Proverbs 16:6
Through kindness and truth, iniquity is expiated; And, through the fear of the LORD, men depart from evil.
Noyes Bible
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
7When a man's ways please the LORD, He maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.
Cross References
Job 1:1In the land of Uz lived a man whose name was Job. He was an upright and good man, fearing God and departing from evil.
Psalms 85:10Mercy and truth shall meet together, Righteousness and peace shall kiss each other;
Proverbs 8:13The fear of the LORD is to hate evil; Pride, and arrogance, and the evil way, And the deceitful mouth, do I hate.
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 →