Proverbs 16:6 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

⁶ 3 Just lips are the delight of kings: he that speaketh right things shall be loved.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: And by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ By mercy and love, truth and fidelity [to God and man–not by sacrificial offerings], iniquity is purged out of the heart, and by the reverent, worshipful fear of the Lord men depart from and avoid evil.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ By mercy and truth iniquity is atoned for; And by the fear of Jehovah men depart from evil.

Common English Bible

⁶ Love and faithfulness reconcile guilt; the fear of the LORD turns away evil.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ By mercy and truth, iniquity is redeemed. And by the fear of the Lord, one turns away from evil.

Proverbs 16:6 Cross References

Genesis 20:11

1 Abraham answered: I thought with myself, saying: Perhaps there is not the fear of God in this place: and they will kill me for the sake of my wife:

Nehemiah 5:15

And it came to pass, when Sanaballat, and Tobias, and Gossem the Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had built the wall, and that there was no breach left in it, (though at that time I had not set up the doors in the gates,)

Nehemiah 5:9

4 And from the day, in which the king commanded me to be governor in the land of Juda, from the twentieth year even to the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes the king, for twelve years, I and my brethren did not eat the yearly allowance that was due to the governors.

Job 28:28

When the Almighty was with me: and my servants round about me?

Psalm 85:10

Give joy to the soul of thy servant, for to thee, O Lord, I have lifted up my soul.

Exodus 1:17

9 They answered: The Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women: for they themselves are skillful in the office of a midwife; and they are delivered before we come to them.

Exodus 20:20

3 You shall not make gods of silver, nor shall you make to yourselves gods of gold.

Proverbs 14:16

3 In much work there shall be abundance: but where there are many words, there is oftentimes want.

Proverbs 14:2

A fool will laugh at sin, but among the just grace shall abide.

Proverbs 14:27

4 Justice exalteth a nation: but sin maketh nations miserable.

Proverbs 16:5

2 They that act wickedly are abominable to the king: for the throne is established by justice.

Proverbs 20:28

The thoughts of the industrious al- ways bring forth abundance: but every sluggard is always in want.

Proverbs 3:3

0 And thy barns shall be filled with abundance, and thy presses shall run over with wine.

Proverbs 3:7

4 The purchasing thereof is better than the merchandise of silver, and her fruit than the chiefest and purest gold:

Proverbs 8:13

0 I walk in the way of justice, in the midst of the paths of judgment,

Daniel 4:24

2 And they shall cast thee out from among men, and thy dwelling shall be with cattle and wild beasts: thou shalt eat grass like an ox, and seven times shall pass over thee, till thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.

Daniel 4:27

5 And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing before him: for he doth according to his will, I as well with the powers of heaven, as among the inhabitants of the earth: and there is none that can resist his hand, and say to him: Why hast thou done it?

Leviticus 25:17

2 And the eighth year you shall sow, and shall eat of the old fruits, until the ninth year: till new grow up, you shall eat the old store.

Luke 11:41

9 For this cause also the wisdom of God said: I will send to them prophets and apostles; and some of them they will kill and persecute.

John 15:2

0 If you keep my commandments, you shall abide in my love; as I also have kept my Father's commandments, and do abide in his love.

Acts 15:9

7 That the residue of men may seek after the Lord, and all nations upon whom my name is invoked, saith the Lord, who doth these things.

2 Corinthians 7:1

0 For the sorrow that is according to God worketh penance, steadfast unto salvation; but the sorrow of the world worketh death.

Ephesians 5:21

0 Because we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.

Deuteronomy 30:13

8 I foretell thee this day that thou shalt perish, and shalt remain but a short time in the land, to which thou shalt pass over the Jordan, and shalt go in to possess it.

1 Peter 1:22

Wherefore it is said in the scripture: Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious. And he that shall believe in him, shall not be confounded.