Proverbs 28:13

New Century Version

If you hide your sins, you will not succeed. If you confess and reject them, you will receive mercy.

Cross References

Genesis 4:9

Later, the Lord said to Cain, “Where is your brother Abel?” Cain answered, “I don’t know. Is it my job to take care of my brother?”

2 Samuel 12:13

Then David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.” Nathan answered, “The Lord has taken away your sin. You will not die.

2 Samuel 14:32

Absalom said to Joab, “I sent a message to you, asking you to come here. I wanted to send you to the king to ask him why he brought me home from Geshur. It would have been better for me to stay there! Now let me see the king. If I have sinned, he can put me to death!”

2 Kings 20:15

So Isaiah asked him, “What did they see in your palace?” Hezekiah said, “They saw everything in my palace. I showed them all my wealth.”

2 Chronicles 6:26

“When they sin against you, you will stop the rain from falling on their land. Then they will pray, facing this place and praising you; they will stop sinning when you make them suffer.

Ezra 10:11

Now, confess it to the Lord, the God of your ancestors. Do his will and separate yourselves from the people living around you and from your non-Jewish wives.”

Ezra 10:2

Then Shecaniah son of Jehiel the Elamite said to Ezra, “We have been unfaithful to our God by marrying women from the peoples around us. But even so, there is still hope for Israel.

Nehemiah 9:2

Those people whose ancestors were from Israel had separated themselves from all foreigners. They stood and confessed their sins and their ancestors’ sins.

Job 31:33

I have not hidden my sin as others do, secretly keeping my guilt to myself.

Job 33:27

Then he will say to others, ‘I sinned and twisted what was right, but I did not receive the punishment I should have received.

Job 34:31

“But suppose someone says to God, ‘I am guilty, but I will not sin anymore.

Psalm 51:10

Create in me a pure heart, God, and make my spirit right again.

Proverbs 10:12

Hatred stirs up trouble, but love forgives all wrongs.

Proverbs 17:9

Whoever forgives someone’s sin makes a friend, but gossiping about the sin breaks up friendships.

Isaiah 55:7

The wicked should stop doing wrong, and they should stop their evil thoughts. They should return to the Lord so he may have mercy on them. They should come to our God, because he will freely forgive them.

Jeremiah 2:35

but you say, ‘I am innocent. God is not angry with me.’ But I will judge you guilty of lying, because you say, ‘I have not sinned.’

Daniel 4:27

So, O king, please accept my advice. Stop sinning and do what is right. Stop doing wicked things and be kind to the poor. Then you might continue to be successful.”

Leviticus 5:5

“ ‘When anyone is guilty of any of these things, he must tell how he sinned.

Jonah 3:10

When God saw what the people did, that they stopped doing evil, he changed his mind and did not do what he had warned. He did not punish them.

Acts 26:20

I began telling people that they should change their hearts and lives and turn to God and do things to show they really had changed. I told this first to those in Damascus, then in Jerusalem, and in every part of Judea, and also to the other people.

Judges 10:15

But the people of Israel said to the Lord, “We have sinned. Do to us whatever you want, but please save us today!”

1 Samuel 15:13

When Samuel came to Saul, Saul said, “May the Lord bless you! I have obeyed the Lord’s commands.”

1 Samuel 15:24

Then Saul said to Samuel, “I have sinned. I didn’t obey the Lord’s commands and your words. I was afraid of the people, and I did what they said.

1 Samuel 15:30

Saul answered, “I have sinned. But please honor me in front of the elders of my people and in front of the Israelites. Come back with me so that I can worship the Lord your God.”