Proverbs 16:7
The beginning of a good way is to do justly; and it is more acceptable with God than to offer sacrifices.
Brenton Septuagint
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
Cross References
Genesis 27:41And Esau was angry with Jacob because of the blessing, with which his father blessed him; and Esau said in his mind, Let the days of my father's mourning draw nigh, that I may slay my brother Jacob.
Genesis 32:28And he said to him, What is thy name? and he answered, Jacob.
2 Chronicles 17:10And a terror of the Lord was upon all the kingdoms of the land round about Juda, and they made no war against Josaphat.
Ezra 8:36And they gave the king's mandate to the king's lieutenants, and the governors beyond the river: and they honoured the people and the house of God.
Jeremiah 15:11Be it so, Lord, in their prosperity; surely I stood before thee in the time of their calamities, and in the time of their affliction, for their good against the enemy.
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 →