Esau held a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing his father had given him. And Esau determined in his heart, ‘The days of mourning for my father are approaching; then I will kill my brother Jacob.’
Proverbs 16:7 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised When a person’s ways please the Lord, he makes even his enemies to be at peace with him. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 When a man's ways please the LORD, He maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition When a man's ways please the Lord, He makes even his enemies to be at peace with him. American Standard Version (1901) When a man’s ways please Jehovah, He maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him. Common English Bible When people draw favor from the LORD, even their enemies are at peace with them. Catholic Public Domain Version When the ways of man will please the Lord, he will convert even his enemies to peace. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version When the ways of man shall please the Lord, he will convert even his enemies to peace. |
Esau held a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing his father had given him. And Esau determined in his heart, ‘The days of mourning for my father are approaching; then I will kill my brother Jacob.’
‘Your name will no longer be Jacob,’ he said. ‘It will be Israel because you have struggled with God and with men and have prevailed.’
But Esau ran to meet him, hugged him, threw his arms round him, and kissed him. Then they wept.
The terror of the Lord was on all the kingdoms of the lands that surrounded Judah, so they didn’t fight against Jehoshaphat.
Then Jehoshaphat’s kingdom was quiet, for his God gave him rest on every side.
They also delivered the king’s edicts to the royal satraps and governors of the region west of the Euphrates, so that they would support the people and the house of God.
And I will give these people such favour with the Egyptians that when you go, you will not go empty-handed.
The Lord said: Haven’t I set you loose for your own good? Haven’t I punished you in a time of trouble, in a time of distress with the enemy?
‘Take him and look after him. Don’t do him any harm, but do for him whatever he says.’
I will grant you compassion, and he will have compassion on you and allow you to return to your own soil.”
God had granted Daniel kindness and compassion from the chief eunuch,
What, then, are we to say about these things? If God is for us, who is against us?
But I have received everything in full, and I have an abundance. I am fully supplied, having received from Epaphroditus what you provided #– #a fragrant offering, an acceptable sacrifice, pleasing to God.
so that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him: bearing fruit in every good work and growing in the knowledge of God,
Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord.
equip you with everything good to do his will, working in us what is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory for ever and ever. , Amen.
and receive whatever we ask from him because we keep his commands and do what is pleasing in his sight.