Proverbs 16:7
When a man’s ways please the LORD, he makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.
World Messianic 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 mercy and truth iniquity is atoned for. By the fear of the LORD men depart from evil.
8Better is a little with righteousness, than great revenues with injustice.
Cross References
Genesis 27:41Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father blessed him. Esau said in his heart, “The days of mourning for my father are at hand. Then I will kill my brother Jacob.”
Genesis 32:28He said, “Your name will no longer be called Jacob, but Israel; for you have fought with God and with men, and have prevailed.”
2 Chronicles 17:10The fear of the LORD fell on all the kingdoms of the lands that were around Judah, so that they made no war against Jehoshaphat.
Ezra 8:36They delivered the king’s commissions to the king’s local governors and to the governors beyond the River. So they supported the people and God’s house.
Jeremiah 15:11The LORD said, “Most certainly I will strengthen you for good. Most certainly I will cause the enemy to make supplication to you in the time of evil and in the time of affliction.
Acts 9:1But Saul, still breathing threats and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, 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 →