Proverbs 16:6-8

Easy-to-Read Version

⁶Faithful love and loyalty will remove your guilt.^[a] Respect the Lord, and you will stay far away from evil.

⁷When people live to please the Lord, even their enemies will be at peace with them.

⁸It is better to be poor and do right than to be rich and do wrong.

Proverbs 16:6 remove your guilt Or “make atonement.” The Hebrew word means “to cover,” or “to erase” a person’s sins.

Proverbs 16:6-8

New International Version

⁶Through love and faithfulness sin is atoned for;
through the fear of the Lord^(A) evil is avoided.^(B)

⁷When the Lord takes pleasure in anyone’s way,
he causes their enemies to make peace^(C) with them.^(D)

⁸Better a little with righteousness
than much gain^(E) with injustice.^(F)

Easy-to-Read Version (ERV)

New International Version (NIV)