13 He who covereth his wickedness shall not prosper; but he who confesseth and forsaketh will be beloved.
Proverbs 28:13 Cross References - Thomson
Genesis 3:12-13
Genesis 4:9
9 And when the Lord God said to Cain, "Where is Abel thy brother?" he said I know not. Am I my brother's keeper?
Exodus 10:16-17
Leviticus 26:40-42
40 and confess their sins and the sins of their fathers, that they have transgressed, and neglected me, and that they have walked perversely before me,
41 and I have walked with them in vengeful ire. When I am destroying them in the land of their enemies, then will their uncircumcised heart be ashamed, and then will they bear their sins with humble submission;
42 whereupon I will call to remembrance the covenant with Jacob, and the covenant with Isaak, and I will call to remembrance the covenant with Abraham, and remember the land.
1 Samuel 15:13
13 And when Samuel came to Saul, Saul said to him, Blessed art thou of the Lord. I have performed all that the Lord hath spoken.
1 Samuel 15:24
24 Then Saul said to Samuel, I have sinned; for I have transgressed the word of the Lord, and thy orders, because I feared the people and hearkened to their voice.
1 Samuel 15:30
30 Then Saul said, I have sinned; but honour me, I beseech thee, in the presence of the elders of Israel, and before my people, and return up with me, that I may worship the Lord thy God.
1 Kings 8:47-49
47 and they bethink themselves in the land to which they have been carried captives, and in the land of their captivity repent and pray to thee, saying, We have sinned; we have transgressed; we have committed iniquity;
48 and turn to thee with their whole heart, and with their whole soul, in the land of their enemies, to which thou hast transported them; and direct their prayers to thee, toward this land which thou gavest to their fathers, and this city which thou hast chosen, and this house which I have built for thy name;
49 thou indeed wilt hearken from heaven, from thy settled habitation,
Job 31:33
33 If when I sinned inadvertently, I concealed my sin;
Job 33:27
27 Then will such a man blame himself, and say, What I have done! He hath not chastened me, as my sins deserve!
Psalms 32:3-5
3 Because I kept silence, my bones were consumed; by reason of my crying all the live long day.
4 Because day and night thy hand was heavy on me, I was reduced to misery by a piercing thorn.
5 I acknowledged my sin and did not conceal mine iniquity. I said, Against myself I will confess mine iniquity to the Lord, thereupon thou didst forgive the wickedness of my heart.
Psalms 51:1-5
1 For the conclusion. A Psalm by David, when Nathan the prophet came to him after he had gone to Bersabe. Have mercy upon me, God, according to thy great compassion: and according to the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out this my crime,
2 wash me thoroughly from this iniquity of mine; and purify me from this my sin.
3 For I acknowledge my transgression; and my sin is continually before me.
4 Against thee especially I have sinned; and in thy sight done this evil. So that thou must be justified in thine acts, and must overcome, when thou art judged.
5 For behold I was born in iniquity; in sins my mother conceived me:
Psalms 51:10
10 Create in me, God, a pure heart; and renew a right spirit within me.
Proverbs 10:12
12 Hatred stirreth up contention; but friendship covereth all them who are not contentious.
Proverbs 17:9
9 He who hideth transgressions seeketh friendship: but he who hateth to conceal, setteth friends and relations at varriance.
Jeremiah 2:22-23
22 Though thou wash thyself with nitre and use much soap: thou art stained by thine iniquities in my sight, saith the Lord.
23 How canst thou say, I am not polluted, nor have I gone after Baal? View thy ways in the grave yard, and recollect what thou hast done. In the evening her voice raised the mournful cry.
Jeremiah 3:12-13
12 go and proclaim these words to the north and thou shalt say, Return to me, house of Israel, saith the Lord, and I will not set my face against you. For I am merciful, saith the Lord and will not be angry with you forever.
13 Nevertheless acknowledge thine iniquity; that thou hast transgressed against the Lord thy God, and opened thy ways for strangers under every shady tree; and hast not hearkened to my voice, saith the Lord.
Daniel 9:20-23
20 Now whilst I was still speaking and praying and confessing mine own sins and the sins of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before the Lord my God for the mount of the sanctuary;
21 even whilst I was uttering this prayer, behold a man, Gabriel, whom I saw in the former vision, came flying and touched me about the hour of the evening sacrifice
22 and instructed me and conversed with me and said, Daniel, I am now come to teach thee knowledge.
23 At the beginning of thy supplication a word went forth, and I am come to tell thee; for thou art a man greatly beloved. Be instructed therefore by the decree, and understand by the vision.
Matthew 3:6-10
6 and by him they were baptized in the Jordan, confessing their sins.
7 And seeing many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them," Brood of vipers! who hath prompted you to flee from the impending wrath.
8 Produce therefore fruits worthy of this reformation,
9 and presume not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham for our father! For I say to you, God is able out of these stones to raise up children for Abraham.
10 Now the axe is at the root of the trees. Every tree therefore which doth not produce good fruit is to be cut down and cast into the fire.
Matthew 23:25-28
25 Alas for you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because you cleanse the outside of the cup and the plate; but on the inside they are full of rapine, and intemperance.
26 Blind Pharisee, cleanse first what is within the cup, and the plate; so the outside will be clean.
27 Alas for you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because you are like whitened sepulchres. These indeed appear beautiful on the outside; but within they are full of dead men's bones, and of all Corruption.
28 In like manner you also appear outwardly to men to be righteous; but you are inwardly full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
Matthew 27:4-5
Luke 15:18-24
18 I will rise and go to my father, and say to him, Father, I have sinned against heaven and in thy sight,
19 and am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants.
20 Accordingly he arose and went to his father. But he keeping yet at a distance, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.
21 Whereupon the son said to him, Father, I have sinned against heaven and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son.
22 But the father said to his servants, Bring out the best robe and put it on him; and put a ring on his finger and shoes on his feet.
23 And bring out the fatted calf and kill it. And let us eat and be joyful;
24 because this my son was dead and is come to life. He was indeed lost and is now found. So they began to be merry.
Acts 26:20
20 but made proclamation first to them at Damascus, then at Jerusalem and throughout all the country of Judea, and to the nations, to reform and turn to God, performing works worthy of the change of mind.