Proverbs 16:7
When a man's ways please Jehovah, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.
Darby Translation
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 revenues without right.
Cross References
Genesis 27:41And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father had blessed him. And Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand, and I will slay my brother Jacob.
Genesis 32:28And he said, Thy name shall not henceforth be called Jacob, but Israel; for thou hast wrestled with God, and with men, and hast prevailed.
2 Chronicles 17:10And the terror of Jehovah was upon all the kingdoms of the lands that were round about Judah, and they made no war against Jehoshaphat.
Ezra 8:36And they delivered the king's edicts to the king's satraps, and to the governors on this side the river. And they furthered the people and the house of God.
Jeremiah 15:11Jehovah said, Verily I will set thee free for [thy] good; verily I will cause the enemy to meet thee kindly in the time of evil and in the time of affliction.
Acts 9:1But Saul, still breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, came 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 →