Proverbs 16:7
When a man’s ways please Adonai, 2 he makes even his enemies to be at peace with him. 1
One Unity Resource 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
8Better is a little with righteousness, 2 than great revenues with lo'mishpat ·injustice·. 1
Cross References
Genesis 27:41Esau [Hairy] hated Jacob [Supplanter] because of the blessing with which his father blessed him. Esau [Hairy] said in his heart, “The days of mourning for my father are at hand. Then I will kill my brother Jacob [Supplanter].”
Genesis 32:28He said, “Your name will no longer be called Jacob [Supplanter], but Israel [Wrestles with God / God prevails]; for you have fought with God and with men, and have prevailed.”
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 →