Proverbs 16:7
When a mans wayes please the Lord, he maketh his very enemies to be his frendes.
Bible (Bishops')
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
6With mercie and faythfulnesse sinnes be forgeuen: and by the feare of the Lorde euyll is eschewed.
8Better it is to haue a litle with ryghteousnesse, then great rentes wrongfully gotten.
Cross References
Genesis 27:41And Esau hated Iacob, because of the blessyng that his father blessed hym withall. And Esau sayde in his heart: The dayes of sorowyng for my father are at hande, then wyll I slaye my brother Iacob.
Genesis 32:28He sayde: thy name shalbe called no more Iacob, but Israel: For as a prince hast thou wrasteled with God, and with men, and hast preuayled.
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 →