7When a man’s ways please the LORD, He makes even the man’s enemies live at peace with him.
Focused Passage
Proverbs 16:7
The LORD Weighs the Heart: Sovereignty, Humility, Justice, and the Wise Path
The chapter moves from the LORD's sovereignty over plans and motives, to justice in royal rule, to the superiority of wisdom and humility, to gracious speech and the warning against self-deceived paths, to destructive speech and violent companionship, and finally to patience, self-control, and the LORD's final governance.
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Verse 7
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When a man’sאִ֑ישׁH376Noun - masculine singularwaysדַּרְכֵי־H1870Noun - common plural constructpleaseבִּרְצ֣וֹתH7521Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive constructthe LORDיְ֭הוָהH3068Noun - proper - masculine singularHe makes evenגַּם־H1571Conjunction[the man’s] enemiesא֝וֹיְבָ֗יוH341Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singularlive at peaceיַשְׁלִ֥םH7999Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singularwith himאִתּֽוֹ׃H854Preposition | third person masculine singular