Proverbs 16:7

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

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

Cross References

Genesis 27:41

And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father blessed him; and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are very near. When [he is gone] I will kill my brother Jacob.

Genesis 32:28

And He said, Your name shall be called no more Jacob [supplanter], but Israel [contender with God]; for you have contended and have power with God and with men and have prevailed. [Hos. 12:3-4.]

Genesis 33:4

But Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him and fell on his neck and kissed him, and they wept. [Luke 15:20.]

2 Chronicles 17:10

And a terror from the Lord fell upon all the kingdoms of the lands that were round about Judah, so that they made no war against Jehoshaphat.

2 Chronicles 20:30

So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet, for his God gave him rest round about.

Ezra 8:36

And they delivered the king's commissions to the king's lieutenants and to the governors west of the River, and they aided the people and God's house.

Psalm 69:31

And it will please the Lord better than an ox or a bullock that has horns and hoofs.

Exodus 3:21

And I will give this people favor and respect in the sight of the Egyptians; and it shall be that when you go, you shall not go empty-handed.

Proverbs 16:8

Better is a little with righteousness (uprightness in every area and relation and right standing with God) than great revenues with injustice. [Ps. 37:16; Prov. 15:16.]

Proverbs 3:17

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

Jeremiah 15:11

The Lord said, Truly your release, affliction, and strengthening will be for good [purposes]; surely [Jeremiah] I will intercede for you with the enemy and I will cause the enemy to ask for your aid in the time of evil and in the time of affliction. [Jer. 21:1, 2; 37:3; 42:2; Rom. 8:28.]

Jeremiah 39:12

Take him and look after him well; do him no harm but deal with him as he may ask of you.

Jeremiah 42:12

And I will grant mercy to you, that he may have mercy on you and permit you to remain in your own land.

Daniel 1:9

Now God made Daniel to find favor, compassion, and loving-kindness with the chief of the eunuchs.

Romans 8:31

What then shall we say to [all] this? If God is for us, who [can be] against us? [Who can be our foe, if God is on our side?] [Ps. 118:6.]

Philippians 4:18

But I have [your full payment] and more; I have everything I need and am amply supplied, now that I have received from Epaphroditus the gifts you sent me. [They are the] fragrant odor of an offering and sacrifice which God welcomes and in which He delights.

Colossians 1:10

That you may walk (live and conduct yourselves) in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to Him and desiring to please Him in all things, bearing fruit in every good work and steadily growing and increasing in and by the knowledge of God [with fuller, deeper, and clearer insight, acquaintance, and recognition].

Colossians 3:20

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

Hebrews 13:21

Strengthen (complete, perfect) and make you what you ought to be and equip you with everything good that you may carry out His will; [while He Himself] works in you and accomplishes that which is pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ (the Messiah); to Whom be the glory forever and ever (to the ages of the ages). Amen (so be it).

1 Peter 3:13

Now who is there to hurt you if you are zealous followers of that which is good?

1 John 3:22

And we receive from Him whatever we ask, because we [watchfully] obey His orders [observe His suggestions and injunctions, follow His plan for us] and [habitually] practice what is pleasing to Him.