Proverbs 16:7

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When the Lord is pleased with a person’s ways, He makes even their enemies to be at peace with them.

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  • Gen 33:4 : 4 But Esau ran to meet him, embraced him, threw his arms around his neck, kissed him, and they wept.
  • 2 Chr 17:10 : 10 The fear of the LORD came upon all the kingdoms surrounding Judah, so they did not make war against Jehoshaphat.
  • Jer 15:11 : 11 The LORD said, 'Surely I will deliver you for a good purpose; surely I will make your enemies plead with you in times of trouble and distress.'
  • 1 John 3:22 : 22 And whatever we ask, we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments and do what pleases Him.
  • Heb 13:21 : 21 equip you with every good thing to do His will, working in us what is pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.
  • Rom 8:31 : 31 What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
  • Phil 4:18 : 18 I have received full payment, and more than enough. I am amply supplied, now that I have received from Epaphroditus the gifts you sent. They are a fragrant offering, an acceptable sacrifice, pleasing to God.
  • Col 1:10 : 10 so that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and please Him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God,
  • Col 3:20 : 20 Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord.
  • Ps 69:31 : 31 I will praise the name of God with a song; I will magnify him with thanksgiving.
  • Gen 27:41 : 41 Esau held a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing his father had given him. He said to himself, 'The days of mourning for my father are near; then I will kill my brother Jacob.'
  • Gen 32:6-7 : 6 I have oxen, donkeys, flocks, male servants, and female servants, and I am sending this message to my lord so that I might find favor in your eyes. 7 The messengers returned to Jacob, saying, 'We went to your brother Esau, and he is coming to meet you with four hundred men.'
  • Gen 32:28 : 28 The man asked him, 'What is your name?' 'Jacob,' he answered.
  • Acts 9:1-2 : 1 But Saul, still breathing out threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, approached the high priest. 2 He requested letters from him to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any who belonged to the Way, men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.
  • Acts 9:19-20 : 19 And after taking food, he regained his strength. Saul spent several days with the disciples in Damascus. 20 Immediately he began to proclaim Jesus in the synagogues, saying, "He is the Son of God."

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    2A good person obtains favor from the LORD, but a person of wicked schemes is condemned.

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    17Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.

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