PRO 16

Proverbs 16:6

WEB

By mercy and truth iniquity is atoned for. By the fear of Yahweh men depart from evil.

BSB

By loving devotion and faithfulness iniquity is atoned for, and by the fear of the LORD one turns aside from evil.

KJV

By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil.

Matthew Henry

Verse 6

Proverbs 16:6

See here, 1. How the guilt of sin is taken away from us - by the mercy and truth of God, mercy in promising, truth in performing, the mercy and truth which kiss each other in Jesus Christ the Mediator - by the covenant of grace, in which mercy and truth shine so brightly - by our mercy and truth, as the condition of the pardon and a necessary qualification for it - by these, and not by the legal sacrifices, Mic 6:7, Mic 6:8. 2. How the power of sin is broken in us. By the principles of mercy and truth commanding in us the corrupt inclinations are purged out (so we may take the former part); however, by the fear of the Lord, and the influence of that fear, men depart from evil; those will not dare to sin against God who keep up in their minds a holy dread and reverence of him.

Cross-references: Mic 6:7 · Mic 6:8

Hebrew interlinear

H2617

חֶסֶדcheçed/kheh'-sed/

n-m — kindness, piety, reproof, beauty

Derivation: from 2616;

kindness; by implication (towards God) piety; rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subject.) beauty

KJV: favour, good deed(-liness, -ness), kindly, (loving-) kindness, merciful (kindness), mercy, pity, reproach, wicked thing.

חֶ֫סֶד

n.m — shame

חֶ֫סֶד n.m. shame, reproach

חֶ֫סֶד

n.m — goodness

חֶ֫סֶד 247 n.m. goodness, kindness

I. of man:

1. kindness of men toward men, in doing favours and benefits

2. kindness (especially as extended to the lowly, needy and miserable), mercy

3. (rarely) affection of Isr. to י׳, love to God, piety

4. lovely appearance

II. of God: kindness, lovingkindness in condescending to the needs of his creatures.

H571

אֶמֶתʼemeth/eh'-meth/

n-f — stability, certainty, truth, trustworthiness

Derivation: contracted from 539;

stability; (figuratively) certainty, truth, trustworthiness

KJV: assured(-ly), establishment, faithful, right, sure, true (-ly, -th), verity.

אֱמֶת

n.f — firmness

אֱמֶת n.f. firmness, faithfulness

1. reliability, sureness

2. stability, continuance

3. faithfulness, reliableness

4. truth

5. adv. in truth, truly

H3722

כָּפַרkâphar/kaw-far'/

v — cover, expiate, condone, placate, cancel

Derivation: a primitive root;

to cover (specifically with bitumen); figuratively, to expiate or condone, to placate or cancel

KJV: appease, make (an atonement, cleanse, disannul, forgive, be merciful, pacify, pardon, purge (away), put off, (make) reconcile(-liation).

כִּפֶּר

vb — cover over

כִּפֶּר vb. Pi. etc. denom. cover over (fig.), pacify, make propitiation

Pi.

1. cover over, pacify, propitiate

2. cover over, atone for sin, without sacrifice

3. cover over, atone for sin and persons by legal rites

Pu. be covered over, atoned for

Hithp. the iniquity of the house of Eli shall not be covered by peace-offering or minchah

Niph. and the blood shall be covered for them

כָּפַר

vb. denom — and thou shalt pitch it with pitch

כָּפַר vb. denom. Gn 6:14 and thou shalt pitch it with pitch (P).

H5771

עָוֺןʻâvôn/aw-vone'/

n-m — perversity, evil

Derivation: or עָווֹן; (2 Kings 7:9; Psalm 51:5 [7]), from 5753;

perversity, i.e. (moral) evil

KJV: fault, iniquity, mischeif, punishment (of iniquity), sin.

עָוֹן

n.m — iniquity

עָוֹן n.m. iniquity, guilt, or punishment of iniquity

H3374

יִרְאָהyirʼâh/yir-aw'/

n-f — fear, reverence

Derivation: feminine of 3373;

fear (also used as infinitive); morally, reverence

KJV: × dreadful, × exceedingly, fear(-fulness).

יִרְאָה

n.f — fear

יִרְאָה n.f. fear

1. fear, terror

2. a terror = obj. of terror

3. fear of God, reverence, piety

4. the fear of י׳ the law as revered.

H3068

יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâh/yeh-ho-vaw'/

n-pr — Existent, Jeho-vah

Derivation: from 1961;

(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God

KJV: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.

יהוה

n.pr.dei — God

יהוה c. 6823 i.e. יַהְוֶה n.pr.dei Yahweh, the proper name of the God of Israel—(1. MT יְהֹוָה 6518 (Qr אֲדֹנָי), or יֱהֹוִה 305 (Qr אֱלֹהִים) 2. Many recent scholars explain יַהְוֶה as Hiph. of הוה (= היה) the one bringing into being, life-giver)

I. יהוה is not used by E in Gn, but is given Ex 3:12-15 as the name of the God who revealed Himself to Moses at Horeb

II.

1. יהוה is used with אלהים and suffixes, especially in D

2. the phrase † אֲנִי יהוה is noteworthy

3. יהוה is also used with several predicates, to form sacred names of holy places of Yahweh

H5493

סוּרçûwr/soor/

v — turn

Derivation: or שׂוּר; (Hosea 9:12), a primitive root;

to turn off (literally or figuratively)

KJV: be(-head), bring, call back, decline, depart, eschew, get (you), go (aside), × grievous, lay away (by), leave undone, be past, pluck away, put (away, down), rebel, remove (to and fro), revolt, × be sour, take (away, off), turn (aside, away, in), withdraw, be without.

סוּר

vb — turn aside

סוּר and [שׂוּר] 300 vb. turn aside

Qal

1. turn aside, out of one's course

2. depart

3. of lifeless things = be removed

4. = come to an end

Pô‛lēl he turned aside my ways (my steps)

Hiph.

1. cause to (turn aside,) depart, common word for remove, take away

2. rarer uses

Pô‛lēl be taken away, removed

H7451

רַעraʻ/rah/

a n-m n-f — bad, evil

Derivation: from 7489;

bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)

KJV: adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, displease(-ure), distress, evil((-favouredness), man, thing), exceedingly, × great, grief(-vous), harm, heavy, hurt(-ful), ill (favoured), mark, mischief(-vous), misery, naught(-ty), noisome, not please, sad(-ly), sore, sorrow, trouble, vex, wicked(-ly, -ness, one), worse(-st), wretchedness, wrong. (Incl. feminine raaah; as adjective or noun.).

רַע

n.m — evil

רַע 126 n.m. evil, distress, misery, injury, calamity

1. evil, distress, adversity

2. evil, injury, wrong

3. ethical evil

רַע

adj — bad

רַע 228 adj. bad, evil

1. bad, disagreeable, malignant

2. bad, unpleasant, giving pain, unhappiness, misery

3. evil, displeasing

4. bad of its kind

5. bad, , i.e. of low value

6. מִן comp., worse than

7. sad, unhappy

8. devise evil (hurtful) device

9. bad, unkind, vicious in disposition or temper

10. ethically bad, evil, wicked

רָעָה

n.f — evil

רָעָה 310 n.f. evil, misery, distress, injury

1. evil, misery, distress

2. evil, injury, wrong

3. ethical evil

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