Proverbs 28:13

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“He who conceals his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy.”

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BSBPD

“He who conceals his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“He that covereth his transgressions shall not prosper; But whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall obtain mercy.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Whoso is covering his transgressions prospereth not, And he who is confessing and forsaking hath mercy.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Proverbs 28:13 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 3:12And the man answered, “The woman whom You gave me, she gave me fruit from the tree, and I ate it.”
  2. Genesis 4:9And the LORD said to Cain, “Where is your brother Abel?” “I do not know!” he answered. “Am I my brother’s keeper?”
  3. Exodus 10:16Pharaoh quickly summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “I have sinned against the LORD your God and against you.
  4. Leviticus 26:40But if they will confess their iniquity and that of their fathers in the unfaithfulness that they practiced against Me, by which they have also walked in hostility toward Me—
  5. Judges 10:15“We have sinned,” the Israelites said to the LORD. “Deal with us as You see fit; but please deliver us today!”
  6. 1 Samuel 15:13When Samuel reached him, Saul said to him, “May the LORD bless you. I have carried out the LORD’s instructions.”
  7. 1 Samuel 15:24Then Saul said to Samuel, “I have sinned; I have transgressed the LORD’s commandment and your instructions, because I feared the people and obeyed their voice.
  8. 1 Samuel 15:30“I have sinned,” Saul replied. “Please honor me now before the elders of my people and before Israel. Come back with me, so that I may worship the LORD your God.”
  9. 2 Samuel 12:13Then David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the LORD.” “The LORD has taken away your sin,” Nathan replied. “You will not die.
  10. 1 Kings 8:47and when they come to their senses in the land to which they were taken, and they repent and plead with You in the land of their captors, saying, ‘We have sinned and done wrong; we have acted wickedly,’
  11. 2 Kings 20:15“What have they seen in your palace?” Isaiah asked. “They have seen everything in my palace,” answered Hezekiah. “There is nothing among my treasures that I did not show them.”
  12. 2 Chronicles 6:26When the skies are shut and there is no rain because Your people have sinned against You, and they pray toward this place and confess Your name, and they turn from their sins because You have afflicted them,
  13. Ezra 10:2Then Shecaniah son of Jehiel, an Elamite, said to Ezra: “We have been unfaithful to our God by marrying foreign women from the people of the land, yet in spite of this, there is hope for Israel.
  14. Job 31:33if I have covered my transgressions like Adam by hiding my guilt in my heart,
  15. Job 33:27Then he sings before men with these words: ‘I have sinned and perverted what was right; yet I did not get what I deserved.
  16. Job 34:31Suppose someone says to God, ‘I have endured my punishment; I will offend no more.
  17. Psalms 32:3When I kept silent, my bones became brittle from my groaning all day long.
  18. Psalms 32:5Then I acknowledged my sin to You and did not hide my iniquity. I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the LORD,” and You forgave the guilt of my sin. Selah
  19. Psalms 51:1Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your loving devotion; according to Your great compassion, blot out my transgressions.
  20. Psalms 51:10Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.
  21. Proverbs 10:12Hatred stirs up dissension, but love covers all transgressions.
  22. Proverbs 17:9Whoever conceals an offense promotes love, but he who brings it up separates friends.
  23. Isaiah 55:7Let the wicked man forsake his own way and the unrighteous man his own thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have compassion, and to our God, for He will freely pardon.
  24. Jeremiah 2:22Although you wash with lye and use an abundance of soap, the stain of your guilt is still before Me,” declares the Lord GOD.

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