By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil.
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Gill's Exposition
By mercy and truth iniquity is purged,.... Or "expiated" (d), and atoned for: not by the mercy and truth of men; not by alms deeds or showing mercy to the poor; nor by speaking truth and keeping…
Barnes' Notes
Compare Pro 15:8. “By mercy and truth,” not by sacrifices and burnt-offerings, “iniquity is purged, atoned for, expiated.” The teaching is the same as that of the prophets.
Matthew Henry
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…
Cambridge Bible
By mercy and truth iniquity is purged This is not a statement of the method and ground of atonement, though the Heb. word here rendered purgedis the usual word in the O.T. for covering, or atoning…
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