When a man’s ways please Jehovah, He maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.
Pro 16:7 7 If Jahve has pleasure in the ways of a man, He reconciles even his enemies to him - properly (for השׁלים is here the causative of the transitive, Jos 10:1): He brings it about that they conclude peace with him.
When a man's ways please the Lord,.... As they do when a man walks according to the rule of his word; when he walks as he has Christ for an example; when he walks after the Spirit, and not after the flesh; when he walks by faith, and does all he does in faith; without which it is impossible to please God, Heb 11:6; and...
WHEREIN IS DEFEATED THE THIRD STRATAGEM SATAN USETH TO DISARM THE CHRISTIAN OF HIS BREASTPLATE, AND THAT IS BY SCARING HIM WITH THE CONTRADICTION, OPPOSITION, AND FEUD FROM THE WORLD IT BRINGS. Assault 3. Thirdly, There is yet a third stiunbling-block, which Satan useth to lay in the way of a soul setting forth in tliis path of righteousness ; and that is the contradiction...
Commenting on Ephesians 6:10-20