Proverbs 16:7
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When the ways of man shall please the Lord, he will convert even his enemies to peace.

1 Peter 3:13
And who is he that can hurt you, if you be zealous of good?

Genesis 33:4
Then Esau ran to meet his brother, and embraced him: and clasping him fast about the neck, and kissing him, wept.

Exodus 3:21
And I will give favour to this people, in the sight of the Egyptians: and when you go forth, you shall not depart empty:

2 Chronicles 17:10
And the fear of the Lord came upon all the kingdoms of the lands that were round about Juda, and they durst not make war against Josaphat.

Proverbs 3:17
She is a tree of life to them that lay hold on her: and he that shall retain her is blessed.

Proverbs 16:8
Better is a little with justice, than great revenues with iniquity.

Jeremiah 39:12
Take him, and set thy eyes upon him, and do him no harm: but as he hath a mind, so do with him.

Jeremiah 42:12
And I will shew mercies to you, and will take pity on you, and will cause you to dwell in your own land.

Daniel 1:9
And God gave to Daniel grace and mercy in the sight of the prince of the eunuchs.

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When the ways of man shall please the Lord, he will convert even his enemies to peace.

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Psalm 69:31 And it shall please God better than a young calf, that bringeth forth horns and hoofs.

Romans 8:31 What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who is against us?

Philippians 4:18 But I have all and abound: I am filled, having received from Epaphroditus the things you sent, an odour of sweetness, an acceptable sacrifice, pleasing to God.

Colossians 1:10 That you may walk worthy of God, in all things pleasing; being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God:

Colossians 3:20 Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing to the Lord.

Hebrews 13:21 Fit you in all goodness, that you may do his will; doing in you that which is well pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom is glory for ever and ever. Amen.

1 John 3:22 And whatsoever we shall ask, we shall receive of him: because we keep his commandments and do those things which are pleasing in his sight.

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Genesis 27:41 Esau therefore always hated Jacob, for the blessing wherewith his father had blessed him; and he said in his heart: The days will come of the mourning for my father, and I will kill my brother Jacob.

Genesis 32:6,7,28 And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying: We came to Esau, thy brother, and behold he cometh with speed to meet thee with four hundred men. . . .

Genesis 33:4 Then Esau ran to meet his brother, and embraced him: and clasping him fast about the neck, and kissing him, wept.

Jeremiah 15:11 The Lord saith to me: Assuredly it shall be well with thy remnant, assuredly I shall help thee in the time of affliction, and in the time of tribulation against the enemy.

Acts 9:1,2,19,20 And Saul, as yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest . . .

Context
The Reply of the Tongue is from the LORD
6By mercy and truth iniquity is redeemed; and by the fear of the Lord men depart from evil. 7When the ways of man shall please the Lord, he will convert even his enemies to peace.8Better is a little with justice, than great revenues with iniquity.…
Lexicon
When a man’s
אִ֑ישׁ (’îš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 376: A man as an individual, a male person

ways
דַּרְכֵי־ (dar·ḵê-)
Noun - common plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action

please
בִּרְצ֣וֹת (bir·ṣō·wṯ)
Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 7521: To be pleased with, to satisfy a, debt

the LORD,
יְ֭הוָה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

He makes even
גַּם־ (gam-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 1571: Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and

[the man’s] enemies
א֝וֹיְבָ֗יו (’ō·wy·ḇāw)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 341: Hating, an adversary

live at peace
יַשְׁלִ֥ם (yaš·lim)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7999: To be safe, to be, completed, to be friendly, to reciprocate

with him.
אִתּֽוֹ׃ (’it·tōw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 854: Nearness, near, with, by, at, among


Additional Translations
When a man’s ways please the LORD, He makes even the man’s enemies live at peace with him.When a man's ways please the LORD, he makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.

When a man's ways please Jehovah, He maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.

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

When a man's ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.

When a man's ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.

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

When a man's ways please Jehovah, even his enemies, He causeth to be at peace with him.
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