By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORDmen depart from evil.
Iniquity is purged and cleansed by mercy and truth. Reverence for the Lord causes people to turn away from evil and depart from it. This fear of the Lord is what guides a person away from wrongdoing toward a right course.
Where a man is critical, faultfinding, and domineering in conduct, it is evidence that the fear of the Lord is not guiding him. Such a spirit does not depart from evil but continues in it. That course harms the man himself and harms others around him.
Iniquity is purged and cleansed by mercy and truth. Reverence for the Lord causes people to turn away from evil and depart from it. This fear of the Lord is what guides a person away from wrongdoing toward a right course.
Where a man is critical, faultfinding, and domineering in conduct, it is evidence that the fear of the Lord is not guiding him. Such a spirit does not depart from evil but continues in it. That course harms the man himself and harms others around him.