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, you hypocritical scribes and Pharisees, for you clean the outside of the cup and the dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.

Whoso

Luke 15:18
I will get up, and go to my father, and say to him, "Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your eyes;
1 John 1:8
If we say, "We are without any sin," we are deceiving ourselves, and there is no truth in our hearts.

And forsaketh

Matthew 3:6
and they were baptized by him in the Jordan River, in acknowledgment of their sins.
Matthew 27:4
and said, "I did wrong when I handed an innocent man over to death!" They said, "What is that to us? You see to it yourself."
Acts 26:20
but first to the people of Damascus and Jerusalem and then all over Judea, and even to the heathen I preached that they must repent and turn to God and live as men who have repented should.