Compare Proverbs 15:8. “By mercy and truth,” not by sacrifices and burnt-offerings, “iniquity is purged, atoned for, expiated.” The teaching is the same as that of the prophets.
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Proverbs 16:6
6 By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil.