Proverbs 28:13
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13 Whoever (A)conceals his transgressions will not prosper,
but he who (B)confesses and forsakes them will obtain mercy.
Psalm 32:3-5
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3 For when I kept silent, my (A)bones wasted away
through my (B)groaning all day long.
4 For day and night your (C)hand was heavy upon me;
my strength was dried up[a] as by the heat of summer. Selah
5 I (D)acknowledged my sin to you,
and I did not cover my iniquity;
I said, “I (E)will confess my transgressions to the Lord,”
and you forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah
Footnotes
- Psalm 32:4 Hebrew my vitality was changed
1 John 1:8-10
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8 (A)If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and (B)the truth is not in us. 9 (C)If we confess our sins, he is (D)faithful and just to forgive us our sins and (E)to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 10 If we say we have not sinned, (F)we make him a liar, and (G)his word is not in us.
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Job 31:33
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- Job 31:33 Or as Adam did
Luke 15:18-24
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18 I will arise and go to my father, and I will say to him, “Father, (A)I have sinned against (B)heaven and before you. 19 (C)I am no longer worthy to be called your son. Treat me as one of your hired servants.”’ 20 And he arose and came to his father. But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and felt compassion, and (D)ran and (E)embraced him and (F)kissed him. 21 And the son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you. (G)I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’[a] 22 But the father said to his servants,[b] ‘Bring quickly (H)the best robe, and put it on him, and put (I)a ring on his hand, and (J)shoes on his feet. 23 And bring (K)the fattened calf and kill it, and (L)let us eat and celebrate. 24 For this my son (M)was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found.’ And they began to celebrate.
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- Luke 15:21 Some manuscripts add treat me as one of your hired servants
- Luke 15:22 Or bondservants
Daniel 9:20-23
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Gabriel Brings an Answer
20 (A)While I was speaking and praying, confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my plea before the Lord my God for (B)the holy hill of my God, 21 while I was speaking in prayer, the man (C)Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the first, (D)came to me in swift flight at (E)the time of the evening sacrifice. 22 (F)He made me understand, speaking with me and saying, “O Daniel, I have now come out to give you (G)insight and understanding. 23 (H)At the beginning of your pleas for mercy a word went out, (I)and I have come to tell it to you, for (J)you are greatly loved. Therefore consider the word (K)and understand the vision.
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Jeremiah 3:12-13
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12 Go, and proclaim these words toward (A)the north, and say,
(B)“‘Return, faithless Israel,
declares the Lord.
I will not look on you in anger,
for (C)I am merciful,
declares the Lord;
(D)I will not be angry forever.
13 (E)Only acknowledge your guilt,
that you rebelled against the Lord your God
and scattered your favors among foreigners under (F)every green tree,
and that you have not obeyed my voice,
declares the Lord.
Psalm 51:1-5
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Create in Me a Clean Heart, O God
To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David, when (A)Nathan the prophet went to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.
51 (B)Have mercy on me,[a] O God,
according to your steadfast love;
according to your (C)abundant mercy
(D)blot out my transgressions.
2 (E)Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity,
and (F)cleanse me from my sin!
3 (G)For I know my transgressions,
and my sin is ever before me.
4 (H)Against you, you only, have I sinned
and done what is evil (I)in your sight,
(J)so that you may be justified in your words
and blameless in your judgment.
5 Behold, (K)I was brought forth in iniquity,
and in sin did my mother conceive me.
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- Psalm 51:1 Or Be gracious to me
Jeremiah 2:22-23
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22 Though you wash yourself with lye
and use much soap,
(A)the stain of your guilt is still before me,
declares the Lord God.
23 (B)How can you say, ‘I am not unclean,
I have not gone after the Baals’?
Look at your way (C)in the valley;
know what you have done—
a restless young camel running here and there,
Job 33:27
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27 He sings before men and says:
‘I (A)sinned and perverted what was right,
and it was not repaid to me.
Exodus 10:16-17
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16 Then Pharaoh hastily called Moses and Aaron and said, (A)“I have sinned against the Lord your God, and against you. 17 Now therefore, forgive my sin, please, only this once, and (B)plead with the Lord your God only to remove this death from me.”
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Matthew 23:25-28
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25 (A)“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For (B)you clean the outside of (C)the cup and the plate, but inside they are full of (D)greed and self-indulgence. 26 You blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of (E)the cup and the plate, that the outside also may be clean.
27 (F)“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like (G)whitewashed tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but within are full of dead people's bones and (H)all uncleanness. 28 So you also (I)outwardly appear righteous to others, but within you are full of (J)hypocrisy and lawlessness.
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Matthew 3:6-10
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6 and they were baptized by him in the river Jordan, (A)confessing their sins.
7 But when he saw many of (B)the Pharisees and (C)Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, (D)“You brood of (E)vipers! Who warned you to flee from (F)the wrath to come? 8 Bear fruit (G)in keeping with repentance. 9 And do not presume to say to yourselves, (H)‘We have Abraham as our father,’ for I tell you, God is able from (I)these stones to raise up children for Abraham. 10 Even now the axe is laid to the root of the trees. (J)Every tree therefore that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
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Psalm 51:10
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- Psalm 51:10 Or steadfast
1 Kings 8:47-49
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47 yet (A)if they turn their heart in the land to which they have been carried captive, and repent and plead with you in the land of their captors, saying, (B)‘We have sinned and have acted perversely and wickedly,’ 48 (C)if they repent with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their enemies, who carried them captive, and pray to you (D)toward their land, which you gave to their fathers, the city that you have chosen, and the house that I have built for your name, 49 then hear in heaven your dwelling place their prayer and their plea, and maintain their cause
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Matthew 27:4-5
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4 saying, “I have sinned by betraying innocent blood.” They said, “What is that to us? (A)See to it yourself.” 5 And throwing down the pieces of silver into the temple, (B)he departed, and he went and hanged himself.
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Proverbs 10:12
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12 Hatred stirs up strife,
but (A)love covers all offenses.
1 Samuel 15:24
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24 Saul said to Samuel, (A)“I have sinned, for I have transgressed the commandment of the Lord and your words, because I feared the people and obeyed their voice.
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Genesis 3:12-13
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12 The man said, (A)“The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me fruit of the tree, and I ate.” 13 Then the Lord God said to the woman, “What is this that you have done?” The woman said, (B)“The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”
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1 Samuel 15:13
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13 And Samuel came to Saul, and Saul said to him, (A)“Blessed be you to the Lord. I have performed the commandment of the Lord.”
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Leviticus 26:40-42
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40 “But if (A)they confess their iniquity and the iniquity of their fathers in their treachery that they (B)committed against me, and also in walking contrary to me, 41 so that I walked contrary to them and brought them into the land of their enemies—if then their (C)uncircumcised heart is (D)humbled and they make amends for their iniquity, 42 then I will (E)remember my covenant with Jacob, and I will remember my covenant with Isaac and my covenant with Abraham, and I will (F)remember the land.
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Genesis 4:9
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9 Then the Lord said to Cain, “Where is Abel your brother?” He said, (A)“I do not know; am I my brother's keeper?”
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Proverbs 17:9
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1 Samuel 15:30
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30 Then he said, “I have sinned; yet (A)honor me now before the elders of my people and before Israel, (B)and return with me, that I may bow before the Lord your God.”
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