Proverbs 28:13

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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

Hatred stirs up strife. Love covers all sins.

He who covers a transgression seeks love but he who gossips breaks up friendships.

Adam said: The woman you put here with me gave me some fruit from the tree, and I ate it.

Jehovah asked Cain: Where is your brother Abel? I do not know, he replied. Am I my brother's keeper?

Samuel went up to Saul. Saul said: Jehovah bless you, Samuel! I have obeyed Jehovah's command.

If I have concealed my transgressions as others do (like Adam), by hiding my iniquity in my bosom,

When I kept silent about my sins, my body wasted away and I groaned all day long.

If you wash with detergent and use a lot of soap, I would still see the stains from your wickedness, says the Lord Jehovah.

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter, yet the inside is full of extortion and excess.

Whoso

However if they confess their sins and the sins of their ancestors and the treacherous things they did to oppose me,

If they come to their senses and are sorry for what they have done, and plead with you in the land where they are captives, saying: We have sinned. We have done wrong. We have been wicked.

He comes to men and says: 'I sinned, and perverted what was right, but I did not get what I deserved.'

([[Psalm of David] when the prophet Nathan came to him after David's adultery with Bathsheba:]) Have mercy on me, O God, in keeping with your loving-kindness. According to your unlimited compassion, wipe out my transgressions.

Go and proclaim this message to the north: 'Come back, unfaithful Israel. It is Jehovah speaking. I will no longer frown on you because I am merciful,' declares Jehovah. 'I will no longer be angry with you.

While I was speaking, in prayer, and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before Jehovah my God for the holy mountain of my God;

I will go to my father and say: 'Father I have sinned against God and against you.

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

And forsaketh

Pharaoh quickly called for Moses and Aaron and said: I have sinned against Jehovah your God and against you.

Saul replied: I have sinned! Now please honor me in front of the elders of my people and in front of Israel. Come back with me. Let me worship Jehovah your God!

They confessed their sins and were baptized by John in the Jordan River.

He said: I have done wrong in giving a righteous man to you.

I preached first to Damascus, and to Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judea, and then to the people of the nations, that they should repent and turn to God, and prove their repentance by deeds.

General references

Adam said: The woman you put here with me gave me some fruit from the tree, and I ate it.

Then they killed a goat and dipped Joseph's robe in its blood.

If it remains unchanged and does not spread, it is only the scar left from the boil. The priest will pronounce you ritually clean.

If I wash myself with snow water, and cleanse my hands with soap,