He that covereth his sin shall not prosper, for to harden one's heart and conceal one's wickedness is of no avail before the omniscient and righteous God; but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them, in open and true repentance, shall have mercy, for God is glad to accept in love him who is humbly penitent.
Verse Proverbs 28:13. _HE THAT COVERETH HIS SINS_] Here is a general _direction_ relative to conversion. 1. If the sinner do not _acknowledge_ his sins; if he _cover_ and _excuse_ them, and refuse to...
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 psalm...
CHAPTER 28 WARNINGS AND INSTRUCTIONS CONTINUED The wicked is a coward; the righteous man, because he trusteth in the Lord and knows the Lord is on his side, is as bold as a lion. It is the conscience...
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 renderings are...
HE THAT COVERETH, &C. Illustrations: Adam (Genesis 3:12. See Job 31:33); Cain (Genesis 4:9); Saul (1 Samuel 15:19). SINS. transgressions
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 offers no...
TEXT Proverbs 28:10-18 10. Whoso causeth the upright to go astray in an evil way, He shall fall himself into his own pit; But the perfect shall inherit good. 11. The rich man is wise in his own...
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, ) SHALL NOT PROSPER. 'To hide a sin...
OBSERVATIONS RELATING CHIEFLY TO SOCIAL LIFE 2. Cp. the many changes of rulers during the unsatisfactory period described in 2K15....
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 28 V1 A wicked person runs away, even if nobody is chasing him. But good people are as bold as lions....
This is a very important lesson. You must confess your evil deeds to God. You must invite God into your life. God will forgive you, because of Jesus. You cannot stop your evil behaviour by your own ef...
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, and be at...
מְכַסֶּ֣ה פְ֭שָׁעָיו לֹ֣א יַצְלִ֑יחַ וּ מֹודֶ֖ה...
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 feareth a...
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 un...
_Mercy. This is true repentance, which enjoins, "not only to bewail past sins, but also to amend." (St. Ambrose, ii. Pen. v.) --- Sacramental confession was not required of the Jews, but they confesse...
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...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 THROUGH 31. In chapter 10 begin the details which teach those who give ear how to avoid the snares into which the simple might fall, the path to be followe...
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 one...
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 hid;...
_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 jus...
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 by...
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 justifi...
Proverbs 28:13 covers H3680 (H8764) sins H6588 prosper H6743 (H8686) confesses H3034 (H8688) forsakes H5800 ...
CONTENTS: Warnings and instructions. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: True religion is true wisdom, making men wise in every relation. Those who make conscience of God's law will find a security in the...
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 it w...
_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 covered, c...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 28:13 To fear THE LORD (see note on 1:7) involves confessing one’s sins, rather than concealing them and hardening one’s heart. Such a person receives m
_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 fear of...
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 sinn...
Twenty-eight: The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are as bold as a lion (Proverbs 28:1). The contrast of the wicked and the righteous. We had an awful lot of that early in the pr...
1 John 1:8; 1 Kings 8:47; 1 Samuel 15:13; 1 Samuel 15:24; 1 Sam
DIVINE CONTRASTS Proverbs 28:1 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. A CONTRAS...
Is it right to cover sins or not? PROBLEM: God warns here that “He who covers his sins will not prosper.” However, elsewhere God commends those who have had their sins covered, saying, “Blessed is he...