Proverbs 16:12-15

12 It is an abomination to kings to do evil, for ¹the throne is established by righteousness.

13 ²Righteous lips are the delight of a king, and he loves him who speaks what is right.

14 ³A king’s wrath is a messenger of death, and a wise man will ⁴appease it.

15 ⁵In the light of a king’s face there is life, and his ⁶favor is like ⁷the clouds that bring the spring rain.

Proverbs 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.

Cross References

• 1. 16:12 ch. 25:5; [ch. 20:28; 29:14; Isa. 16:5]
• 2. 16:13 [ch. 14:35; 22:11]
• 3. 16:14 ch. 19:12; 20:2
• 4. 16:14 [ch. 25:15]
• 5. 16:15 [Job 29:24]
• 6. 16:15 [See ver. 13 above]
• 7. 16:15 [Ps. 72:6]; See Job 29:23