Proverbs 28:13 - 1 John 9 - Cover-up? Not such a good idea! - Memory Text Lesson 7 Ezra & Nehemiah

Proverbs 28:13 NKJV "He who covers his sins will not prosper,
But whoever confesses and forsakes them will have mercy."
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1 John 1:8-10 NKJV "8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His word is not in us."
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Question 1: In Proverbs 28:13 are they talking about sins that you were hiding, and to confess and forsake the sins that you were hiding?

Answer 1:
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For verse 13 you will find 3 notes, al, am, an.
Note al: The Hebrew participles provide the subject matter in this contrast.
1) On the one hand is the person who covers over (מְכַסֶּה, mekhasseh) his sins. This means refusing to acknowledge them in confession, and perhaps rationalizing them away.
2) On the other hand there is the one who both “confesses” (מוֹדֶה, modeh) and “forsakes” (עֹזֵב, ʿozev) the sin. To “confess” sins means to acknowledge them, to say the same thing about them that God does.

Question 1a:
In simple terms are you saying that proverbs 28:13 is dealing with hidden sins, and we should confess and forsake these hidden sins for mercy? We are not talking about sins we do every day, because we all sin and I don’t think we can forsake/abandon our regular sins totally, but we can definitely forsake hidden sins that we may have. Am I right in thinking this, because it doesn’t say he who sins shall not prosper, but he who conceals sins - not talking about sin we don’t hide.

Answer 1a:
1) I believe we should NOT focus on our sins (failures, shortcomings). We should lay our hearts (lives) open before the all-knowing Creator, asking Him to lead us.
2) Hebrews 12:1 does say, "we must get rid of every weight and the sin that clings so closely, and run with endurance the race set out for us." Why? because dishonesty ruins any relationship. God cannot heal us if we do not give Him permission to do so.
3) But Hebrews 12:2 says, "keeping our eyes fixed on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of our faith." Keep your mind, your thoughts, your hopes fixed on Jesus and He will give you perfect peace, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTJBGo95mww
4) The LORD is with us even when we are not at our best. If you hold on to negative thoughts, the Evil One will use that to get you to take your hope away from Jesus. The Lord Jesus does not love us because we are good, HE LOVES US BECAUSE WE ARE HIS CHILDREN. Do not look too long on your failings (your sins, hidden or known), look to the Father who gave His son to save you. Look to Him who died for you.

Proverbs 28 verse 13 New English Translation (NET)
“The one who covers[al] his transgressions will not prosper,[am]
but whoever confesses them and forsakes them will find mercy.[an]” the New English Translation (NET).
Note al: The Hebrew participles provide the subject matter in this contrast. On the one hand is the person who covers over (מְכַסֶּה, mekhasseh) his sins. This means refusing to acknowledge them in confession, and perhaps rationalizing them away. On the other hand there is the one who both “confesses” (מוֹדֶה, modeh) and “forsakes” (עֹזֵב, ʿozev) the sin. To “confess” sins means to acknowledge them, to say the same thing about them that God does.

Note am: The verse contrasts the consequences of each. The person who refuses to confess will not prosper. This is an understatement (a figure of speech known as tapeinosis); the opposite is the truth, that eventually such a person will be undone and ruined. On the other hand, the penitent will find mercy. This expression is a metonymy of cause for the effect—although “mercy” is mentioned, what mercy provides is intended, i.e., forgiveness. In other passages the verb “conceal” is used of God’s forgiveness—he covers over the iniquity (Ps 32:1). Whoever acknowledges sin, God will cover it; whoever covers it, God will lay it open.

Note an: This verse is unique in the book of Proverbs; it captures the theology of forgiveness (e.g., Pss 32; 51). Every part of the passage is essential to the point: Confession of sins as opposed to concealing them, coupled with a turning away from them, results in mercy.