Proverbs 16:7
When a man’s ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.
Revised Version 1895
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 purged: and by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil.
8Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues with injustice.
Cross References
Genesis 27:41And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob.
Genesis 32:28And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for thou hast striven with God and with men, and hast prevailed.
2 Chronicles 17:10And the fear of the LORD fell upon all the kingdoms of the lands that were round about Judah, so that they made no war against Jehoshaphat.
Ezra 8:36And they delivered the king’s commissions unto the king’s satraps, and to the governors beyond the river: and they furthered the people and the house of God.
Jeremiah 15:11The LORD said, Verily I will strengthen thee for good; verily I will cause the enemy to make supplication unto thee in the time of evil and in the time of affliction.
Acts 9:1But Saul, yet breathing threatening and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto 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 →