Psalm 32:5
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5 Then I acknowledged my sin to you,
and I did not hide my iniquity;
I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord,”
and you forgave the guilt of my sin. Selah(A)
Proverbs 28:13
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13 No one who conceals transgressions will prosper,
but one who confesses and forsakes them will obtain mercy.(A)
2 Samuel 12:13
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13 David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.” Nathan said to David, “Now the Lord has put away your sin; you shall not die.(A)
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Psalm 51:3-5
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3 For I know my transgressions,
and my sin is ever before me.(A)
4 Against you, you alone, have I sinned
and done what is evil in your sight,
so that you are justified in your sentence
and blameless when you pass judgment.(B)
5 Indeed, I was born guilty,
a sinner when my mother conceived me.(C)
Isaiah 65:24
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24 Before they call I will answer,
while they are yet speaking I will hear.(A)
Psalm 38:18
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18 I confess my iniquity;
I am sorry for my sin.(A)
Hosea 6:1
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A Call to Repentance
6 “Come, let us return to the Lord,
for it is he who has torn, and he will heal us;
he has struck down, and he will bind us up.(A)
Job 33:27
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27 That person sings to others and says,
‘I sinned and perverted what was right,
and it was not paid back to me.(A)
2 Samuel 24:10
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Judgment on David’s Sin
10 But afterward, David was stricken to the heart because he had numbered the people. David said to the Lord, “I have sinned greatly in what I have done. But now, O Lord, I pray you, take away the guilt of your servant, for I have done very foolishly.”(A)
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Psalm 103:12
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12 as far as the east is from the west,
so far he removes our transgressions from us.(A)
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 confess our sins, he who is faithful and just will forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.(A) 10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.(B)
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Ephesians 4:32
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32 Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ has forgiven you.[a](A)
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- 4.32 Other ancient authorities read us
Psalm 30:5
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5 For his anger is but for a moment;
his favor is for a lifetime.
Weeping may linger for the night,
but joy comes with the morning.(A)
2 Samuel 12:9
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9 Why have you despised the word of the Lord, to do what is evil in his sight? You have struck down Uriah the Hittite with the sword and have taken his wife to be your wife and have killed him with the sword of the Ammonites.(A)
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Joshua 7:19
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19 Then Joshua said to Achan, “My son, give glory to the Lord God of Israel and make confession to him. Tell me now what you have done; do not hide it from me.”(A)
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Luke 7:47
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47 Therefore, I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven; hence she has shown great love. But the one to whom little is forgiven loves little.”
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Jeremiah 3:13
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13 Only acknowledge your guilt,
that you have rebelled against the Lord your God
and scattered your favors among strangers under every green tree
and have not obeyed my voice,
says the Lord.(A)
Jeremiah 2:35
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35 you say, “I am innocent;
surely his anger has turned from me.”
Now I am bringing you to judgment
for saying, “I have not sinned.”(A)
Jeremiah 2:23
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23 How can you say, “I am not defiled;
I have not gone after the Baals”?
Look at your way in the valley;
know what you have done:
a restive young camel interlacing her tracks,(A)
Proverbs 30:20
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20 This is the way of an adulteress:
she eats and wipes her mouth
and says, “I have done no wrong.”(A)
Psalm 103:3
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3 who forgives all your iniquity,
who heals all your diseases,(A)
Psalm 86:15
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15 But you, O Lord, are a God merciful and gracious,
slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness.(A)
Psalm 86:5
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5 For you, O Lord, are good and forgiving,
abounding in steadfast love to all who call on you.(A)
Malachi 3:8
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Do Not Rob God
8 Will anyone rob God? Yet you are robbing me! But you say, “How are we robbing you?” In your tithes and offerings!(A)
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Job 31:33
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- 31.33 Or as Adam did
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