Cross references

Proverbs 28:13

He who conceals his sins will not prosper,

but whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy.

Proverbs 28:13 BSB

Proverbs 28:13 has 24 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 24 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to 1 John 1:8–10 (57 votes) and Psalm 32:3–5 (49 votes). 57 other verses point back to it. It links with 28 other books, from Genesis 3 to 1 John 1.

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Which verses does Proverbs 28:13 point to?

The 20 strongest of 24, ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. …

  2. When I kept silent, my bones became brittle from my groaning all day long. For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was drained as in the summer heat. Selah …

  3. Job 31:3330 votes

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

  4. I will get up and go back to my father and say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son. Make me like one of your hired servants.”’ …

  5. Go, proclaim this message toward the north: ‘Return, O faithless Israel,’ declares the LORD. ‘I will no longer look on you with anger, for I am merciful,’ declares the LORD. ‘I will not be angry forever. Only acknowledge your guilt, that you have rebelled against the LORD your God. You have scattered your favors to foreign gods under every green tree and have not obeyed My voice,’” declares the LORD.

  6. For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. When Nathan the prophet came to him after his adultery with Bathsheba. Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your loving devotion; according to Your great compassion, blot out my transgressions. Wash me clean of my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin. …

  7. Psalm 51:1015 votes

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

  8. While I was speaking, praying, confessing my sin and that of my people Israel, and presenting my petition before the LORD my God concerning His holy mountain— while I was still praying, Gabriel, the man I had seen in the earlier vision, came to me in swift flight about the time of the evening sacrifice. …

  9. Pharaoh quickly summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “I have sinned against the LORD your God and against you. Now please forgive my sin once more and appeal to the LORD your God, that He may remove this death from me.”

  10. Job 33:2712 votes

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

  11. Acts 26:209 votes

Which verses point to Proverbs 28:13?

The 10 strongest of 57.