Proverbs 16:7
When a man's ways please Jehovah, even his enemies, He causeth to be at peace with him.
Young's Literal Translation
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
6In kindness and truth pardoned is iniquity, And in the fear of Jehovah Turn thou aside from evil.
8Better [is] a little with righteousness, Than abundance of increase without justice.
Cross References
Genesis 27:41And Esau hateth Jacob, because of the blessing with which his father blessed him, and Esau saith in his heart, 'The days of mourning [for] my father draw near, and I slay Jacob my brother.'
Genesis 32:28And he saith, 'Thy name is no more called Jacob, but Israel; for thou hast been a prince with God and with men, and dost prevail.'
2 Chronicles 17:10And here is a fear of Jehovah on all kingdoms of the lands that [are] round about Judah, and they have not fought with Jehoshaphat;
Ezra 8:36and they give the laws of the king to the lieutenants of the king and the governors beyond the river, and they have lifted up the people and the house of God.
Jeremiah 15:11Jehovah said, Did I not direct thee for good? Did not I intercede for thee in a time of evil, And in a time of adversity, with the enemy?
Acts 9:1And Saul, yet breathing of threatening and slaughter to the disciples of the Lord, having gone to the chief 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 →