Proverbs 16:14

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

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

While Proverbs 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...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

The wrath of a king [is as] (h) messengers of death: but a wise man will pacify it. (h) That is, he finds many ways to execute his wrath.
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 16. The special feature is a group of aphorisms ( Proverbs 16:10-15 ) relating to kings. The sentiments seem rather to reflect the picture...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

messengers, &c. Illustrations: Benaiah ( 1 Kings 2:25 ); Haman ( Esther 7:8-10 ). pacify it . get it covered.
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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. The plural expre...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1-9. God's control of human life.
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 17 A JUST BALANCE "A just balance and scales are the Lord's: all the weights of the bag are His work."- Proverbs 16:11 "A false balanc...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 29 AN ASPECT OF ATONEMENT "He that hideth his transgressions shall not prosper; but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall obtain mer...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Verse Proverbs 16:1 . A somewhat obscure proverb which recognizes that man has to exercise his own reason in making his plans, but that he is depend...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right. A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps. A divine s...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 eithe...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

The wrath of a king [is as] messengers of death: but a wise man will pacify it. Ver. 14. The wrath of a king is as messengers of death. ] In the p...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Righteous lips are the delight of kings All wise and good kings do, and all kings should, delight in employing such counsellors, judges, and office...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

14 The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: but a wise man will pacify it. 15 In the light of the king's countenance is life; and...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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; w...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Responsibility And Authority Of A King ( Proverbs 16:12-15 ). It is no coincidence that this subsection with its fourfold mention of the king...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 16:10 . A Divine sentence , literally “divination,” i.e., “an oracle ” or “ a decision .” “His mouth transgresseth not...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 16:1 . The preparations of the heart in man. As the field must be plowed, and the soil prepared for the seeds, so the heart of man must b...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Proverbs 16:1-20 These are specially religions maxims, and they all contain the name Jehovah. Proverbs 16:1 The Authorized...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

v. 14. The wrath of a king is as messengers of death, if he becomes enraged, he has many means and instruments at his disposal to carry out his sen...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Corinthians 5:20 ; 2 Kings 6:31-33 ; Acts 12:20 ; Daniel 3:13-25 ; Ecclesiastes 10:4 ; Luke 12:4 ; Luke 12:5 ; Mark 6:27 ; Proverbs 17:11...

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

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 16:14

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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