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Proverbs 16:6

PROVERBS—NOTE ON Proverbs 16:6 This proverb portrays the sacrificial system, by which iniquity is atoned for, as an expression of God’s steadfast love and faithfulness (see Exodus 34:6; Proverbs 3:3; Proverbs 14:22; Proverbs 20:28). The right response is the fear of the LORD, by which one turns away from doing evil (compare Proverbs 3:7; Proverbs 14:16; Job 1:1; Psalms 34:14). The Bible consistently presents the effort to behave morally as the right response to God’s grace.

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See also Proverbs 16:6 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Proverbs 16:6. _BY 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 Hebre...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    Compare Proverbs 15:8. “By mercy and truth,” not by sacrifices and burnt-offerings, “iniquity is purged, atoned for, expiated.” The teaching is the same as that of the prophets....

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 16 IN THE LIGHT OF THE LORD The name Jehovah (LORD) appears eleven times in this chapter of Proverbs. The Lord has the final word, for to man belong the preparations (or plans) of the heart; b...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    PROVERBS 16. The special feature is a group of aphorisms (Proverbs 16:10) relating to kings. The sentiments seem rather to reflect the picture of the ideal king than to indicate any particular period....

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    MERCY. lovingkindness, or grace. iniquity. Hebrew. _'avah._ App-44. PURGED. covered: i.e. by. propitiatory covering. THE FEAR OF THE LORD. See note on Proverbs 1:7....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _By mercy and truth iniquity is purged_ This is not a statement of the method and ground of atonement, though the Heb. word here rendered _purged_is the usual word in the O.T. for _covering_, or _aton...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    CHAPTER 16 TEXT Proverbs 16:1-11 1. The plans of the heart belong to man; But the answer of the tongue is from Jehovah. 2. All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; But Jehovah weigheth t...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil. BY MERCY AND TRUTH INIQUITY IS PURGED (Hebrew, yªkupar (H3722)) - 'is expiated' or 'atoned for.' By mercy on...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    1-9. God's control of human life....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    Sin is expiated by kindness and faithfulness towards others (Isaiah 27:9; Isaiah 40:2; Daniel 4:27; Hosea 6:6)....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 16 The subject of the book now begins to change. In earlier Chapter s, the main subject is the difference between wise actions and evil action...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    God does not want to punish us. God loves us. We must trust in him. Jesus died to suffer the punishment for our evil deeds. God wants to forgive our evil actions. We respect God, so we should not do...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    MERCY AND TRUTH. — See above on Proverbs 3:3. Mercy and truth cannot, of course, in themselves “purge iniquity,” only so far as they are signs of the “faith which worketh by love” (Galatians 5:6), whi...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    בְּ חֶ֣סֶד וֶ֭ אֱמֶת יְכֻפַּ֣ר עָוֹ֑ן וּ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER 17 A JUST BALANCE "A just balance and scales are the Lord's: all the weights of the bag are His work."- Proverbs 16:11 "A false balance is an abomination to the Lord: but a just weight is H...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER 29 AN ASPECT OF ATONEMENT "He that hideth his transgressions shall not prosper; but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall obtain mercy."- Proverbs 28:13 "Happy is the man that feareth...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    Verse Proverbs 16:1. A somewhat obscure proverb which recognizes that man has to exercise his own reason in making his plans, but that he is dependent on the Lord for the answer of the tongue. Dr. Per...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    By (d) mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD [men] depart from evil. (d) Their upright and repenting life will be a token that their sins are forgiven....

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Mercy to the distressed, chap. iii. 3., and xiv. 22._...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD: though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished. By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD men depart from...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 THROUGH 31. In chapter 10 begin the details which teach those who give ear how to avoid the snares into which the simple might fall, the path to be followe...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    BY MERCY AND TRUTH INIQUITY IS PURGED,.... Or "expiated" d, and atoned for: not by the mercy and truth of men; not by alms deeds or showing mercy to the poor; nor by speaking truth and keeping promise...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD [men] depart from evil. Ver. 6. _By mercy and truth iniquity is purged._] Lest the proud person, bearing these dreadful threats, sbo...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _By mercy and truth iniquity is purged_ By the covenant of grace, in which mercy and truth shine so bright, even the mercy and truth of God, which meet together, and kiss each other, in Jesus Christ t...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    V. 6. BY MERCY AND TRUTH INIQUITY IS PURGED, loving and faithful conduct toward one's neighbor, however, not being named as the reason for the expiation of sin, but as an invariable expression of a pe...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    BY MERCY AND TRUTH; either, 1. By God's mercy or grace, and by his truth in performing his promises made to sinners in Christ. Or, 2. By men's mercy and truth, as those very words are jointly used, P...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Proverbs 16:6 mercy H2617 truth H571 provided H3722 (H8792) iniquity H5771 fear H3374 LORD H3068 departs H5493 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ALL IS IN ACCORDANCE WITH YHWH'S PURPOSES, WITH THE CONSEQUENCE THAT THE PROUD WILL BE PUNISHED, WHILST THOSE WHO FEAR YHWH WILL DEPART FROM EVIL AND FIND THAT BOTH YHWH AND THEIR ENEMIES ARE AT PEACE...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Proverbs 16:6 Value of almsgiving in the sight of God. I. God knits together in the utmost closeness our own deeds, done by His grace, with His own deeds for us. When our Lord Himself says in plain w...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Proverbs contrasting good and evil. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: The safest way in which to travel is the way of the upright, a way which God makes plain to those who desire to walk in it....

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Proverbs 16:1. _The preparations of the heart in man._ As the field must be plowed, and the soil prepared for the seeds, so the heart of man must be prepared for grace. Afflictions in Egypt disposed t...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _By mercy and truth iniquity is purged._ THE MISSION OF MERCY AND TRUTH Some plead for prevailing mercy, and some for prevailing justice, in jurisprudence, education, and theology. Some try to blend...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 16:6. PURGED. Heb., _kaphar_, “expiated,” or “covered.” _MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 16:6_ THE PURGING OF INIQUITY I. THERE IS IN THE HUMAN HEART AND IN HUMAN LIFE THAT WH...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION PROVERBS 16:1 These are specially religions maxims, and they all contain the name Jehovah. PROVERBS 16:1 The Authorized Version makes one sentence of this verse without any contrast or a...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Shall we turn now to Proverbs 16:1-33, the sixteenth chapter and begin our study this evening. The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the LORD (Proverbs 16:1). Go...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Peter 1:22; 2 Corinthians 7:1; Acts 15:9; Daniel 4:27; Ephesians 5:21

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    By mercy — By a merciful and just and faithful frame of heart and course of life. Is purged — As they qualify a man to offer up acceptable prayers to God for the pardon of his sins. By fear — By a fil...

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