He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh [them] shall have mercy.
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Louis Segond 1910
Celui qui cache ses transgressions ne prospère point, Mais celui qui les avoue et les délaisse obtient miséricorde.
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He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh [them] shall have mercy.
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
e about to receive Christ's Baptism should confess their sins. Objection 2: Further, it is written ( Prov. 28:13 ): "He that hideth his sins, shall not prosper; but he that shall confess and forsake them, shall obtain mercy." Now for this is a man baptized, that he may obtain mer…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
enance, and to hide one's sins thus is not a second plank, but is the reverse, since it is written ( Prov. 28:13 ): "He that hideth his sins shall not prosper." Reply to Objection 2: Penance cannot be called the foundation of the spiritual edifice simply, i.e. in the first buildi…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
g for his sin, a man, in a fashion, confessed his sin to the priest. And accordingly it is written ( Prov. 28:13 ): "He that hideth his sins, shall not prosper: but he that shall confess, and forsake them, shall obtain mercy." Not yet, however, was the power of the keys institute…
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