Proverbs 28:13

He that covereth his transgressions shall not prosper; But whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall obtain mercy.
American Standard Version

Treated in 9 passages across the library.

  1. How to Bring Men to Christ · R. A. Torrey

    Dealing with Those Who Lack Assurance and with Backsliders cites Prov. xxviii. 13

    … questionable practice which they ought to confess and give up. John viii. 12; Is. lv. 7; Prov. xxviii. 13; Ps. xxxii. 1‒5, are useful passages in dealing with this class of men, for they show tha…

  2. How to Bring Men to Christ · R. A. Torrey

    Dealing with the Willful and the Deluded cites Prov. xxviii. 13

    …thing from them. There are those who say “I cannot acknowledge a wrong that I have done.” Prov. xxviii. 13, will show the wretchedness and woe that is sure to follow unless the wrong is acknowledg…

  3. George Müller of Bristol · Arthur T. Pierson

    The Word of God and Prayer cites Proverbs xxviii. 13

    …pledge, and fulfil the lawful expectation which His own gracious assurance has created. * Proverbs xxviii. 13. Thus we have not only examples of argument in prayer, but concessions of the living God …

  4. The Cheque Book of the Bank of Faith · Charles H. Spurgeon

    The Month of August cites Prov. 28:13

    …eth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy" Prov. 28:13 Here is the way of mercy for a guilty and repenting sinner. He must cease from the habit …

  5. A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections · Jonathan Edwards

    XII. Gracious and holy affections have their exercise and fruit in Christian practice cites Prov. 28:13

    … time promised to him who has this evidence of true repentance, that he forsakes his sin, Prov. 28:13, and Isa. 55:7, and many other places. Holy practice is the proper evidence of a saving f…

  6. The Key Teachings of Catherine Booth · Ochorus Originals

    Repentance cites PROVERBS 28:13

    …eth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy. PROVERBS 28:13 Why she would not say only believe This conviction shaped her whole method with enquirers…

  7. The Key Teachings of Dietrich Bonhoeffer · Ochorus Originals

    Confession to One Another cites PROVERBS 28:13

    …eth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy. PROVERBS 28:13 And it is a breakthrough to certainty. This is perhaps the most practical point of all. W…

  8. The Key Teachings of Charles G. Finney · Ochorus Originals

    Confess and Forsake cites PROVERBS 28:13

    …eth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy. PROVERBS 28:13 When Finney first sat under George Gale’s preaching at Adams, one of the questions that t…

  9. The Key Teachings of Corrie ten Boom · Ochorus Originals

    Rags in the Torch cites PROVERBS 28:13

    …eth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy. PROVERBS 28:13 She insisted that confession must be honest. We must not excuse our sins, she said, becau…

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