He that jokes confesses.
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Lord Angelo is precise, Stands at a guard with envy, scarce confesses...
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Everyone confesses in the abstract that exertion which brings out all the powers of body and mind is the best thing for us all; but practically most people do all they can to get rid of it, and as a general rule nobody does much more than circumstances drive them to do.
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Whoever blushes confesses guilt, true innocence never feels shame.
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Proverbs 28:13:
Those who conceal their sins do not prosper, but those who confess and renounce them find mercy.
(NIV)
He who covers his transgressions will not prosper, but whoever confesses and forsakes his sins will obtain mercy. [Ps. 32:3, 5; I John 1:8-10.](AMP)
He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.
(KJV)
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Matthew 10:32:
'Whoever publicly acknowledges me I will also acknowledge before my Father in heaven.'
(NIV)
Therefore, everyone who acknowledges Me before men and confesses Me [out of a state of oneness with Me], I will also acknowledge him before My Father Who is in heaven and confess [that I am abiding in] him.
(AMP)
Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven.
(KJV)
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Romans 10:10:
For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved.
(NIV)
For with the heart a person believes (adheres to, trusts in, and relies on Christ) and so is justified (declared righteous, acceptable to God), and with the mouth he confesses (declares openly and speaks out freely his faith) and confirms [his] salvation.
(AMP)
For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
(KJV)
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He who denies all, confesses all.
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If he have faith, the believer cannot be restrained. He betrays himself. He breaks out. He confesses and teaches this gospel to the people at the risk of life itself.
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He who flees the trial confesses his guilt.
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1 John 4:2:
This is how you can recognize the Spirit of God: Every spirit that acknowledges that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God
(NIV)
By this you may know (perceive and recognize) the Spirit of God: every spirit which acknowledges and confesses [the fact] that Jesus Christ (the Messiah) [actually] has become man and has come in the flesh is of God [has God for its source](AMP)
Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:
(KJV)
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He who flees judgment confesses his guilt.
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