14The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: but a wise man will pacify it.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.
The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.
If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yielding pacifieth great offences.
Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God.
And Herod was highly displeased with them of Tyre and Sidon: but they came with one accord to him, and, having made Blastus the king's chamberlain their friend, desired peace; because their country was nourished by the king's country.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 14-15)These two verses show the power of kings, which is every where great, but was especially so in those eastern countries, where they were absolute and arbitrary. Whom they would they slew and whom they would they kept alive. Their will was a law. We have reason to bless God for the happy constitution of the government we live under, which maintains the prerogative of the prince without any injury to…
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