Proverbs 16:15
In the light of the king's face is life. His favor is like a cloud of the spring rain.
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Referenced Verses
- Job 29:23-24 : 23 They waited for me as for the rain. Their mouths drank as with the spring rain. 24 I smiled on them when they had no confidence. They didn't reject the light of my face.
- Ps 72:6 : 6 He will come down like rain on the mown grass, As showers that water the earth.
- Prov 19:12 : 12 The king's wrath is like the roaring of a lion, But his favor is like dew on the grass.
- Hos 6:3 : 3 Let us acknowledge Yahweh. Let us press on to know Yahweh. As surely as the sun rises, Yahweh will appear. He will come to us like the rain, Like the spring rain that waters the earth."
- Zech 10:1 : 1 Ask of Yahweh rain in the spring time, Yahweh who makes storm clouds, And he gives rain showers to everyone for the plants in the field.
- Acts 2:28 : 28 You made known to me the ways of life. You will make me full of gladness with your presence.'
- Ps 4:6 : 6 Many say, "Who will show us any good?" Yahweh, let the light of your face shine on us.
- Ps 21:6 : 6 For you make him most blessed forever. You make him glad with joy in your presence.
- Ps 30:5 : 5 For his anger is but for a moment; His favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may stay for the night, But joy comes in the morning.
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