Proverbs 16:6
In kindness and truth pardoned is iniquity, And in the fear of Jehovah Turn thou aside from evil.
Young's Literal Translation
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
5An abomination to Jehovah [is] every proud one of heart, Hand to hand he is not acquitted.
7When a man's ways please Jehovah, even his enemies, He causeth to be at peace with him.
Cross References
Genesis 20:11And Abraham saith, '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 ye do not oppress one another, and thou hast been afraid of thy God; for I [am] Jehovah your God.
Nehemiah 5:9And I say, 'Not good [is] the thing that ye are doing; in the fear of our God do ye not walk, because of the reproach of the nations our enemies?
Job 1:1A man there hath been in the land of Uz — Job his name — and that man hath 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 Jehovah [is] to hate evil; Pride, and arrogance, and an evil way, And a froward 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 →