Proverbs 16:6

Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

Cross References

Genesis 20:11

And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will slay me for my wife's sake.

Nehemiah 5:15

But the former governors that were before me were chargeable unto the people, and took of them bread and wine, beside forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the people: but so did not I, because of the fear of God.

Nehemiah 5:9

Also I said, The thing that ye do is not good: ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God, because of the reproach of the heathen our enemies?

Job 28:28

And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; And to depart from evil is understanding.

Psalm 85:10

Mercy and truth are met together; Righteousness and peace have kissed each other.

Exodus 1:17

But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive.

Exodus 20:20

And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before you, that ye sin not.

Proverbs 14:16

A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: But the fool beareth himself insolently, and is confident.

Proverbs 14:2

He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the LORD: But he that is perverse in his ways despiseth him.

Proverbs 14:27

The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, To depart from the snares of death.

Proverbs 16:5

Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD: Though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished.

Proverbs 20:28

Mercy and truth preserve the king: And his throne is upholden by mercy.

Proverbs 3:3

Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: Bind them about thy neck; Write them upon the table of thine heart:

Proverbs 3:7

Be not wise in thine own eyes; Fear the LORD, and depart from evil:

Proverbs 8:13

The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: Pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, And the froward mouth, do I hate.

Daniel 4:24

this is the interpretation, O king, and it is the decree of the Most High, which is come upon my lord the king:

Daniel 4:27

Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by shewing mercy to the poor; if there may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity.

Leviticus 25:17

And ye shall not wrong one another; but thou shalt fear thy God: for I am the LORD your God.

Luke 11:41

Howbeit give for alms those things which are within; and behold, all things are clean unto you.

John 15:2

Every branch in me that beareth not fruit, he taketh it away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he cleanseth it, that it may bear more fruit.

Acts 15:9

and he made no distinction between us and them, cleansing their hearts by faith.

2 Corinthians 7:1

Having therefore these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

Ephesians 5:21

subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ.

Deuteronomy 30:13

Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, and make us to hear it, that we may do it?

1 Peter 1:22

Seeing ye have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth unto unfeigned love of the brethren, love one another from the heart fervently: