Proverbs 16:7
When the way that people live pleases the Lord, he makes even their enemies be at peace with them.
Free Bible Version
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 to have just a little and be honest than to have a lot and be dishonest.
Cross References
Genesis 27:41From then on Esau hated Jacob because of his father's blessing. Esau said to himself, “Soon the time will come when I'll mourn my father's death. Then I'll kill my brother Jacob!”
Genesis 32:28“Jacob will no longer be your name,” said the man. “Instead you will be called Israel, because you fought with God and with men and you won.”
2 Chronicles 17:10All the surrounding kingdoms were in awe of the Lord, so that they did not attack Jehoshaphat.
Ezra 8:36They also delivered the king's decrees to the chief officers of the king and the governors of the province west of the Euphrates, who then provided assistance to the people and to God's Temple.
Jeremiah 15:11But the Lord told me: Don't worry, I'm going to take away your problems so you can do good. I will make your enemies plead with you whenever they're in trouble or suffering.
Acts 9:1But meanwhile Saul was making violent threats against the disciples of the Lord, wanting to kill them. He 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 →