Selah · Bible verse
Proverbs 16:7
When a man’s ways please Yahweh, he makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.
In context
5Everyone who is proud in heart is an abomination to Yahweh: they shall certainly not be unpunished.
6By mercy and truth iniquity is atoned for. By the fear of Yahweh men depart from evil.
7When a man’s ways please Yahweh, he makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.
8Better is a little with righteousness, than great revenues with injustice.
9A man’s heart plans his course, but Yahweh directs his steps.
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In other languages
日本語 · 箴言 16:7 · 口語訳聖書人の道が主を喜ばせる時、主はその人の敵をもその人と和らがせられる。한국어 · 잠언 16:7 · 개역한글사람의 행위가 여호와를 기쁘시게 하면 그 사람의 원수라도 그로 더불어 화목하게 하시느니라Español · Proverbios 16:7 · Reina-Valera (1909)Cuando los caminos del hombre son agradables á Jehová, aun á sus enemigos pacificará con él.Português · Provérbios 16:7 · Bíblia Livre (2018)Quando os caminhos do homem são agradáveis ao SENHOR, ele faz até seus inimigos terem paz com ele.