Proverbs 16:7 “When a man’s ways please the LORD, He makes even the man’s enemies liv…”

Proverbs 16:7

When a man’s ways please the LORD, He makes even the man’s enemies live at peace with him.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

When a man’s ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.

World English Bible

When a man’s ways please the LORD, he makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.

American Standard Version

When a man’s ways please Jehovah, He maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.

Geneva Bible 1599

When the wayes of a man please the Lord, he will make also his enemies at peace with him.

Darby Translation

When a man's ways please Jehovah, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.

Young's Literal Translation

When a man's ways please Jehovah, even his enemies, He causeth to be at peace with him.

Bible in Basic English

When a man's ways are pleasing to the Lord, he makes even his haters be at peace with him.

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Cross references

“please”

Romans 8:31 1 John 3:22 Colossians 1:10 Hebrews 13:21 Colossians 3:20 Psalm 69:31

Romans 8:31 · BSB

What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

1 John 3:22 · BSB

and we will receive from Him whatever we ask, because we keep His commandments and do what is pleasing in His sight.

Colossians 1:10 · BSB

so that you may walk in a manner worthy of the Lord and may please Him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God,

Hebrews 13:21 · BSB

equip you with every good thing to do His will. And may He accomplish in us what is pleasing in His sight through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.

Colossians 3:20 · BSB

Children, obey your parents in everything, for this is pleasing to the Lord.

Psalm 69:31 · BSB

And this will please the LORD more than an ox, more than a bull with horns and hooves.

“he”

Jeremiah 15:11 Genesis 33:4 Genesis 32:28 Genesis 27:41 Genesis 32:6 Genesis 32:7

Jeremiah 15:11 · BSB

The LORD said: “Surely I will deliver you for a good purpose; surely I will intercede with your enemy in your time of trouble, in your time of distress.

Genesis 33:4 · BSB

Esau, however, ran to him and embraced him, threw his arms around his neck, and kissed him. And they both wept.

Genesis 32:28 · BSB

Then the man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with men, and you have prevailed.”

Genesis 27:41 · BSB

Esau held a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing his father had given him. And Esau said in his heart, “The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then I will kill my brother Jacob.”

Genesis 32:6 · BSB

When the messengers returned to Jacob, they said, “We went to your brother Esau, and now he is coming to meet you—he and four hundred men with him.”

Genesis 32:7 · BSB

In great fear and distress, Jacob divided his people into two camps, as well as the flocks and herds and camels.

Also

2 Chronicles 17:10

2 Chronicles 17:10 · BSB

And the dread of the LORD fell upon all the kingdoms of the lands that surrounded Judah, so that they did not make war against Jehoshaphat.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

6By loving devotion and faithfulness iniquity is atoned for, and by the fear of the LORD one turns aside from evil.

8Better a little with righteousness than great gain with injustice.

Read Proverbs 16