Parallel Verses New International Version Through love and faithfulness sin is atoned for; through the fear of the LORD evil is avoided. King James Bible By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil. Darby Bible Translation By loving-kindness and truth iniquity is atoned for; and by the fear of Jehovah [men] depart from evil. World English Bible By mercy and truth iniquity is atoned for. By the fear of Yahweh men depart from evil. Young's Literal Translation In kindness and truth pardoned is iniquity, And in the fear of Jehovah Turn thou aside from evil. Proverbs 16:6 Parallel Commentary Clarke's Commentary on the BibleBy mercy and truth iniquity is purged - This may be misunderstood, as if a man, by showing mercy and acting according to truth, could atone for his own iniquity. The Hebrew text is not ambiguous: בחסד ואמת יכפר עון bechesed veemeth yechapper avon; "By mercy and truth he shall atone for iniquity." He - God, by his mercy, in sending his son Jesus into the world, - "shall make an atonement for iniquity" according to his truth - the word which he declared by his holy prophets since the world began. Or, if we retain the present version, and follow the points in יכפר yecuppar, reading "iniquity is purged" or "atoned for," the sense is unexceptionable, as we refer the mercy and the truth to God. But what an awful comment is that of Don Calmet, in which he expresses, not only his own opinion, but the staple doctrine of his own Church, the Romish! The reader shall have his own words: "'L'iniquite se rachete par la misericorde et la verite.' On expie ses pechez par des oeuvres de misericorde envers le prochein; par la clemence, par la douceur, par compassion, par les aumones: et par la verite-par la fidelity, la bonne foi, la droiture, requite dans le commerce. Voyez Proverbs 3:3, Proverbs 14:22, Proverbs 20:28." "'Iniquity is redeemed by mercy and truth.' We expiate our sins by works of mercy towards our neighbor; by clemency, by kindness, by compassion, and by alms: and by truth - by fidelity, by trustworthiness, by uprightness, by equity in commerce." If this be so, why was Jesus incarnated? Why his agony and bloody sweat, his cross and passion, his death and burial, his resurrection and ascension? Was it only to supply a sufficient portion of merit for those who had neglected to make a fund for themselves? Is the guilt of sin so small in the sight of Divine justice, that a man can atone for it by manifesting good dispositions towards his neighbors, by giving some alms, and not doing those things for which he might be hanged? Why then did God make such a mighty matter of the redemption of the world? Why send his Son at all? An angel would have been more than sufficient; yea, even a sinner who had been converted by his own compassion, alms-deeds, etc., would have been sufficient. And is not this the very doctrine of this most awfully fallen and corrupt Church? Has she not provided a fund of merit in her saints, of what was more than requisite for themselves that it might be given, or sold out, to those who had not enough of their own? Now such is the doctrine of the Romish Church - grossly absurd, and destructively iniquitous! And because men cannot believe this, cannot believe these monstrosities, that Church will burn them to ashes. Ruthless Church! degenerated, fallen, corrupt, and corrupting! once a praise now a curse, in the earth. Thank the blessed God, whose blood alone can expiate sin, that he has a Church upon the earth; and that the Romish is not the Catholic Church; and that it has not that political power by which it would subdue all things to itself. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Proverbs 20:28 Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upheld by mercy. Psalm 85:10 Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other. Acts 15:9 And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith. by the Proverbs 14:16,17 A wise man fears, and departs from evil: but the fool rages, and is confident... Nehemiah 5:9,15 Also I said, It is not good that you do... Ephesians 5:21 Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God. Library April 27. "The Sweetness of the Lips" (Prov. xvi. 21). "The sweetness of the lips" (Prov. xvi. 21). Spiritual conditions are inseparably connected with our physical life. The flow of the divine life-currents may be interrupted by a little clot of blood; the vital current may leak out through a very trifling wound. If you want to keep the health of Christ, keep from all spiritual sores, from all heart wounds and irritations. One hour of fretting will wear out more vitality than a week of work; and one minute of malignity, or rankling jealousy or envy … Rev. A. B. Simpson—Days of Heaven Upon Earth What I Think of Myself and what God Thinks of Me Abandonment to God --Its Fruit and Its Irrevocability --In what it Consists --God Exhorts us to It. The Providence of God Cross References Luke 11:41 But now as for what is inside you--be generous to the poor, and everything will be clean for you. Genesis 20:11 Abraham replied, "I said to myself, 'There is surely no fear of God in this place, and they will kill me because of my wife.' Exodus 1:17 The midwives, however, feared God and did not do what the king of Egypt had told them to do; they let the boys live. Exodus 20:20 Moses said to the people, "Do not be afraid. God has come to test you, so that the fear of God will be with you to keep you from sinning." Proverbs 3:7 Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD and shun evil. Proverbs 8:13 To fear the LORD is to hate evil; I hate pride and arrogance, evil behavior and perverse speech. 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