Proverbs 16:7

In 11 translations

BSB

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

KJV

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

WEB

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

ASV

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

LSV

When a man’s ways please YHWH, even his enemies, || He causes to be at peace with him.

YLT

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

DBY

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

DRC

When the ways of man shall please the Lord, he will convert even his enemies to peace.

GNV

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

JPS

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

LXXE

The beginning of a good way is to do justly; and it is more acceptable with God than to offer sacrifices.

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WLC

בִּרְצ֣וֹת יְ֭הוָה דַּרְכֵי־אִ֑ישׁ גַּם־א֝וֹיְבָ֗יו יַשְׁלִ֥ם אִתּֽוֹ׃

LXX-Br

ἀρχὴ ὁδοῦ ἀγαθῆς τὸ ποιεῖν τὰ δίκαια, δεκτὰ δὲ παρὰ Θεῷ μᾶλλον ἢ θύειν θυσίας·

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• Romans 8:31What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
• 1 John 3:22and we will receive from Him whatever we ask, because we keep His commandments and do what is pleasing in His sight.
• 2 Chronicles 17:10And 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.
• Colossians 1:10so 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,
• Jeremiah 15:11The 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.
• Hebrews 13:21equip 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.
• Genesis 33:4Esau, however, ran to him and embraced him, threw his arms around his neck, and kissed him. And they both wept.
• Genesis 32:28Then 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.”
• Colossians 3:20Children, obey your parents in everything, for this is pleasing to the Lord.
• Acts 9:19–20and after taking some food, he regained his strength. And he spent several days with the disciples in Damascus. Saul promptly began to proclaim Jesus in the synagogues, declaring, “He is the Son of God.”
• Psalms 69:31And this will please the LORD more than an ox, more than a bull with horns and hooves.
• Philippians 4:18I have all I need and more, now that I have received your gifts from Epaphroditus. They are a fragrant offering, an acceptable sacrifice, well-pleasing to God.
• Genesis 32:6–7When 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.” In great fear and distress, Jacob divided his people into two camps,…
• Genesis 27:41Esau 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.”
• Acts 9:1–2Meanwhile, Saul was still breathing out murderous threats against the disciples of the Lord. He approached the high priest and requested letters to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any men or women…

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