former rain unto the earth.
  • Zech 10:1 : 1 ¶ Ask ye 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.
  • Acts 2:28 : 28 Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance.
  • Ps 4:6 : 6 ¶ [There be] many that say, Who will shew us [any] good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.
  • Ps 21:6 : 6 For thou hast made him most blessed for ever: thou hast made him exceeding glad with thy countenance.
  • Ps 30:5 : 5 For his anger [endureth but] a moment; in his favour [is] life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy [cometh] in the morning.

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