Proverbs 28:13 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

¹³ He that covereth his transgressions shall not prosper: But whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall 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 like Adam I covered my transgressions, By hiding mine iniquity in my bosom;

Job 33:27

He singeth before men, and saith, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, And it profited me not:

Acts 26:20

but declared both to them of Damascus first, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the country of Judaea, and also to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, doing works worthy of repentance.

Psalm 51:10

Create in me a clean heart, O God; And renew a right spirit within me.

Genesis 4:9

And the LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: am I my brother's keeper?

Proverbs 10:12

Hatred stirreth up strifes: But love covereth all transgressions.

1 Samuel 15:30

Then he said, I have sinned: yet honour me now, I pray thee, before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD thy God.

1 Samuel 15:24

And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned: for I have transgressed the commandment of the LORD, and thy words: because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice.

Proverbs 17:9

He that covereth a transgression seeketh love: But he that harpeth on a matter separateth chief friends.

1 Samuel 15:13

And Samuel came to Saul: and Saul said unto him, Blessed be thou of the LORD: I have performed the commandment of the LORD.

Leviticus 5:5

and it shall be, when he shall be guilty in one of these things, that he shall confess that wherein he hath sinned:

2 Samuel 12:13

And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the LORD. And Nathan said unto David, The LORD also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die.

2 Samuel 14:32

And Absalom answered Joab, Behold, I sent unto thee, saying, Come hither, that I may send thee to the king, to say, Wherefore am I come from Geshur? it were better for me to be there still: now therefore let me see the king's face; and if there be iniquity in me, let him kill me.

Ezra 10:11

Now therefore make confession unto the LORD, the God of your fathers, and do his pleasure: and separate yourselves from the peoples of the land, and from the strange women.

Nehemiah 9:2

And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all strangers, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.

Jeremiah 2:35

Yet thou saidst, I am innocent; surely his anger is turned away from me. Behold, I will enter into judgement with thee, because thou sayest, I have not sinned.

Daniel 4:27

Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by shewing mercy to the poor; if there may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity.

Judges 10:15

And the children of Israel said unto the LORD, We have sinned: do thou unto us whatsoever seemeth good unto thee; only deliver us, we pray thee, this day.

2 Kings 20:15

And he said, What have they seen in thine house? And Hezekiah answered, All that is in mine house have they seen: there is nothing among my treasures that I have not shewed them.

2 Chronicles 6:26

When the heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou dost afflict them:

Ezra 10:2

And Shecaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have married strange women of the peoples of the land: yet now there is hope for Israel concerning this thing.

Job 34:31

For hath any said unto God, I have borne chastisement, I will not offend any more:

Isaiah 55:7

let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

Jonah 3:10

And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, which he said he would do unto them; and he did it not.