Proverbs 16:6
Iniquity is pardoned in kindness and truth, || And in the fear of YHWH || Turn aside from evil.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil.
In Context
5Every proud one of heart [is] an abomination to YHWH, || Hand to hand—he is not acquitted.
7When a man’s ways please YHWH, even his enemies, || He causes to be at peace with him.
Cross References
Genesis 20:11And Abraham says, “Because I said, Surely the fear of God is not in this place, and they have slain me for the sake of my wife;
Leviticus 25:17and you do not oppress one another, and you have been afraid of your God; for I [am] your God YHWH.
Nehemiah 5:9And I say, “The thing that you are doing [is] not good; do you not walk in the fear of our God, because of the reproach of the nations our enemies?
Job 1:1There has been a man in the land of Uz—his name Job—and that man has been perfect and upright—both fearing God, and turning aside from evil.
Psalms 85:10Kindness and truth have met, || Righteousness and peace have kissed,
Proverbs 8:13The fear of YHWH [is] to hate evil; Pride, and arrogance, and an evil way, || And a contrary mouth, I have hated.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 16:6
5 Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the Lord : though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished. Note, 1. The pride of sinners sets God against them. He that, being high in estate is proud in heart, whose spirit is elevated with his condition, so that he becomes insolent in his conduct towards God and man, let him know that though he admires himself, and others caress him, yet he is an abomination to the Lord. The great God despises him; the holy God detest him. 2. The power of sinners… Read the whole commentary →