Proverbs 28:13
He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.
Proverbs 28:13 in other translations
| BSB | He who conceals his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy. |
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| WEB | He who conceals his sins doesn’t prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them finds mercy. |
| ASV | He that covereth his transgressions shall not prosper; But whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall obtain mercy. |
| YLT | Whoso is covering his transgressions prospereth not, And he who is confessing and forsaking hath mercy. |
| DARBY | He that covereth his transgressions shall not prosper; but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall obtain mercy. |
| BBE | He who keeps his sins secret will not do well; but one who is open about them, and gives them up, will get mercy. |
| Webster | He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but he who confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy. |
What does Proverbs 28:13 mean?
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Proverbs 28:13 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Proverbs 28:13
- 1 John 1:8-10
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
- Psalms 32:3-5
When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long. For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah. I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the Lord; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.
- Job 31:33
If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom:
- Luke 15:18-24
I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants. And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him. And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son. …
- Jeremiah 3:12-13
Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the Lord; and I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you: for I am merciful, saith the Lord, and I will not keep anger for ever. Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against the Lord thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to the strangers under every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice, saith the Lord.
- Psalms 51:1-5
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to Bath–sheba. Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions. Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me. Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest. …
- Psalms 51:10
Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
- Daniel 9:20-23
And whiles I was speaking, and praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before the Lord my God for the holy mountain of my God; Yea, whiles I was speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening oblation. And he informed me, and talked with me, and said, O Daniel, I am now come forth to give thee skill and understanding. At the beginning of thy supplications the commandment came forth, and I am come to shew thee; for thou art greatly beloved: therefore understand the matter, and consider the vision.
- Exodus 10:16-17
Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron in haste; and he said, I have sinned against the Lord your God, and against you. Now therefore forgive, I pray thee, my sin only this once, and intreat the Lord your God, that he may take away from me this death only.
- Job 33:27
He looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not;
- Matthew 23:25-28
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess. Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also. Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men’s bones, and of all uncleanness. Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
- Acts 26:20
But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
10:12; 17:9; Ge 3:12,13; 4:9; 1Sa 15:13,24; Job 31:33; Ps 32:3-5
Jer 2:22,23; Mt 23:25-28
whoso.
Le 26:40-42; 1Ki 8:47-49; Job 33:27; Ps 51:1-5,10; Jer 3:12,13
Da 9:20-23; Lu 15:18-24; 1Jo 1:8-10
and forsaketh.
Ex 10:16,17; 1Sa 15:30; Mt 3:6-10; 27:4,5; Ac 26:20
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Context
- Proverbs 28:12
When righteous men do rejoice, there is great glory: but when the wicked rise, a man is hidden.
- Proverbs 28:13
He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.
- Proverbs 28:14
Happy is the man that feareth alway: but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief.
Proverbs 28:13 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | El que encubre sus pecados, no prosperará: mas el que los confiesa y se aparta, alcanzará misericordia. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Celui qui cache ses transgressions ne prospérera point, mais celui qui les confesse et les abandonne obtiendra miséricorde. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Wer seine Übertretungen verbirgt, wird kein Gelingen haben; wer sie aber bekennt und läßt, wird Barmherzigkeit erlangen. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Qui abscondit scelera sua non dirigetur; qui autem confessus fuerit et reliquerit ea, misericordiam consequetur. |