Proverbs 16:7
When a man's ways are pleasing to the Lord, he makes even his haters be at peace with him.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
When a man’s ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.
In Context
8Better is a little with righteousness, than great wealth with wrongdoing.
Cross References
Genesis 27:41So Esau was full of hate for Jacob because of his father's blessing; and he said in his heart, The days of weeping for my father are near; then I will put my brother Jacob to death.
Genesis 32:28And he said, Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel: for in your fight with God and with men you have overcome.
2 Chronicles 17:10And the fear of the Lord was on all the kingdoms of the lands round Judah, so that they made no wars against Jehoshaphat.
Ezra 8:36And they gave the king's orders to the king's captains and the rulers across the river, and they gave the people and the house of God the help which was needed.
Acts 9:1But Saul, still burning with desire to put to death the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest,
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 16:7
6 By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the Lord men depart from evil. See here, 1. How the guilt of sin is taken away from us—by the mercy and truth of God, mercy in promising, truth in performing, the mercy and truth which kiss each other in Jesus Christ the Mediator—by the covenant of grace, in which mercy and truth shine so brightly—by our mercy and truth, as the condition of the pardon and a necessary qualification for it—by these, and not by the legal sacrifices, Mic. vi. 7, 8 . 2. How… Read the whole commentary →