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Proverbs 28:13

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— He who conceals his transgressions will not prosper, But he who confesses and forsakes [them] will find compassion.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh [them] shall have mercy.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— He that covereth his transgressions shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall obtain mercy.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— He that covereth his transgressions shall not prosper: But whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall obtain mercy.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but he who confesseth and forsaketh [them] shall have mercy.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— He that covereth his transgressions shall not prosper; but whoso confesseth and forsaketh [them] shall obtain mercy.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— He that covereth his transgressions, shall not prosper, but, he that confesseth and forsaketh, shall find compassion.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— Whoso is covering his transgressions prospereth not, And he who is confessing and forsaking hath mercy.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— He that hideth his sins, shall not prosper: but he that shall confess, and forsake them, shall obtain mercy.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— He that hideth his sinnes, shall not prosper: but he that confesseth, and forsaketh them, shall haue mercy.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— He that couereth his sinnes, shall not prosper: but who so confesseth and forsaketh [them], shall haue mercie.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— He who hides his transgression shall not prosper; but he who confesses his sins and forsakes them, God will have mercy upon him.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— He that covers his own ungodliness shall not prosper: but he that blames [himself] shall be loved.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh [them] shall have mercy.

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
He that covereth 3680
{3680} Prime
כָּסָה
kacah
{kaw-saw'}
A primitive root; properly to plump, that is, fill up hollows; by implication to cover (for clothing or secrecy).
z8764
<8764> Grammar
Stem - Piel (See H8840)
Mood - Participle (See H8813)
Count - 685
his sins 6588
{6588} Prime
פֶּשַׁע
pesha`
{peh'-shah}
From H6586; a revolt (national, moral or religious).
shall not x3808
(3808) Complement
לֹא
lo'
{lo}
lo; a primitive particle; not (the simple or abstract negation); by implication no; often used with other particles.
prosper: 6743
{6743} Prime
צָלַח
tsalach
{tsaw-lakh'}
A primitive root; to push forward, in various senses (literally or figuratively, transitively or intransitively).
z8686
<8686> Grammar
Stem - Hiphil (See H8818)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 4046
but whoso confesseth 3034
{3034} Prime
יָדָה
yadah
{yaw-daw'}
A primitive root; used only as denominative from H3027; literally to use (that is, hold out) the hand; physically to throw (a stone, an arrow) at or away; especially to revere or worship (with extended hands); intensively to bemoan (by wringing the hands).
z8688
<8688> Grammar
Stem - Hiphil (See H8818)
Mood - Participle (See H8813)
Count - 857
and forsaketh 5800
{5800} Prime
עָזַב
`azab
{aw-zab'}
A primitive root; to loosen, that is, relinquish, permit, etc.
z8802
<8802> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Participle Active (See H8814)
Count - 5386
[them] shall have mercy. 7355
{7355} Prime
רָחַם
racham
{raw-kham'}
A primitive root; to fondle; by implication to love, especially to compassionate.
z8792
<8792> Grammar
Stem - Pual (See H8849)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 93
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

Proverbs 28:13

_ _ (Compare Psalms 32:3-5). Concealment of sin delivers none from God’s wrath, but He shows mercy to the humble penitent (Psalms 51:4).

Matthew Henry's Commentary

Proverbs 28:13

_ _ Here is, 1. The folly of indulging sin, of palliating and excusing it, denying or extenuating it, diminishing it, dissembling it, or throwing the blame of it upon others: He that thus covers his sins shall not prosper, let him never expect it. He shall not succeed in his endeavour to cover his sin, for it will be discovered, sooner or later. There is nothing hid which shall not be revealed. A bird of the air shall carry the voice. Murder will out, and so will other sins. He shall not prosper, that is, he shall not obtain the pardon of his sin, nor can he have any true peace of conscience. David owns himself to have been in a constant agitation while he covered his sins, Psalms 32:3, Psalms 32:4. While the patient conceals his distemper he cannot expect a cure. 2. The benefit of parting with it, both by a penitent confession and a universal reformation: He that confesses his guilt to God, and is careful not to return to sin again, shall find mercy with God, and shall have the comfort of it in his own bosom. His conscience shall be eased and his ruin prevented. See 1 John 1:9; Jeremiah 3:12, Jeremiah 3:13. When we set sin before our face (as David, My sin is ever before me) God casts it behind his back.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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Geneva Bible Translation Notes

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that:

Proverbs 10:12 Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.
Proverbs 17:9 He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth [very] friends.
Genesis 3:12-13 And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest [to be] with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat. ... And the LORD God said unto the woman, What [is] this [that] thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.
Genesis 4:9 And the LORD said unto Cain, Where [is] Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: [Am] I my brother's keeper?
1 Samuel 15:13 And Samuel came to Saul: and Saul said unto him, Blessed [be] thou of the LORD: I have performed the commandment of the LORD.
1 Samuel 15:24 And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned: for I have transgressed the commandment of the LORD, and thy words: because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice.
Job 31:33 If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom:
Psalms 32:3-5 When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long. ... I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the LORD; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.
Jeremiah 2:22-23 For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much soap, [yet] thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord GOD. ... How canst thou say, I am not polluted, I have not gone after Baalim? see thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: [thou art] a swift dromedary traversing her ways;
Matthew 23:25-28 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess. ... Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.

whoso:

Leviticus 26:40-42 If they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, with their trespass which they trespassed against me, and that also they have walked contrary unto me; ... Then will I remember my covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham will I remember; and I will remember the land.
1 Kings 8:47-49 [Yet] if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they were carried captives, and repent, and make supplication unto thee in the land of them that carried them captives, saying, We have sinned, and have done perversely, we have committed wickedness; ... Then hear thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven thy dwelling place, and maintain their cause,
Job 33:27 He looketh upon men, and [if any] say, I have sinned, and perverted [that which was] right, and it profited me not;
Psalms 51:1-5 [[To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.]] Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions. ... Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.
Psalms 51:10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
Jeremiah 3:12-13 Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the LORD; [and] I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you: for I [am] merciful, saith the LORD, [and] I will not keep [anger] for ever. ... Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against the LORD thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to the strangers under every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice, saith the LORD.
Daniel 9:20-23 And whiles I [was] speaking, and praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before the LORD my God for the holy mountain of my God; ... At the beginning of thy supplications the commandment came forth, and I am come to shew [thee]; for thou [art] greatly beloved: therefore understand the matter, and consider the vision.
Luke 15:18-24 I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, ... For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.
1 John 1:8-10 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. ... If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.

and forsaketh:

Exodus 10:16-17 Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron in haste; and he said, I have sinned against the LORD your God, and against you. ... Now therefore forgive, I pray thee, my sin only this once, and intreat the LORD your God, that he may take away from me this death only.
1 Samuel 15:30 Then he said, I have sinned: [yet] honour me now, I pray thee, before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD thy God.
Matthew 3:6-10 And were baptized of him in Jordan, confessing their sins. ... And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
Matthew 27:4-5 Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What [is that] to us? see thou [to that]. ... And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself.
Acts 26:20 But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judaea, and [then] to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance.
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Gn 3:12; 4:9. Ex 10:16. Lv 26:40. 1S 15:13, 24, 30. 1K 8:47. Jb 31:33; 33:27. Ps 32:3; 51:1, 10. Pv 10:12; 17:9. Jr 2:22; 3:12. Dn 9:20. Mt 3:6; 23:25; 27:4. Lk 15:18. Ac 26:20. 1Jn 1:8.

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