Proverbs 28:13

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

Cross References (24)

  • 1 John 1:8–10 (53)

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

  • Psalms 32:3–5 (47)

    When I kept silent, my bones became brittle from my groaning all day long.

  • Job 31:33 (29)

    if I have covered my transgressions like Adam by hiding my guilt in my heart,

  • Luke 15:18–24 (26)

    I will get up and go back to my father and say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.

  • Jeremiah 3:12–13 (16)

    Go, proclaim this message toward the north: ‘Return, O faithless Israel,’ declares the LORD. ‘I will no longer look on y

  • Daniel 9:20–23 (15)

    While I was speaking, praying, confessing my sin and that of my people Israel, and presenting my petition before the LOR

  • Psalms 51:1–5 (15)

    For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. When Nathan the prophet came to him after his adultery with Bathsheba. Have mercy

  • Job 33:27 (12)

    Then he sings before men with these words: ‘I have sinned and perverted what was right; yet I did not get what I deserve

  • Psalms 51:10 (12)

    Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.

  • Exodus 10:16–17 (12)

    Pharaoh quickly summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “I have sinned against the LORD your God and against you.

  • Matthew 23:25–28 (10)

    Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full o

  • Acts 26:20 (9)

    First to those in Damascus and Jerusalem, then to everyone in the region of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, I declared

  • Genesis 3:12–13 (8)

    And the man answered, “The woman whom You gave me, she gave me fruit from the tree, and I ate it.”

  • Matthew 3:6–10 (7)

    Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan River.

  • 1 Kings 8:47–49 (7)

    and when they come to their senses in the land to which they were taken, and they repent and plead with You in the land

  • Jeremiah 2:22–23 (7)

    Although you wash with lye and use an abundance of soap, the stain of your guilt is still before Me,” declares the Lord

  • Genesis 4:9 (7)

    And the LORD said to Cain, “Where is your brother Abel?” “I do not know!” he answered. “Am I my brother’s keeper?”

  • 1 Samuel 15:24 (6)

    Then Saul said to Samuel, “I have sinned; I have transgressed the LORD’s commandment and your instructions, because I fe

  • Leviticus 26:40–42 (6)

    But if they will confess their iniquity and that of their fathers in the unfaithfulness that they practiced against Me,

  • 1 Samuel 15:30 (6)

    “I have sinned,” Saul replied. “Please honor me now before the elders of my people and before Israel. Come back with me,

  • Matthew 27:4–5 (6)

    “I have sinned by betraying innocent blood,” he said. “What is that to us?” they replied. “You bear the responsibility.”

  • Proverbs 17:9 (6)

    Whoever conceals an offense promotes love, but he who brings it up separates friends.

  • 1 Samuel 15:13 (5)

    When Samuel reached him, Saul said to him, “May the LORD bless you. I have carried out the LORD’s instructions.”

  • Proverbs 10:12 (5)

    Hatred stirs up dissension, but love covers all transgressions.