THEOSISProverbs 16:14Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: and the wise man will pacify it.
חֲמַת־מֶ֥לֶךְ מַלְאֲכֵי־מָ֑וֶת וְאִ֖ישׁ חָכָ֣ם יְכַפְּרֶֽנָּה׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Prov 20:2As the roaring of a lion, so also is the dread of a king: he that provoketh him, sinneth against his own soul.
- Prov 19:12As the roaring of a lion, so also is the anger of a king: and his cheerfulness as the dew upon the grass.
- Prov 17:11An evil man always seeketh quarrels: but a cruel angel shall be sent against him.
- Luke 12:4And I say to you, my friends: Be not afraid of them who kill the body and after that have no more that they can do.
- Luke 12:5But I will shew you whom you shall fear: Fear ye him who, after he hath killed, hath power to cast into hell. Yea, I say to you: Fear him.
- Mark 6:27But sending an executioner, he commanded that his head should be brought in a dish.
- Acts 12:20And he was angry with the Tyrians and the Sidonians. But they with one accord came to him: and, having gained Blastus who was the king's chamberlain, they desired peace, because their countries were nourished by him.
- 2 Cor 5:20For Christ therefore we are ambassadors, God as it were exhorting by us, for Christ, we beseech you, be reconciled to God.