6By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.
And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.
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.
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.
The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 6)See here, 1. How the guilt of sin is taken away from us—by the mercy and truth of God, mercy in promising, truth in performing, the mercy and truth which kiss each other in Jesus Christ the Mediator—by the covenant of grace, in which mercy and truth shine so brightly—by our mercy and truth, as the condition of the pardon and a necessary qualification for it—by these, and not by the legal sacrifice…
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