Mishle 16:12-15

12 It is to’evat melachim to commit resha (wickedness), for the kisse is established through tzedakah.

13 Sfatayim (lips) of tzedek are the delight of melachim; and they love him that speaketh yesharim (upright things).

14 The wrath of a melech is as malachim of mavet, but an ish chacham will appease it.

15 In the light of the countenance of melech is chayyim, and his favor is like the cloud of a spring rain.

Mishle 16:12-15 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO FIRST KINGS 6

This chapter gives an account of the building of the temple, for which preparations were before made and begins with the time of its building, 1Ki 6:1; gives the dimensions of it and the porch before it, 1Ki 6:2,3; observes the windows in it and chambers about it, 1Ki 6:4-10; and while it was building, Solomon had a word from the Lord relative to it, 1Ki 6:11-14; and then the account goes on concerning the walls of the house, and the flooring of it, 1Ki 6:15-18; and the oracle in it, and the cherubim in that, 1Ki 6:19-30; and the doors into it, and the carved work of them, 1Ki 6:31-36; and the chapter is concluded with observing the time when it was begun and finished 1Ki 6:37,38.