Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
By mercy and truth—that is, God's (Psalms 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 Leviticus 16:33; Isaiah 27:9, Hebrew).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Proverbs 16:6:
Proverbs 3:3
Proverbs 20:28
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