Proverbs 16:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Bible Comments

Is as messengers of death; is as terrible as if many messengers were sent to denounce the sentence of death, and to execute it. Will pacify it; will use all prudent and lawful means to pacify it.

Proverbs 16:14

14 The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: but a wise man will pacify it.