Proverbs 16:6

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Summary

Proverbs 16:6

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

By the

General references

Exodus 9:30

Romans 3:18

Bible References

By the

To fear the Lord is to hate evil.
I hate arrogant pride, evil conduct,
and perverse speech.

A wise man is cautious and turns from evil,
but a fool is easily angered and is careless.

Abraham replied, “I thought, ‘There is absolutely no fear of God in this place. They will kill me because of my wife.’

Then I said, “What you are doing isn’t right. Shouldn’t you walk in the fear of our God and not invite the reproach of our foreign enemies?

There was a man in the country of Uz named Job. He was a man of perfect integrity, who feared God and turned away from evil.

He said to mankind,
“The fear of the Lord is this: wisdom.
And to turn from evil is understanding.”

Therefore, dear friends, since we have such promises, let us cleanse ourselves from every impurity of the flesh and spirit, completing our sanctification in the fear of God.

submitting to one another
in the fear of Christ.

General references

But as for you and your officials, I know that you still do not fear Yahweh our God.”

There is no fear of God before their eyes.