Jamieson, Fausset and Brown on Proverbs 16:6
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Proverbs16:6
6. By mercy and truth--that is, God's (Psa 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 Le 16:33; Is 27:9, Hebrew).
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