Proverbs 16:6

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בְּחֶ֣סֶד וֶ֭אֱמֶת יְכֻפַּ֣ר עָוֺ֑ן וּבְיִרְאַ֥ת יְ֝הוָ֗ה ס֣וּר מֵרָֽע׃

Transliteration

By-ḥesed and-ʾĕmet yᵉkuppar ʿāwōn and-by-yirʾat YHWH sûr from-rāʿ

Grammar Details

• *bᵉ*: preposition - by/in
• *ḥesed*: noun, masculine, singular - lovingkindness/mercy/loyalty
• *wᵉ*: conjunction - and
• *ʾĕmet*: noun, feminine, singular - truth/faithfulness
• *yᵉkuppar*: verb, Pual imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - is atoned for/covered/forgiven
• *ʿāwōn*: noun, masculine, singular - iniquity/guilt/sin
• *yirʾat*: noun, feminine, singular construct - fear of
• *YHWH*: divine name
• *sûr*: verb, Qal infinitive construct - to turn aside/depart
• *min*: preposition - from
• *rāʿ*: noun, masculine, singular - evil/wickedness

Word Meanings

• *ḥesed*: lovingkindness/mercy/covenant loyalty/steadfast love
• *yᵉkuppar*: is atoned for/is covered/is pardoned
• *sûr mērāʿ*: turning from evil/departing from wickedness

Referenced Verses

• Prov 14:16 : 16 ¶ A wise [man] feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.
• Job 28:28 : 28 And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that [is] wisdom; and to depart from evil [is] understanding.
• Dan 4:27 : 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 it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity.
• Prov 8:13 : 13 The fear of the LORD [is] to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.
• Luke 11:41 : 41 ‹But rather give alms of such things as ye have; and, behold, all things are clean unto you.›
• John 15:2 : 2 ‹Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every› [branch] ‹that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.›
• Acts 15:9 : 9 And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.
• 2 Cor 7:1 : 1 ¶ Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
• Eph 5:21 : 21 ¶ Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.
• 1 Pet 1:22 : 22 Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, [see that ye] love one another with a pure heart fervently:
• Mic 7:18-20 : 18 Who [is] a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth [in] mercy. 19 He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea. 20 Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, [and] the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.
• Ps 85:10 : 10 Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed [each other].
• Prov 14:27 : 27 The fear of the LORD [is] a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
• Prov 20:28 : 28 ¶ Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upholden by mercy.
• Gen 20:11 : 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.
• Neh 5:9 : 9 Also I said, It [is] not good that ye do: ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the heathen our enemies?
• Neh 5:15 : 15 But the former governors that [had been] before me were chargeable unto the people, and had taken 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.
• Job 1:1-8 : 1 ¶ There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name [was] Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil. 2 And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters. 3 His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east. 4 ¶ And his sons went and feasted [in their] houses, every one his day; and sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them. 5 And it was so, when the days of [their] feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings [according] to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually. 6 ¶ Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them. 7 And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it. 8 And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that [there is] none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil?