Proverbs 16:7

World English Bible (2000)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 33:4 : 4 Esau ran to meet him, embraced him, fell on his neck, kissed him, and they wept.
  • 2 Chr 17:10 : 10 The fear of Yahweh fell on all the kingdoms of the lands that were around Judah, so that they made no war against Jehoshaphat.
  • Jer 15:11 : 11 Yahweh said, Most certainly I will strengthen you for good; most certainly I will cause the enemy to make supplication to you in the time of evil and in the time of affliction.
  • 1 John 3:22 : 22 and whatever we ask, we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do the things that are pleasing in his sight.
  • Heb 13:21 : 21 make you complete in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is well pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.
  • Rom 8:31 : 31 What then shall we say about these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
  • Phil 4:18 : 18 But I have all things, and abound. I am filled, having received from Epaphroditus the things that came from you, a sweet-smelling fragrance, an acceptable and well-pleasing sacrifice to God.
  • Col 1:10 : 10 that you may walk worthily of the Lord, to please him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
  • Col 3:20 : 20 Children, obey your parents in all things, for this pleases the Lord.
  • Ps 69:31 : 31 It will please Yahweh better than an ox, or a bull that has horns and hoofs.
  • Gen 27:41 : 41 Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father blessed him. Esau said in his heart, "The days of mourning for my father are at hand. Then I will kill my brother Jacob."
  • Gen 32:6-7 : 6 The messengers returned to Jacob, saying, "We came to your brother Esau. Not only that, but he comes to meet you, and four hundred men with him." 7 Then Jacob was greatly afraid and was distressed. He divided the people who were with him, and the flocks, and the herds, and the camels, into two companies;
  • Gen 32:28 : 28 He said, "Your name will no longer be called Jacob, but Israel; for you have fought with God and with men, and have prevailed."
  • Acts 9:1-2 : 1 But Saul, still breathing threats and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest, 2 and asked for letters from him to the synagogues of Damascus, that if he found any who were of the Way, whether men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.
  • Acts 9:19-20 : 19 He took food and was strengthened. Saul stayed several days with the disciples who were at Damascus. 20 Immediately in the synagogues he proclaimed the Christ, that he is the Son of God.

Similar Verses (AI)

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    6 By mercy and truth iniquity is atoned for. By the fear of Yahweh men depart from evil.

  • Job 22:21
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    21 "Acquaint yourself with him, now, and be at peace. Thereby good shall come to you.

  • Ps 37:23
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    23 A man's goings are established by Yahweh. He delights in his way.

  • Prov 24:17-18
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    17 Don't rejoice when your enemy falls. Don't let your heart be glad when he is overthrown;

    18 lest Yahweh see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.

  • Prov 12:2
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    2 A good man shall obtain favor from Yahweh, but he will condemn a man of wicked devices.

  • Prov 3:4
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    4 So you will find favor, and good understanding in the sight of God and man.

  • Prov 16:8-9
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    8 Better is a little with righteousness, than great revenues with injustice.

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  • Deut 28:7
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    7 Yahweh will cause your enemies who rise up against you to be struck before you. They will come out against you one way, and will flee before you seven ways.

  • Jer 15:11
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    11 Yahweh said, Most certainly I will strengthen you for good; most certainly I will cause the enemy to make supplication to you in the time of evil and in the time of affliction.

  • Ps 7:4
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    4 if I have rewarded evil to him who was at peace with me (yes, if I have delivered him who without cause was my adversary),

  • Ps 112:8
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    8 His heart is established. He will not be afraid in the end when he sees his adversaries.

  • Prov 12:14
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    14 A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth. The work of a man's hands shall be rewarded to him.

  • Ps 37:37
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    37 Mark the perfect man, and see the upright, for there is a future for the man of peace.

  • 1 Sam 20:7
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    7 If he says, 'It is well;' your servant shall have peace: but if he be angry, then know that evil is determined by him.

  • Prov 3:17
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    17 Her ways are ways of pleasantness. All her paths are peace.

  • Ps 37:7
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    7 Rest in Yahweh, and wait patiently for him. Don't fret because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who makes wicked plots happen.

  • Ps 37:4
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    4 Also delight yourself in Yahweh, and he will give you the desires of your heart.

  • Ps 5:8
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    8 Lead me, Yahweh, in your righteousness because of my enemies. Make your way straight before my face.

  • Rom 12:18
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    18 If it is possible, as much as it is up to you, be at peace with all men.

  • Ps 125:4
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    4 Do good, Yahweh, to those who are good, to those who are upright in their hearts.

  • Job 33:26
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    26 He prays to God, and he is favorable to him, so that he sees his face with joy. He restores to man his righteousness.

  • Prov 16:3
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    3 Commit your deeds to Yahweh, and your plans shall succeed.

  • Prov 18:16
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    16 A man's gift makes room for him, and brings him before great men.

  • Ps 112:5
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    5 It is well with the man who deals graciously and lends. He will maintain his cause in judgment.

  • Prov 16:13-15
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    13 Righteous lips are the delight of kings. They value one who speaks the truth.

    14 The king's wrath is a messenger of death, but a wise man will pacify it.

    15 In the light of the king's face is life. His favor is like a cloud of the spring rain.

  • Prov 16:20
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    20 He who heeds the Word finds prosperity. Whoever trusts in Yahweh is blessed.

  • Ps 9:3
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    3 When my enemies turn back, they stumble and perish in your presence.

  • Ps 37:11
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    11 But the humble shall inherit the land, and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.

  • Ps 41:2
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    2 Yahweh will preserve him, and keep him alive. He shall be blessed on the earth, and he will not surrender him to the will of his enemies.

  • Prov 23:16
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    16 yes, my heart will rejoice, when your lips speak what is right.

  • Prov 3:6
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    6 In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.

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    30 Don't strive with a man without cause, if he has done you no harm.

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    14 Depart from evil, and do good. seek peace, and pursue it.

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    11 By this I know that you delight in me, because my enemy doesn't triumph over me.

  • 1 Pet 3:11
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    11 Let him turn away from evil, and do good. Let him seek peace, and pursue it.

  • Jas 3:18
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    18 Now the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.

  • Job 31:29
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    29 "If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him who hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him;

  • Eccl 8:3
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    3 Don't be hasty to go out of his presence. Don't persist in an evil thing, for he does whatever pleases him,

  • Ps 27:11
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    11 Teach me your way, Yahweh. Lead me in a straight path, because of my enemies.

  • Ps 35:27
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    27 Let them shout for joy and be glad, who favor my righteous cause. Yes, let them say continually, "Yahweh be magnified, who has pleasure in the prosperity of his servant!"

  • Ps 25:12
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    12 What man is he who fears Yahweh? He shall instruct him in the way that he shall choose.

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    5 He will repay the evil to my enemies. Destroy them in your truth.

  • 2 Sam 22:26
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    26 With the merciful you will show yourself merciful. With the perfect man you will show yourself perfect.

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    1 The plans of the heart belong to man, but the answer of the tongue is from Yahweh.

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    11 If they listen and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.

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    10 When it goes well with the righteous, the city rejoices. When the wicked perish, there is shouting.