Proverbs 16:14
The wrath of a king is a messenger of death, but a wise man will pacify it.
BSB
ASV
The wrath of a king is as messengers of death; But a wise man will pacify it.
KJV
The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: but a wise man will pacify it.
The wrath of a king is as messengers of death,.... Or, "angels of death", as the Targum. As the wrath of Ahasuerus was to Haman; when it is either discovered in the countenance of a king, or expressed by his words, or signified by a messenger; it sometimes has been immediate death to a person, and often as terrible as if a messenger brought the sentence of death; yea, it is as if one messenger after another was sent on such an errand, and therefore the word is in the plural number.
While Pro 16:13 depicts the king as he ought to be, this verse reminds us of the terrible rapidity with which, in the despotic monarchies of the East, punishment, even death, follows royal displeasure.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
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2 Corinthians 5:20Therefore we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making His appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ: Be reconciled to God.
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for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may proclaim it fearlessly, as I should.
So the master told his servant, ‘Go out to the highways and hedges and compel them to come in, so that my house will be full.
For the lips of a priest should preserve knowledge, and people should seek instruction from his mouth, because he is the messenger of the LORD of Hosts.
Cast away from yourselves all the transgressions you have committed, and fashion for yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. Why should you die, O house of Israel?
Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near.
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Ecclesiastes 10:4If the ruler’s temper flares against you, do not abandon your post, for calmness lays great offenses to rest.
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Through patience a ruler can be persuaded, and a gentle tongue can break a bone.
Do not hasten to leave his presence, and do not persist in a bad cause, for he will do whatever he pleases.
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Proverbs 19:12A king’s rage is like the roar of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.
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The wrath of a king is a messenger of death, but a wise man will pacify it.
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