Proverbs 28:13
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13 (A)He who covers his sins will not prosper,
But whoever confesses and forsakes them will have mercy.
Psalm 32:3-5
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3 When I kept silent, my bones grew old
Through my groaning all the day long.
4 For day and night Your (A)hand was heavy upon me;
My vitality was turned into the drought of summer. Selah
5 I acknowledged my sin to You,
And my iniquity I have not hidden.
(B)I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord,”
And You forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah
1 John 1:8-10
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8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 9 If we (A)confess our sins, He is (B)faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to (C)cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 10 If we say that we have not sinned, we (D)make Him a liar, and His word is not in us.
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Job 31:33
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- Job 31:33 Or as men do
Job 33:27
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27 Then he looks at men and (A)says,
‘I have sinned, and perverted what was right,
And it (B)did not profit me.’
Daniel 9:20-23
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The Seventy-Weeks Prophecy
20 Now while I was speaking, praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before the Lord my God for the holy mountain of my God, 21 yes, while I was speaking in prayer, the man (A)Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, [a]being caused to fly swiftly, reached me about the time of the evening offering. 22 And he informed me, and talked with me, and said, “O Daniel, I have now come forth to give you skill to understand. 23 At the beginning of your supplications the [b]command went out, and I have come to tell you, for you are greatly (B)beloved; therefore (C)consider the matter, and understand the vision:
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- Daniel 9:21 Or being weary with weariness
- Daniel 9:23 Lit. word
Jeremiah 2:22-23
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22 For though you wash yourself with lye, and use much soap,
Yet your iniquity is (A)marked[a] before Me,” says the Lord God.
23 “How(B) can you say, ‘I am not [b]polluted,
I have not gone after the Baals’?
See your way in the valley;
Know what you have done:
You are a swift dromedary breaking loose in her ways,
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 2:22 stained
- Jeremiah 2:23 defiled
Psalm 51:1-5
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A Prayer of Repentance
To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David (A)when Nathan the prophet went to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.
51 Have mercy upon me, O God,
According to Your lovingkindness;
According to the multitude of Your tender mercies,
(B)Blot out my transgressions.
2 (C)Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity,
And cleanse me from my sin.
3 For I acknowledge my transgressions,
And my sin is always before me.
4 (D)Against You, You only, have I sinned,
And done this evil (E)in Your sight—
(F)That You may be found just [a]when You speak,
And blameless when You judge.
5 (G)Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity,
And in sin my mother conceived me.
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- Psalm 51:4 LXX, Tg., Vg. in Your words
Jeremiah 3:12-13
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12 Go and proclaim these words toward (A)the north, and say:
‘Return, backsliding Israel,’ says the Lord;
‘I will not cause My anger to fall on you.
For I am (B)merciful,’ says the Lord;
‘I will not remain angry forever.
13 (C)Only acknowledge your iniquity,
That you have transgressed against the Lord your God,
And have (D)scattered your [a]charms
To (E)alien deities (F)under every green tree,
And you have not obeyed My voice,’ says the Lord.
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- Jeremiah 3:13 Lit. ways
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