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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...
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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....
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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...
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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....
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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....
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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1-9. God's control of human life....
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Sin is expiated by kindness and faithfulness towards others (Isaiah
27:9; Isaiah 40:2; Daniel 4:27; Hosea 6:6)....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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בְּ חֶ֣סֶד וֶ֭ אֱמֶת יְכֻפַּ֣ר עָוֹ֑ן
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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Proverbs 16:6 mercy H2617 truth H571 provided H3722 (H8792) iniquity
H5771 fear H3374 LORD H3068 departs H5493 ...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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_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...
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PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 16:1 The comparison between the PLANS of a
man’s HEART (vv. Proverbs 16:1,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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1 Peter 1:22; 2 Corinthians 7:1; Acts 15:9; Daniel 4:27; Ephesians
5:21
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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...