Proverbs 28:13

American King James Version (1999)

He that covers his sins shall not prosper: but whoever confesses and forsakes them shall have mercy.

Cross References

Genesis 4:9

And the LORD said to Cain, Where is Abel your brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother's keeper?

2 Samuel 12:13

And David said to Nathan, I have sinned against the LORD. And Nathan said to David, The LORD also has put away your sin; you shall not die.

2 Samuel 14:32

And Absalom answered Joab, Behold, I sent to you, saying, Come here, that I may send you to the king, to say, Why am I come from Geshur? it had been good for me to have been there still: now therefore let me see the king's face; and if there be any iniquity in me, let him kill me.

2 Kings 20:15

And he said, What have they seen in your house? And Hezekiah answered, All the things that are in my house have they seen: there is nothing among my treasures that I have not showed them.

2 Chronicles 6:26

When the heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against you; yet if they pray toward this place, and confess your name, and turn from their sin, when you do afflict them;

Ezra 10:11

Now therefore make confession to the LORD God of your fathers, and do his pleasure: and separate yourselves from the people of the land, and from the strange wives.

Ezra 10:2

And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered and said to Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have taken strange wives of the people of the land: yet now there is hope in Israel concerning this thing.

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.

Job 31:33

If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding my iniquity in my bosom:

Job 33:27

He looks on men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not;

Job 34:31

Surely it is meet to be said to God, I have borne chastisement, I will not offend any more:

Psalm 51:10

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

Proverbs 10:12

Hatred stirs up strifes: but love covers all sins.

Proverbs 17:9

He that covers a transgression seeks love; but he that repeats a matter separates very friends.

Isaiah 55:7

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

Jeremiah 2:35

Yet you say, Because I am innocent, surely his anger shall turn from me. Behold, I will plead with you, because you say, I have not sinned.

Daniel 4:27

Why, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to you, and break off your sins by righteousness, and your iniquities by showing mercy to the poor; if it may be a lengthening of your tranquility.

Leviticus 5:5

And it shall be, when he shall be guilty in one of these things, that he shall confess that he has sinned in that thing:

Jonah 3:10

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

Acts 26:20

But showed first to them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judaea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance.

Judges 10:15

And the children of Israel said to the LORD, We have sinned: do you to us whatever seems good to you; deliver us only, we pray you, this day.

1 Samuel 15:13

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

1 Samuel 15:24

And 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.

1 Samuel 15:30

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