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Louis Segond 1910
Par la bonté et la fidélité on expie l'iniquité, Et par la crainte de l'Eternel on se détourne du mal.
KJV
By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD [men] depart from evil.
By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD [men] depart from evil.
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s 4:6 : “God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble”; and also by mercy, according to Prov. 16:6 : “By mercy and truth iniquity is purged.” Migne: “By mercy and faith sins are purged.” Hence a movement of faith is no more required for the justification of the ungod…
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Patrologia Latina Vol. 185 (Migne)
8C] purgantur peccata (Prov. XV, 27) , et paulo post: Misericordia et veritate redimitur iniquitas (Prov. XVI, 6) , eadem sit in diversitate verborum repetita sententia. Recte igitur misericordia et veritas seu fides sociata sunt: cum in omnibus viis nostris nisi misericordia et…
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