Proverbs 28:13 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

Proverbs 28:13 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The conditions of freedom are confession and amendment, confession to God of sins against Him, to men of sins against them. The teaching of ethical wisdom on this point is identical with that of ps...
Proverbs 28:13 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Second Division, Proverbs 28 f. In general character this division resembles Section II., consisting chiefly of antithetic couplets. Proverbs 28:2 b. The text is uncertain, and various render...
Proverbs 28:13 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

He that covereth, &c. Illustrations: Adam ( Genesis 3:12 . See Job 31:33 ); Cain ( Genesis 4:9 ); Saul ( 1 Samuel 15:19-21 ). sins . transgressions. Hebrew. pasha'. App-44. confesseth, &...
Proverbs 28:13 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 817 TRUE REPENTANCE RECOMMENDED Proverbs 28:13 . He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy . THE subject of repentance off...
Proverbs 28:13 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy. He that covereth his sins - Here is a general direction relative to conversion. 1. If the sin...
Proverbs 28:13 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy. He that covereth his sins (by denying or extenuating them, 1 Samuel 15:20-21 ) shall n...
Proverbs 28:13 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Observations relating chiefly to Social Life 2. Cp. the many changes of rulers during the unsatisfactory period described in 2K15.
Proverbs 28:13 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

He that covereth his sins. — As Adam and Eve did, when they had transgressed ( Genesis 3:8 ), as David did to his own loss ( Psalms 32:3 .) Whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy,...
Proverbs 28:13 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 29 AN ASPECT OF ATONEMENT "He that hideth his transgressions shall not prosper; but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall obtain mercy."- Proverbs 28:13 "Happy is the man that fear...
Proverbs 28:13 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Verse Proverbs 28:2 . "The transgression of a land" must be understood as the opposite of the "state shall be prolonged." Then the proverb means that a multiplicity of princes is an evil, but men of...
Proverbs 28:13 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich. Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous men shameth his...
Proverbs 28:13 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

He that covereth his sins shall not prosper ,.... God may cover a man's sins, and it is an instance of his grace, and it is the glory of it to do it, but a man may not cover his own: it is right in...
Proverbs 28:13 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh [them] shall have mercy. Ver. 13. He that covereth his sins shall not prosper. ] Sin is a traitor and must not be hi...
Proverbs 28:13 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

He that covereth his sins That does not confess them (as appears by the opposite clause) to God, and to men too, when occasion requires it: who, being convinced or admonished of his sins, either ju...
Proverbs 28:13 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

IF we HAVE SEEN in chapter 27 the blessing of God and refuge in the sanctuary, chapter 28, a fourth section. brings our feet abruptly back to the wilderness path, where walk and ways must be tested b...
Proverbs 28:13 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

13 He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy. Here is, 1. The folly of indulging sin, of palliating and excusing it, den...
Proverbs 28:13 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

That covereth his sins; that doth not confess them (as appears by the opposite clause) to God, and to men too, when occasion requires it; that being convinced or admonished of his sins, either just...
Proverbs 28:13 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 28:13 CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESS I. Sin tends to produce shame . Even a child often tries to hide an act of disobedience to a good mother’s law, and this not from f...
Proverbs 28:13 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 28:2 . By a man of understanding the state shall be prolonged. Who can value the Samuels in Israel; the Gracchuses in Rome; the Walpoles, the Chathams in England? In Lord Chatham's time i...
Proverbs 28:13 - The Biblical Illustrator

He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy. The danger of covering our sins I. The danger. 1. In respect of God. Sin cannot be cove...
Proverbs 28:13 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION This chapter is still part of the Hezekiah collection, and not a new series by another author. It may be regarded as describing the various destinies of the powerful and the weak, the...
Proverbs 28:13 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Consequences of Impiety
Proverbs 28:13 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 John 1:8-10 ; 1 Kings 8:47-49 ; 1 Samuel 15:13 ; 1 Samuel 15:24 ; 1 Samuel 15:30 ; Acts 26:20 ; Daniel 9:20-23 ; Exodus 10:16 ; Exodus 10:17 ; Genesis 3:12 ; Genesis 3:13 ; Genesis 4:9...
Proverbs 28:13 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Divine Contrasts Proverbs 28:1-27 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We have another one of Solomon's messages which God gave to him. We will bring out several statements in the beginning of the chapter. 1....

Proverbs 28:13 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Proverbs 28:13 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 28:13 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Proverbs 28:13 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Proverbs 28:13 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Proverbs 28:13 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 28:13 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 28:13 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Proverbs 28:13 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Proverbs 28:13 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 28:13 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Proverbs 28:13 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Proverbs 28:13 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Proverbs 28:13 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 28:13 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 28:13 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Proverbs 28:13 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Proverbs 28:13 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Proverbs 28:13 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 28:13 - The Biblical Illustrator

Proverbs 28:13 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Proverbs 28:13 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Proverbs 28:13 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 28:13 - Wells of Living Water Commentary