Proverbs 28:13

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Proverbs 28:13

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

That

Whoso

And forsaketh

Acts 26:20

General references

Bible References

That

Evil will stirreth up strife; but love covereth the multitude of sins.

Whoso covereth another man's offense, seeketh love; but he that discloseth the fault, setteth friends at variance.

And Adam answered, "The woman which thou gavest to bear me company, she took me of the tree, and I ate."

And the LORD said unto Cain, "Where is Abel thy brother?" And he said, "I can not tell, am I my brother's keeper?"

And when Samuel was come to Saul, Saul said unto him, "Blessed be thou in the LORD. I have done the commandment of the LORD."

"Have I kept secret my sin, and hid mine iniquity as Adam did?

For while I held my tongue, my bones consumed away through my daily complaining.

Yea, and that so sore, that though thou washest thee with Nitre and makest thyself to savour with that sweet smelling herb of Borith: yet in my sight thou art stained with thy wickedness, sayeth the LORD thy God.

Woe be to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye which make clean the outer side of the cup, and of the platter: but within they are full of bribery and excess.

Whoso

And they shall confess their misdeeds and the misdeeds of their fathers; in their trespasses which they have trespassed against me, and for that also that they have walked contrary unto me.

yet if they turn again unto their hearts in the land where they be in captivity, and return and pray unto thee in the land of them that hold them captive, saying, 'We have sinned and have done wickedly and have trespassed,'

Such a respect hath he unto men. Therefore let a man confess, and say, 'I offended, but he hath chastened and reformed me: I did unrighteously nevertheless he hath not recompensed me thereafter.

{To the chanter, a Psalm of David, when the Prophet Nathan came unto him, after he was gone in to Bathsheba} Have mercy upon me, O God, after thy great goodness; according to the multitude of thy mercies do away mine offences.

and therefore go preach these words toward the north, and say, 'Thou shrinking Israel, turn again, sayeth the LORD; and I will not turn my face from you, for I am merciful, sayeth the LORD. And I will not always bear displeasure against thee:

As I was yet speaking at my prayers, knowledging mine own sins, and the sins of my people, making so mine intercession before the LORD my God, for the holy hill's sake of my God:

I will arise, and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven and before thee,

If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and truth is not in us.

And forsaketh

Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron in haste, and said, "I have sinned against the LORD your God and against you.

Then he said, "I have sinned. But yet honour me before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and turn again with me, that I may pray unto the LORD thy God."

and were baptised of him in Jordan, confessing their sins.

saying, "I have sinned, betraying the innocent blood." And they said, "What is that to us? see thou to that."

but showed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Jewry, and to the gentiles, that they should repent, and turn to God, and do the right works of repentance.

General references

And Adam answered, "The woman which thou gavest to bear me company, she took me of the tree, and I ate."

And they took Joseph's coat and killed a goat, and dipped the coat in the blood.

But and if the glistering white abide still in one place and go no further, then it is but the print of the boil, and the priest shall judge him clean.

Though I washed my self with snowy water, and made mine hands never so clean,