Proverbs 16:6
New King James Version
6 (A)In mercy and truth
Atonement is provided for iniquity;
And (B)by the fear of the Lord one departs from evil.
Proverbs 16:6
New American Standard Bible
6 By (A)mercy and truth atonement is made for wrongdoing,
And by [a]the (B)fear of the Lord one keeps away from evil.
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- Proverbs 16:6 Or reverence for
Proverbs 16:6
Amplified Bible
6
By mercy and lovingkindness and truth [not superficial ritual] wickedness is cleansed from the heart,
And by the fear of the Lord one avoids evil.
Proverbs 16:6
King James Version
6 By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the Lord men depart from evil.
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1 Corinthians 5:7
New King James Version
7 Therefore [a]purge out the old leaven, that you may be a new lump, since you truly are unleavened. For indeed (A)Christ, our (B)Passover, was sacrificed [b]for us.
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- 1 Corinthians 5:7 clean out
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1 Corinthians 5:7
New American Standard Bible
7 Clean out the old leaven so that you may be a new lump, just as you are in fact unleavened. For Christ our (A)Passover also has been sacrificed.
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1 Corinthians 5:7
Amplified Bible
7 [a]Clean out the old leaven so that you may be a new batch, just as you are, still unleavened. For Christ our Passover Lamb has been sacrificed.
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- 1 Corinthians 5:7 Paul is using the Passover celebration as an analogy. Leading up to the Passover meal was the Feast of Unleavened Bread (Ex 12:17-20), during which the Israelites were to remove all leaven from their homes to symbolize the removal of sin from their lives. Leaven (yeast) was often used as a symbol of spiritual corruption.
1 Corinthians 5:7
King James Version
7 Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:
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