Everyone who is proud in heart is an abomination to the Lord;
[a]Be assured, he will not go unpunished.
By (A)mercy and truth atonement is made for wrongdoing,
And by [b]the (B)fear of the Lord one keeps away from evil.
When a person’s ways are pleasing to the Lord,
He (C)causes even his enemies to make peace with him.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 16:5 Lit Hand to hand, he
  2. Proverbs 16:6 Or reverence for

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