Proverbs 16:7
When drakhei ish please Hashem, 1 He maketh even his oyevim to be in shalom with him. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
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
6By chesed and emes avon is purged, 1 and by the Yirat Hashem men depart from rah. 1
8Better is a little with tzedakah 1 than great revenues without mishpat (justice). 1
Cross References
Genesis 27:41And Esav hated Ya'akov because of the brocha wherewith aviv made a brocha upon him: and Esav said in his lev, The yemei evel (days of mourning) for avi are at hand; then will I slay Ya'akov achi.
Genesis 32:28And he said unto him, What is shemecha? And he said, Ya'akov.
2 Chronicles 17:10And the Pachad Hashem fell upon all the kingdoms of the lands that were surrounding Yehudah, so that they made no war against Yehoshaphat.
Ezra 8:36And they delivered the orders of the Melech unto the Satraps of the Melech, and to the governors of Beyond-the-River + 8:36 Euphrates and they gave support to HaAm, and the Beis HaElohim.
Jeremiah 15:11Hashem said: Verily I will deliver thee for tov; verily I will cause the oyev (enemy) to supplicate thee in the time of ra'ah and in the time of tzarah (distress).
Acts 9:1Now Sha'ul, still breathing a threat even of retzach (murder) keneged (against) the talmidim of Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach Adoneinu, having approached the Kohen Gadol,
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 →