Proverbs 28:13 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹³ No one who conceals transgressions will prosper, but one who confesses and forsakes them will obtain mercy.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹³ He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: But whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹³ He who covers his transgressions will not prosper, but whoever confesses and forsakes his sins will obtain mercy. [Ps. 32:3, 5; I John 1:8-10.]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹³ He that covereth his transgressions shall not prosper; But whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall obtain mercy.

Common English Bible

¹³ Those who hide their sins won’t succeed, but those who confess and give them up will receive mercy.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹³ Whoever hides his crimes will not be guided. But whoever will have confessed and abandoned them shall overtake mercy.

Proverbs 28:13 Cross References

Job 31:33

if I have concealed my transgressions as others do, by hiding my iniquity in my bosom,

Job 33:27

That person sings to others and says, ‘I sinned and perverted what was right, and it was not paid back to me.

Acts 26:20

but declared first to those in Damascus, then in Jerusalem and throughout the countryside of Judea, and also to the gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God and do deeds consistent with repentance.

Psalm 51:10

Create in me a clean heart, O God, and put a new and right spirit within me.

Genesis 4:9

Then the Lord said to Cain, “Where is your brother Abel?” He said, “I do not know; am I my brother’s keeper?”

Proverbs 10:12

Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all offenses.

1 Samuel 15:30

Then Saul said, “I have sinned; yet honor me now before the elders of my people and before Israel, and return with me, so that I may worship the Lord your God.”

1 Samuel 15:24

Saul said to Samuel, “I have sinned, for I have transgressed the commandment of the Lord and your words because I feared the people and obeyed their voice.

Proverbs 17:9

One who forgives an affront fosters friendship, but one who dwells on disputes will alienate a friend.

1 Samuel 15:13

When Samuel came to Saul, Saul said to him, “May you be blessed by the Lord; I have carried out the command of the Lord.”

Leviticus 5:5

When you realize your guilt in any of these, you shall confess the sin that you have committed,

2 Samuel 12:13

David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.” Nathan said to David, “Now the Lord has put away your sin; you shall not die.

2 Samuel 14:32

Absalom answered Joab, “Look, I sent word to you. Come here that I may send you to the king with the question, ‘Why have I come from Geshur? It would be better for me to be there still.’ Now let me go into the king’s presence; if there is guilt in me, let him kill me!”

Ezra 10:11

Now make confession to the Lord the God of your ancestors and do his will; separate yourselves from the peoples of the land and from the foreign wives.”

Nehemiah 9:2

Then those of Israelite descent separated themselves from all foreigners and stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their ancestors.

Jeremiah 2:35

you say, “I am innocent; surely his anger has turned from me.” Now I am bringing you to judgment for saying, “I have not sinned.”

Daniel 4:27

Therefore, O king, may my counsel be acceptable to you: atone for your sins with righteousness and your iniquities with mercy to the oppressed, so that your prosperity may be prolonged.”

Judges 10:15

And the Israelites said to the Lord, “We have sinned; do to us whatever seems good to you, but deliver us this day!”

2 Kings 20:15

He said, “What have they seen in your house?” Hezekiah answered, “They have seen all that is in my house; there is nothing in my storehouses that I did not show them.”

2 Chronicles 6:26

“When heaven is shut up and there is no rain because they have sinned against you and then they pray toward this place, confess your name, and turn from their sin because you punish them,

Ezra 10:2

Shecaniah son of Jehiel, of the descendants of Elam, addressed Ezra, saying, “We have broken faith with our God and have married foreign women from the peoples of the land, but even now there is hope for Israel in spite of this.

Job 34:31

“For has anyone said to God, ‘I have endured punishment; I will not offend any more;

Isaiah 55:7

let the wicked forsake their way and the unrighteous their thoughts; let them return to the Lord, that he may have mercy on them, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

Jonah 3:10

When God saw what they did, how they turned from their evil ways, God changed his mind about the calamity that he had said he would bring upon them, and he did not do it.