Proverbs 16:7

When our behavior pleases Yahweh, he even causes our enemies to act peacefully toward us.

Translation for Translators

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

6Be loyal to Yahweh and faithfully obey him; if you do that, he will forgive you for having sinned. If we revere him, nothing evil will happen to us (OR, he will prevent evil things from happening to us).

8It is better to have a small amount of money that is earned honestly than to have a lot of money that is acquired dishonestly.

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Cross References

Genesis 27:41So, because his father had given a blessing to Jacob, and not to him, Esau hated his younger brother. Esau thought to himself, “After my father dies and we finish mourning for him, I will kill Jacob!”

Genesis 32:28The man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob. Your name will be Israel, which means ‘he struggles with God’, because you have struggled with God and with people, and you have won.”

2 Chronicles 17:10The people in all the kingdoms surrounding Judah became very afraid of what Yahweh might do to punish them if they fought against Judah, so they did not start wars with Jehoshaphat’s army.

Ezra 8:36Some of us who returned from Babylonia took to the governors and other officials of the province west of the Euphrates River the letter that the king had given to us. After they read the letter, they did all that they were able to do for us Israeli people and for the temple of God.

Jeremiah 15:11But Yahweh replied to me, “ Jeremiah, I will take care of you. And at times when your enemies have troubles and disasters, they will come to you and plead for you to help them.”

Acts 9:1Meanwhile, Saul angrily continued to say, “I will kill those who believe that Jesus is the Lord!” He went to the supreme priest in Jerusalem

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 →

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