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He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whosol confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.

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Psa. 32:3,5• ³When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day.
⁵I make known my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not covered;{HR}I said I will confess concerning my transgressions unto Jehovah,{HR}And thou hast taken away the iniquity of my sin. Selah. (Psa. 32:3,5)

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1 John 1:8‑10• ⁸If we say that we have no sin, we mislead ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
⁹If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
¹⁰If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us. (1 John 1:8‑10)

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Prov. 10:12• ¹²Hatred stirreth up strifes;{HR}But love covereth all transgressions. (Prov. 10:12)

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Prov. 17:9• ⁹He that covereth a transgression seeketh love;{HR}But he that bringeth a matter up again separateth chief friends. (Prov. 17:9)

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Gen. 3:12‑13• ¹²And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I ate.
¹³And Jehovah Elohim said to the woman, What [is] this thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent deceived me, and I ate. (Gen. 3:12‑13)

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Gen. 4:9• ⁹And Jehovah said unto Cain, Where [is] Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: [am] I the keeper of my brother? (Gen. 4:9)

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1 Sam. 15:13,24• ¹³And Samuel came to Saul: and Saul said unto him, Blessed be thou of Jehovah: I have performed the commandment of Jehovah.
²⁴And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned; for I have transgressed the commandment of Jehovah, and thy words: because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice. (1 Sam. 15:13,24)

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Job 31:33• ³³If I, like Adam, covered my transgressions,{HR}Hiding in my bosom mine iniquity, (Job 31:33)

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Psa. 32:3‑5• ³When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day.
⁴For by day and by night thy hand is heavy upon me;{HR}My moisture hath been changed into the droughts of summer. Selah.
⁵I make known my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not covered;{HR}I said I will confess concerning my transgressions unto Jehovah,{HR}And thou hast taken away the iniquity of my sin. Selah. (Psa. 32:3‑5)

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Jer. 2:22‑23• ²²{i}For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much potash, thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord Jehovah.{/i}
²³{i}How sayest thou, I am not defiled, I have not gone after the Baals? See thy way in the valley, acknowledge what thou hast done—a swift dromedary traversing her ways!{/i} (Jer. 2:22‑23)

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Matt. 23:25‑28• ²⁵{i}Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the dish, but within they are full of rapine and intemperance.{/i}
²⁶{i}Blind Pharisee, make clean first the inside of the cup and of the dish, that their outside also may become clean.{/i}
²⁷{i}Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye are like whited sepulchres, which appear beautiful outwardly, but within are full of dead men's bones and all uncleanness.{/i}
²⁸{i}Thus also ye, outwardly ye appear righteous to men, but within are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.{/i} (Matt. 23:25‑28)

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Lev. 26:40‑42• ⁴⁰And they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, through their unfaithfullness wherein they were unfaithful to me, and also that they have walked contrary to me,
⁴¹so [that] I also walked contrary to them, and brought them into the land of their enemies. If then their uncircumcised heart be humbled, and they then accept the punishment of their iniquity,
⁴²I will 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. (Lev. 26:40‑42)

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1 Kings 8:47‑49• ⁴⁷{i}and if they shall take it to heart in the land whither they were carried captive, and repent, and make supplication unto thee in the land of them that carried them captive, saying, We have sinned, and have done iniquity, we have dealt perversely;{/i}
⁴⁸{i}and if they return unto thee with all their heart and with all their soul, in the land of their enemies who led them away captive, and pray unto thee toward their land which thou gavest unto their fathers, the city that thou hast chosen, and the house that I have built unto thy name;{/i}
⁴⁹{i}then hear thou in the heavens, the settled place of thy dwelling, their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their right;{/i} (1 Kings 8:47‑49)

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Job 33:27• ²⁷He singeth before mortals, and saith,{HR}I sinned and perverted right, and it satisfied me not. (Job 33:27)

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Psa. 51:1‑5,10• ¹To the chief musician, a psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came unto him after he went unto Bathsheba.{HR}Be gracious unto me, O God, according to thy mercy:{HR}According to the multitude of thy compassions blot out my transgressions.
²Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity,{HR}And cleanse me from my sin.
³For I acknowledge my transgressions,{HR}And my sin is continually before me.
⁴Against thee, thee only, have I sinned,{HR}And have done the evil in thy sight (eyes);{HR}That thou mayest be justified when thou speakest,{HR}[And be] clear when thou judgest.
⁵Behold, in iniquity was I born,{HR}And in sin did my mother conceive me.
¹⁰Create for me a pure heart, O God,{HR}And a steadfast spirit renew within me. (Psa. 51:1‑5,10)

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Jer. 3:12‑13• ¹²{i}Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say{/i}, Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith Jehovah; and I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you: for I am merciful, saith Jehovah, and I will not keep anger forever.
¹³Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against Jehovah thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to the strangers under every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice, saith Jehovah. (Jer. 3:12‑13)

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Dan. 9:20‑23• ²⁰Whiles I was speaking, and praying, and confessing my sin, and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before {i}Jehovah{/i} my God for the holy mountain of my God;
²¹yea, whiles I was speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening oblation.
²²{i}And he informed me, and talked with me, and said, Daniel, I am now come forth to make thee skilful of understanding.{/i}
²³{i}At the beginning of thy supplications the word went forth, and I am come to declare it; for thou art one greatly beloved. Therefore consider the word, and have understanding in the vision{/i}: (Dan. 9:20‑23)

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Luke 15:18‑24• ¹⁸I will rise up and go to my father, and I will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven and before thee;
¹⁹I am no longer worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants.
²⁰And he arose and came unto his father. But while he was yet a long way off, his father saw him, and was moved with compassion, and ran, and fell upon his neck and covered him with kisses.
²¹And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven and before thee: I am no more worthy to be called thy son.
²²But the father said to his bondmen, Bring out the best robe, and clothe him in [it], and put a ring on his hand, and sandals on his feet,
²³and bring the fatted calf and kill it, and let us eat and make merry:
²⁴for this my son was dead, and has come to life,—was lost, and has been found. And they began to be merry. (Luke 15:18‑24)

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1 John 1:8‑10• ⁸If we say that we have no sin, we mislead ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
⁹If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
¹⁰If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us. (1 John 1:8‑10)

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Ex. 10:16‑17• ¹⁶{i}And Pharaoh called Moses and Aaron in haste; and he said, I have sinned against Jehovah your God, and against you.{/i}
¹⁷{i}And now, forgive, I pray you, my sin only this time, and intreat Jehovah your God that he may take away from me this death only!{/i} (Ex. 10:16‑17)

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1 Sam. 15:30• ³⁰Then 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 Jehovah thy God. (1 Sam. 15:30)

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Matt. 3:6‑10• ⁶{i}and were baptized by him in the Jordan, confessing their sins.{/i}
⁷{i}But seeing many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, Offspring of vipers, who has forewarned you to flee from the coming wrath?{/i}
⁸{i}Produce therefore fruit worthy of repentance.{/i}
⁹{i}And do not think to say within yourselves, We have Abraham for [our] father; for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children to Abraham.{/i}
¹⁰{i}And already the axe is applied to the root of the trees; every tree therefore not producing good fruit is cut down and cast into the fire.{/i} (Matt. 3:6‑10)

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Matt. 27:4‑5• ⁴{i}saying, I have sinned [in] having delivered up guiltless blood. But they said, What is that to us? see thou [to that].{/i}
⁵{i}And having cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, he left the place, and went away and hanged himself.{/i} (Matt. 27:4‑5)

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Acts 26:20• ²⁰but reported both to those in Damascus first, and in Jerusalem, and through all the country of Judea and to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, doing works worthy of repentance. (Acts 26:20)

• It is the greatest mistake a soul can be guilty of, to attempt to cover sin and transgression. Yet men invariably shrink from coming out frankly with a confession of their true state and actions. It seems to be natural to fallen man (ever since the day that our first parents, by fig-leaf aprons, sought to hide their nakedness,) to endeavor to cover his shame, hoping thereby to avoid the just consequences of his sin. But God’s word clearly makes known the fact that he who justifies himself can only be condemned at last. It is the one who sides with God, and condemns himself, who is justified from all things. (“Proverbs Twenty-Eight” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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He that covereth his transgressions shall not prosper; but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall obtain mercy.

W. Kelly Translation

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He that covereth his transgressions shall not prosper;{HR}But whoso confesseth and forsaketh [them] shall obtain mercy.

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)