Proverbs 28:13

A Conservative Version

He who covers his transgressions shall not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes them shall obtain mercy.

Cross References

Job 31:33

if like Adam I have covered my transgressions by hiding my iniquity in my bosom

Job 33:27

He sings before men, and says, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it did not profit me.

Acts 26:20

but declaring first to those at Damascus and then at Jerusalem, and in all the region of Judea, and to the Gentiles, to repent and return 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 LORD said to Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not. Am I my brother's keeper?

Proverbs 10:12

Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all transgressions.

1 Samuel 15:30

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

1 Samuel 15:24

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

Proverbs 17:9

He who covers a transgression seeks love, but he who repeats a matter separates chief friends.

1 Samuel 15:13

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

Leviticus 5:5

And it shall be, when he shall be guilty in one of these, that he shall confess that by which he has sinned.

2 Samuel 12:13

And David said to Nathan, I have sinned against LORD. And Nathan said to David, LORD also has put away thy sin; thou shall not die.

2 Samuel 14:32

And Absalom answered Joab, Behold, I sent to thee, saying, Come here, that I may send thee to the king to say, Why have I come from Geshur? It were better for me to still be there. Now therefore let me see the king's face, and if t

Ezra 10:11

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

Nehemiah 9:2

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

Jeremiah 2:35

Yet thou said, I am innocent. Surely his anger is turned away from me. Behold, I will enter into judgment with thee because thou say, I have not sinned.

Daniel 4:27

Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by showing mercy to the poor, if there may be a lengthening of thy tranquility.

Judges 10:15

And the sons of Israel said to LORD, We have sinned. Do thou to us whatever seems good to thee, only deliver us, we pray thee, this day.

2 Kings 20:15

And he said, What have they seen in thy house? And Hezekiah answered, They have seen all that is in my house. There is nothing among my treasures that I have not shown them.

2 Chronicles 6:26

When the heavens are 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 do afflict them,

Ezra 10:2

And Shecaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered and said to Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have married foreign women of the peoples of the land. Yet now there is hope for Israel concerning this th

Job 34:31

For has any said to God, I have borne [chastisement], I will not offend [any more].

Isaiah 55:7

Let the wicked man forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts. And let him return to 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 relented of the evil which he said he would do to them, and he did not do it.