6 Unfailing love and faithfulness make atonement for sin. By fearing the Lord, people avoid evil.

7 When people's lives please the Lord, even their enemies are at peace with them.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Proverbs 16:6-7

Commentary on Proverbs 16:6

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By the mercy and truth of God in Christ Jesus, the sins of believers are taken away, and the power of sin is broken.

Commentary on Proverbs 16:7

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He that has all hearts in his hand, can make a man's enemies to be at peace with him.