Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

Bible References

That

Matthew 23:25
Alas for you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you make clean the outside of the cup and the plate; but within they are full of rapine and excess.

Whoso

Luke 15:18
I will arise and go to my father, and I will say to him, Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight,
1 John 1:8
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

And forsaketh

Matthew 3:6
and were immersed by him in the Jordan, confessing their sins.
Matthew 27:4
saying: I have sinned in having delivered up innocent blood. They replied: What is that to us? You will see to that.
Acts 26:20
but announced first to those in Damascus and Jerusalem, and throughout all the region of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works worthy of repentance.