Matthew Henry · Verses 14–15
Those are fools, who, to obtain the favour of an earthly prince, throw themselves out of God's favour.
Proverbs 16:14
The king’s wrath is a messenger of death, but a wise man will pacify it.
World English Bible
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WEBBE
The king’s wrath is a messenger of death, but a wise man will pacify it.
BSB
The wrath of a king is a messenger of death, but a wise man will pacify it.
KJV
The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: but a wise man will pacify it.
ASV
The wrath of a king is [as] messengers of death; But a wise man will pacify it.
BBE
The wrath of the king is like those who give news of death, but a wise man will put peace in place of it.
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