Proverbs 28:13

In 11 translations

BSB

He who conceals his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy.

KJV

He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.

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.

LSV

Whoever is covering his transgressions does not prosper, || And he who is confessing and forsaking has mercy.

YLT

Whoso is covering his transgressions prospereth not, And he who is confessing and forsaking hath mercy.

DBY

He that covereth his transgressions shall not prosper; but whoso confesseth and forsaketh [them] shall obtain mercy.

DRC

He that hideth his sins, shall not prosper: but he that shall confess, and forsake them, shall obtain mercy.

GNV

He that hideth his sinnes, shall not prosper: but he that confesseth, and forsaketh them, shall haue mercy.

JPS

He that covereth his transgressions shall not prosper; but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall obtain mercy.

LXXE

He that covers his own ungodliness shall not prosper: but he that blames himself shall be loved.

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Original-language editions

WLC

מְכַסֶּ֣ה פְ֭שָׁעָיו לֹ֣א יַצְלִ֑יחַ וּמוֹדֶ֖ה וְעֹזֵ֣ב יְרֻחָֽם׃

LXX-Br

Ὁ ἐπικαλύπτων ἀσέβειαν ἑαυτοῦ οὐκ εὐοδωθήσεται, ὁ δὲ ἐξηγούμενος ἐλέγχους ἀγαπηθήσεται.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• 1 John 1:8–10If we say 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 we have not…
• Psalms 32:3–5When I kept silent, my bones became brittle from my groaning all day long. For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was drained as in the summer heat. Selah Then I acknowledged my sin to You and did…
• Job 31:33if I have covered my transgressions like Adam by hiding my guilt in my heart,
• Luke 15:18–24I will get up and go back to my father and say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son. Make me like one of your hired servants.”’ So he got up and…
• Jeremiah 3:12–13Go, proclaim this message toward the north: ‘Return, O faithless Israel,’ declares the LORD. ‘I will no longer look on you with anger, for I am merciful,’ declares the LORD. ‘I will not be angry forever. Only…
• Psalms 51:1–5Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your loving devotion; according to Your great compassion, blot out my transgressions. Wash me clean of my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin. For I know my transgressions, and my…
• Psalms 51:10Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.
• Daniel 9:20–23While I was speaking, praying, confessing my sin and that of my people Israel, and presenting my petition before the LORD my God concerning His holy mountain— while I was still praying, Gabriel, the man I had seen in…
• Exodus 10:16–17Pharaoh quickly summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “I have sinned against the LORD your God and against you. Now please forgive my sin once more and appeal to the LORD your God, that He may remove this death from me.”
• Job 33:27Then he sings before men with these words: ‘I have sinned and perverted what was right; yet I did not get what I deserved.
• Matthew 23:25–28Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence. Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and dish, so that…
• Acts 26:20First to those in Damascus and Jerusalem, then to everyone in the region of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, I declared that they should repent and turn to God, performing deeds worthy of their repentance.
• Genesis 3:12–13And the man answered, “The woman whom You gave me, she gave me fruit from the tree, and I ate it.” Then the LORD God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” “The serpent deceived me,” she replied, “and I ate.”
• 1 Kings 8:47–49and when they come to their senses in the land to which they were taken, and they repent and plead with You in the land of their captors, saying, ‘We have sinned and done wrong; we have acted wickedly,’ and when they…
• Leviticus 26:40–42But if they will confess their iniquity and that of their fathers in the unfaithfulness that they practiced against Me, by which they have also walked in hostility toward Me— and I acted with hostility toward them and…
• Matthew 3:6–10Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan River. But when John saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his place of baptism, he said to them, “You brood of vipers, who warned you to flee…

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