箴言 16:6-7 CUNPSS

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 16:6

The penitent's review and prospect Placing ourselves in the position of the man who has sinned and suffered, and has been led to repentance and submission, of the man who is earnestly desirous of escaping from the sinful past and of becoming a new man and of living a new life, let us ask—What is his hope? what are his possibilities? I. IN VIEW OF THE PAST AND OF HIS RELATIONS WITH GOD . What is his hope there? What are the possibilities of his sins being forgiven,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 16:7

When a man's ways please the Lord, which they can do only when they are religious, just, and charitable. He maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him; to submit themselves. Experience proves that nothing succeeds like success. Where a man is prosperous and things go well with him, even ill-wishers are content to east away or to dissemble their dislike, and to live at peace with him. Thus Abimelech King of Gerar fawned upon Isaac because he saw that the Lord was with him ( Genesis... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 16:6

Proverbs 16:6. By mercy and truth iniquity is purged By the covenant of grace, in which mercy and truth shine so bright, even the mercy and truth of God, which meet together, and kiss each other, in Jesus Christ the Mediator; by mercy in promising, and truth in performing, is the guilt of sin taken away from us, when we are truly penitent, and cast our sinful souls by faith on that mercy and truth. Hereby also a principle of mercy and truth is implanted in us, by which the power of sin is... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 16:7

Proverbs 16:7. When a man’s ways please the Lord The best way to have our enemies reconciled unto us, is for us first to be reconciled unto God; for such is the love which the Lord hath to pious and virtuous persons, that when all their designs and actions are such as he approves, he often inclines even those that were their foes to become their friends, disposing their hearts to kindness toward them. read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Proverbs 16:1-33

Laying plans and making decisions (16:1-33)A person may make plans, but God is the one who determines their outcome. He knows the person’s unseen motives and controls events according to his purposes. It is important, therefore, always to bring God into one’s planning (16:1-4). God punishes the arrogant but has mercy on those who fear him (5-6). He protects them from harm and guides them on the right pathway (7-9).When a king’s wisdom comes from God, his decisions will be right. He will show no... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Proverbs 16:6

mercy = lovingkindness, or grace. iniquity. Hebrew. 'avah. App-44 . purged = covered: i.e. by a propitiatory covering. the fear of the LORD. See note on Proverbs 1:7 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Proverbs 16:6

"By mercy and truth iniquity is atoned for; And by the fear of Jehovah men depart from evil.""Mercy and truth, no matter how diligently practiced, cannot alone be the ground of salvation from sin, except in the sense that they might be a sign of true repentance and conversion to God's will."[7] "What can take away my sin? Nothing but the blood of Jesus"! This rendition: "Through love and faithfulness sin is atoned for."[8] This is correct with an expanded definition of `faithfulness.' read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Proverbs 16:7

"When a man's ways please Jehovah, He maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.""When you please the Lord, you can make your enemies into friends."[9] "When a man's ways please the Eternal, he makes even his foes friends with him."[10] A genuine Christian is the most lovable personality in human life. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Proverbs 16:6

6. By mercy and truth—that is, God's (Psalms 85:10); He effects the atonement, or covering of sin; and the principles of true piety incline men to depart from evil; or, "mercy" and "truth" may be man's, indicative of the gracious tempers which work instrumentally in procuring pardon. purged—expiated (as in Leviticus 16:33; Isaiah 27:9, Hebrew). read more