Proverbs 16:6

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Faithful love and loyalty will remove your guilt. Respect the Lord, and you will stay far away from evil.

Cross References

Proverbs 14:16

Wise people are careful and avoid trouble; fools are too confident and careless.

Job 28:28

Then he said to humans, ‘To fear and respect the Lord is wisdom. To turn away from evil is understanding.’”

2 Corinthians 7:1

Dear friends, we have these promises from God. So we should make ourselves pure—free from anything that makes our body or our soul unclean. Our respect for God should make us try to be completely holy in the way we live.

Daniel 4:27

So, King, please accept my advice. Stop sinning and do what is right. Stop doing bad things and be kind to poor people. Then you might continue to be successful.”

Luke 11:41

So pay attention to what is inside. Give to the people who need help. Then you will be fully clean.

Proverbs 14:27

Respect for the Lord gives true life and will save you from death’s trap.

Proverbs 8:13

To respect the Lord means to hate evil. I hate pride and boasting, evil lives and hurtful words.

Proverbs 20:28

A king who is loyal and true will keep his power. Loyalty will keep his kingdom strong.

Acts 15:9

To God, those people are not different from us. When they believed, God made their hearts pure.

Nehemiah 5:15

But the governors who ruled before me made life hard for the people. The governors forced everyone to pay 1 pound of silver. They also made the people give them food and wine. The leaders under these governors also ruled over the people and made life even harder. But I respected and feared God, so I didn’t do things like that.

Nehemiah 5:9

So I continued speaking. I said, “What you people are doing is not right! You know that you should fear and respect our God. You should not do the shameful things other people do!

1 Peter 1:22

You have made yourselves pure by obeying the truth. Now you can have true love for your brothers and sisters. So love each other deeply—with all your heart.

Ephesians 5:21

Be willing to serve each other out of respect for Christ.

John 15:2

He cuts off every branch of mine that does not produce fruit. He also trims every branch that produces fruit to prepare it to produce even more.

Psalm 85:10

God’s love will come together with his faithful people. Goodness and peace will greet them with a kiss.

Genesis 20:11

Then Abraham said, “I thought no one in this place respected God. I thought someone would kill me to get Sarah.

Exodus 1:17

But the nurses trusted God, so they did not obey the king’s command. They let all the baby boys live.

Exodus 20:20

Then Moses said to them, “Don’t be afraid! God has come to test you. He wants you to respect him so that you will not sin.”

Proverbs 3:7

Don’t trust in your own wisdom, but fear and respect the Lord and stay away from evil.

Proverbs 16:5

The Lord hates those who are proud. You can be sure he will punish them all.

Leviticus 25:17

You must not cheat each other. You must honor your God. I am the Lord your God.

Deuteronomy 30:13

This command is not on the other side of the sea so that you should say, ‘Who will go across the sea for us and bring it to us, so that we can hear it and do it?’

Proverbs 3:3

Don’t ever let love and loyalty leave you. Tie them around your neck, and write them on your heart.

Proverbs 14:2

Those who live right respect the Lord, but dishonest people hate him.

Daniel 4:24

“King, this is the meaning of the dream. God Most High has commanded these things to happen to my lord the king: