Whoever conceals their sins does not prosper, but the one who confesses and renounces them finds mercy.

遮掩自己罪过的，必不亨通；承认离弃罪过的，必蒙怜恤。

遮掩自己过犯的，必不顺利；承认且离弃过犯的，必蒙怜悯。

遮掩自己过犯的，必不顺利；承认且离弃过犯的，必蒙怜悯。

自掩其罪，必不亨通；痛改前非，必蒙怜悯。

遮掩自己过犯的，必不亨通；承认并离弃过犯的，必蒙怜悯。

掩盖自己过犯的，不会兴盛；承认并离弃过犯的，必蒙怜悯。

遮掩自己罪過的，必不亨通；承認離棄罪過的，必蒙憐恤。

遮掩自己過犯的，必不順利；承認且離棄過犯的，必蒙憐憫。

遮掩自己過犯的，必不順利；承認且離棄過犯的，必蒙憐憫。

自掩其罪，必不亨通；痛改前非，必蒙憐憫。

遮掩自己過犯的，必不亨通；承認並離棄過犯的，必蒙憐憫。

遮掩自己罪過的、必不能順利；承認罪過並離棄的、必蒙憐憫。

掩蓋自己過犯的，不會興盛；承認並離棄過犯的，必蒙憐憫。

蓋己過者、必不亨通、自承而改之者、必蒙矜恤、

自匿其非、不得納福、任過而改、可獲矜憫、

隱諱己過者、必不亨通、認過而改者、必蒙矜恤、

Anyone who hides their sins doesn’t succeed. But anyone who admits their sins and gives them up finds mercy.

Whoever conceals his transgressions will not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes them will obtain mercy.

People who conceal their sins will not prosper, but if they confess and turn from them, they will receive mercy.

The one who conceals his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy.

One who conceals his wrongdoings will not prosper, But one who confesses and abandons them will find compassion.

He who covers his sins will not prosper, But whoever confesses and forsakes them will have mercy.

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

The one who conceals his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy.

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

The one who covers his transgressions will not prosper, but whoever confesses them and forsakes them will find mercy.

He who conceals his sins doesn’t prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them finds mercy.

When I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long.For day and night your hand was heavy on me; my strength was sapped as in the heat of summer.Then I acknowledged my sin to you and did not cover up my iniquity. I said,“ I will confess my transgressions to the Lord.” And you forgave the guilt of my sin.

if I have concealed my sin as people do, by hiding my guilt in my heart

And they will go to others and say,‘ I have sinned, I have perverted what is right, but I did not get what I deserved.

Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love; according to your great compassion blot out my transgressions.Wash away all my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin.For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me.Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight; so you are right in your verdict and justified when you judge.Surely I was sinful at birth, sinful from the time my mother conceived me.

Go, proclaim this message toward the north:“‘ Return, faithless Israel,’ declares the Lord,‘ I will frown on you no longer, for I am faithful,’ declares the Lord,‘ I will not be angry forever.Only acknowledge your guilt— you have rebelled against the Lord your God, you have scattered your favors to foreign gods under every spreading tree, and have not obeyed me,’” declares the Lord.

While I was speaking and praying, confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel and making my request to the Lord my God for his holy hill—while I was still in prayer, Gabriel, the man I had seen in the earlier vision, came to me in swift flight about the time of the evening sacrifice.He instructed me and said to me,“ Daniel, I have now come to give you insight and understanding.As soon as you began to pray, a word went out, which I have come to tell you, for you are highly esteemed. Therefore, consider the word and understand the vision:

Pharaoh quickly summoned Moses and Aaron and said,“ I have sinned against the Lord your God and against you.Now forgive my sin once more and pray to the Lord your God to take this deadly plague away from me.”

Although you wash yourself with soap and use an abundance of cleansing powder, the stain of your guilt is still before me,” declares the Sovereign Lord.“ How can you say,‘ I am not defiled; I have not run after the Baals’? See how you behaved in the valley; consider what you have done. You are a swift she-camel running here and there,

Then Saul said to Samuel,“ I have sinned. I violated the Lord’s command and your instructions. I was afraid of the men and so I gave in to them.

and if they have a change of heart in the land where they are held captive, and repent and plead with you in the land of their captors and say,‘ We have sinned, we have done wrong, we have acted wickedly’;and if they turn back to you with all their heart and soul in the land of their enemies who took them captive, and pray to you toward the land you gave their ancestors, toward the city you have chosen and the temple I have built for your Name;then from heaven, your dwelling place, hear their prayer and their plea, and uphold their cause.

Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan River.But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to where he was baptizing, he said to them:“ You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?Produce fruit in keeping with repentance.And do not think you can say to yourselves,‘ We have Abraham as our father.’ I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham.The ax is already at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.

I will set out 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.’So he got up and went to his father.“ But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion for him; he ran to his son, threw his arms around him and kissed him.“ The son said to him,‘ Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’“ But the father said to his servants,‘ Quick! Bring the best robe and put it on him. Put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet.Bring the fattened calf and kill it. Let’s have a feast and celebrate.For this son of mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’ So they began to celebrate.

Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.

The man said,“ The woman you put here with me— she gave me some fruit from the tree, and I ate it.”Then the Lord God said to the woman,“ What is this you have done?” The woman said,“ The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”

Whoever would foster love covers over an offense, but whoever repeats the matter separates close friends.

“ I have sinned,” he said,“ for I have betrayed innocent blood.”“ What is that to us?” they replied.“ That’s your responsibility.”So Judas threw the money into the temple and left. Then he went away and hanged himself.

Hatred stirs up conflict, but love covers over all wrongs.

“ Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and dish, and then the outside also will be clean.“ Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of the bones of the dead and everything unclean.In the same way, on the outside you appear to people as righteous but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.

When Samuel reached him, Saul said,“ The Lord bless you! I have carried out the Lord’s instructions.”

“‘ But if they will confess their sins and the sins of their ancestors— their unfaithfulness and their hostility toward me,which made me hostile toward them so that I sent them into the land of their enemies— then when their uncircumcised hearts are humbled and they pay for their sin,I will remember my covenant with Jacob and my covenant with Isaac and my covenant with Abraham, and I will remember the land.

First to those in Damascus, then to those in Jerusalem and in all Judea, and then to the Gentiles, I preached that they should repent and turn to God and demonstrate their repentance by their deeds.

Then the Lord said to Cain,“ Where is your brother Abel?”“ I don’t know,” he replied.“ Am I my brother’s keeper?”

Saul replied,“ I have sinned. But please honor me before the elders of my people and before Israel; come back with me, so that I may worship the Lord your God.”