New Revised Standard Version
By loyalty and faithfulness iniquity is atoned for, and by the fear of the LORD one avoids evil.

Contemporary English Version
If we truly love God, our sins will be forgiven; if we show him respect, we will keep away from sin.

New American Bible
By steadfast loyalty guilt is expiated, and by the fear of the LORD evil is avoided.

Douay-Rheims Bible
By mercy and truth iniquity is redeemed; and by the fear of the Lord men depart from evil.

By mercy and truth iniquity is redeemed; and by the fear of the Lord men depart from evil.

Proverbs 20:28 Mercy and truth preserve the king, and his throne is strengthened by clemency.

Psalm 85:10 Mercy and truth have met each other: justice and peace have kissed.

Daniel 4:27 And the king answered, and said: Is not this the great Babylon, which I have built, to be the seat of the kingdom, by the strength of my power, and in the glory of my excellence?

Micah 7:18-20 Who is a God like to thee, who takest away iniquity, and passest by the sin of the remnant of thy inheritance? he will send his fury in no more, because he delighteth in mercy. . . .

Luke 11:41 But yet that which remaineth, give alms: and behold, all things are clean unto you.

John 15:2 Every branch in me that beareth not fruit, he will take away: and every one that beareth fruit, he will purge it, that it may bring forth more fruit.

Acts 15:9 And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.

1 Peter 1:22 Purifying your souls in the obedience of charity, with a brotherly love, from a sincere heart love one another earnestly:

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Proverbs 8:13 Counsel and equity is mine, prudence is mine, strength is mine.

Proverbs 14:16,17 A wise man feareth, and declineth from evil: the fool leapeth over, and is confident. . . .

Genesis 20:11 Abraham answered: I thought with myself, saying: Perhaps there is not the fear of God in this place: and they will kill me for the sake of my wife:

Nehemiah 5:9,15 And I said to them: The thing you do is not good: why walk you not in the fear of our God, that we be not exposed to the reproaches of the Gentiles our enemies? . . .

Job 1:1-8 There was a man in the land of Hus, whose name was Job, and that man was simple and upright, and fearing God, and avoiding evil. . . .

2 Corinthians 7:1 Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of the flesh and of the spirit, perfecting sanctification in the fear of God.

Ephesians 5:21 Being subject one to another, in the fear of Christ.