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Proverbs 16:6-8
New Catholic Bible
Proverbs 16:6-8
New Catholic Bible
6 Iniquity is expiated by kindness and faithfulness,
and by fear of the Lord[a] man turns away from evil.
7 When the Lord is pleased with someone’s conduct.
he makes even that man’s enemies friends with him.[b]
8 It is better to have little and be righteous
than to acquire great riches with injustice.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 16:6 When God’s people repent of sin and obey his will, God offers forgiveness and withholds his chastisement (see Isa 1:18-19; 55:7; Jer 3:22; Ezek 18:23, 30-32; 33:11-16; Hos 14:1-4). Hence, iniquity can be said to be expiated by kindness and faithfulness—inasmuch as the latter ward off God’s wrath against it. Fear of the Lord: see note on Prov 1:7.
- Proverbs 16:7 By his grace God turns the enemies of his faithful into their friends (see Rom 8:28).
