Proverbs 16:6
By chesed and emes avon is purged, 1 and by the Yirat Hashem men depart from rah. 1
Orthodox Jewish 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 drakhei ish please Hashem, 1 He maketh even his oyevim to be in shalom with him. 1
Cross References
Genesis 20:11And Avraham said, Because I thought, Surely the yirat Elohim is not in this place; and they will slay me on account of my isha.
Leviticus 25:17Ye shall not therefore take advantage of one another; but thou shalt fear Eloheicha: for I am Hashem Eloheichem.
Nehemiah 5:9Also I said, It is not tov this thing ye are doing. Ought ye not to walk in the fear of Eloheinu and end the derision of the Goyim oyveinu (our enemies)?
Job 1:1There was an ish in Eretz Utz, shmo Iyov; and that ish was blameless and yashar, and yire Elohim, and shunned evil.
Psalms 85:10Surely His salvation is karov (near) them that fear Him; 1 that kavod may dwell in Artzeinu (our land). 1
Proverbs 8:13The Yirat Hashem is to hate rah; 1 pride, and ga'on (arrogance), and the derech rah, 1 and the perverse peh (mouth), do I hate. 1
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 →