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Whoever coversמְכַסֶּהhis transgressionsפְשָׁעָיוwill notלֹאprosper,יַצְלִיחַbutוּwhoever confessesמוֹדֶהand abandons themוְעֹזֵבwill obtain compassion.יְרֻחָם
Proverbs 28:13
Study it in the app“Whoever covers his transgressions will not prosper, but whoever confesses and abandons them will obtain compassion.”
Whoever hides faults will not prosper; whoever confesses finds compassionTurning back to GodWhoever confesses and leaves it behind finds compassionForgivenessWhoever confesses and leaves their wrong finds compassionTemptation
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 28:13, word by word
- Whoever coversמְכַסֶּהmechase
conceal
To keep something secret, or forgive a wrong.
Where else “mechase” appears- his transgressionsפְשָׁעָיfeshaay
transgression
A serious wrong against someone: rebellion, transgression.
Where else “feshaay” appears- prosperיַצְלִיחַyatsliach
prosper
To go well, thrive.
Where else “yatsliach” appears- whoever confessesמוֹדֶהmode
confess
To own aloud before God and others one's own sins.
Where else “mode” appears- and abandons themעֹזֵבozev
forsake
To turn one's back on YHWH, someone or a place.
Where else “ozev” appears- will obtain compassionיְרֻחָםyerucham
have compassion
To feel tenderness for someone, like a mother for her child.
Where else “yerucham” appears
The context
12When the righteous rejoice, great is the splendor, but when the wicked rise, people are sought out.
13 · This verse (above)
14Happy is the man who fears always, but whoever hardens his heart will fall into evil.