Proverbs 16:7
When the wayes of a man please the Lord, he will make also his enemies at peace with him.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 trueth iniquitie shalbe forgiuen, and by the feare of the Lord they depart from euill.
8Better is a litle with righteousnesse, then great reuenues without equitie.
Cross References
Genesis 27:41Therefore Esau hated Iaakob, because of the blessing, wherewith his father blessed him. And Esau thought in his minde, The dayes of mourning for my father will come shortly, then I will slay may brother Iaakob.
Genesis 32:28Then said he, Thy name shalbe called Iaakob no more, but Israel: because thou hast had power with God, thou shalt also preuaile with men.
2 Chronicles 17:10And the feare of the Lord fell vpon all the kingdomes of ye lands that were round about Iudah, and they fought not against Iehoshaphat.
Ezra 8:36And they deliuered the Kings commission vnto the Kings officers, and to the captaines beyond the Riuer: and they promoted the people, and the house of God.
Jeremiah 15:11The Lord sayd, Surely thy remnant shall haue wealth: surely I will cause thine enemie to intreate thee in the time of trouble, and in the time of affliction.
Acts 9:1And Saul yet breathing out threatnings and slaughter against the disciples of ye Lord, went vnto the hie 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 →