NOVEMBER 13, 2025 PORTALS OF PRAYER READINGS

 

Proverbs 28:13-14

¹³ Whoever conceals his transgressions will not prosper,
    but he who confesses and forsakes them will obtain mercy.
¹⁴ Blessed is the one who fears the Lord^[a] always,
    but whoever hardens his heart will fall into calamity.

Footnotes

1. Proverbs 28:14 Hebrew lacks the Lord

Psalm 32:1-5

Blessed Are the Forgiven

A Maskil^[a] of David.

32 Blessed is the one whose transgression is forgiven,
    whose sin is covered.
² Blessed is the man against whom the Lord counts no iniquity,
    and in whose spirit there is no deceit.

³ For when I kept silent, my bones wasted away
    through my groaning all day long.
⁴ For day and night your hand was heavy upon me;
    my strength was dried up^[b] as by the heat of summer. Selah

⁵ I acknowledged my sin to you,
    and I did not cover my iniquity;
I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord,”
    and you forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah

Footnotes

1. Psalm 32:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term
2. Psalm 32:4 Hebrew my vitality was changed

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