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Afflictions Made Beneficial in Leading Us to Confession of Sin Numbers 21:7

Then the people came to Moses and said, “We have sinned by speaking against the LORD and against you. Intercede with the LORD so He will take the snakes away from us.” So Moses interceded for the people.

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Afflictions Made Beneficial in Leading Us to Confession of Sin Psalm 32:5

Then I acknowledged my sin to You and did not hide my iniquity. I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the LORD,” and You forgave the guilt of my sin. Selah

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Afflictions Made Beneficial in Leading Us to Confession of Sin Psalm 51:3, 5

For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me. / Surely I was brought forth in iniquity; I was sinful when my mother conceived me.

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Baptism: Confession of Sin Necessary To Matthew 3:6

Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan River.

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Confession Matthew 7:21–23

Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of My Father in heaven. / Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?’ / Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you workers of lawlessness!’

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Confession Luke 12:8

I tell you, everyone who confesses Me before men, the Son of Man will also confess him before the angels of God.

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Confession Psalm 32:5, 6

Then I acknowledged my sin to You and did not hide my iniquity. I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the LORD,” and You forgave the guilt of my sin. Selah / Therefore let all the godly pray to You while You may be found. Surely when great waters rise, they will not come near.

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Confession 1 John 4:3

and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming and which is already in the world at this time.

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Confession 1 John 1:9

If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

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Confession James 5:16

Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail.

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Confession Proverbs 28:13

He who conceals his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy.

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Confession Acts 19:18

Many who had believed now came forward, confessing and disclosing their deeds.

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Confession Romans 3:23

for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

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Confession James 4:17

Anyone, then, who knows the right thing to do, yet fails to do it, is guilty of sin.

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Confession of Christ Matthew 3:11

I baptize you with water for repentance, but after me will come One more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.

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Confession of Christ Matthew 7:21–23

Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of My Father in heaven. / Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?’ / Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you workers of lawlessness!’

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Confession of Christ Matthew 10:32, 33

Therefore everyone who confesses Me before men, I will also confess him before My Father in heaven. / But whoever denies Me before men, I will also deny him before My Father in heaven.

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Confession of Christ Luke 12:8

I tell you, everyone who confesses Me before men, the Son of Man will also confess him before the angels of God.

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Confession of Christ John 1:15–18

John testified concerning Him. He cried out, saying, “This is He of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me has surpassed me because He was before me.’” / From His fullness we have all received grace upon grace. / For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

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Confession of Christ John 9:22–38

His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jews. For the Jews had already determined that anyone who confessed Jesus as the Christ would be put out of the synagogue. / That was why his parents said, “He is old enough. Ask him.” / So a second time they called for the man who had been blind and said, “Give glory to God! We know that this man is a sinner.”

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Confession of Christ John 12:42, 43

Nevertheless, many of the leaders believed in Him; but because of the Pharisees they did not confess Him, for fear that they would be put out of the synagogue. / For they loved praise from men more than praise from God.

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Confession of Christ Acts 8:35–37

Then Philip began with this very Scripture and told him the good news about Jesus. / As they traveled along the road and came to some water, the eunuch said, “Look, here is water! What is there to prevent me from being baptized?” / 0

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Confession of Christ Acts 18:5

And when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul devoted himself fully to the word, testifying to the Jews that Jesus is the Christ.

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Confession of Christ Acts 19:4, 5

Paul explained: “John’s baptism was a baptism of repentance. He told the people to believe in the One coming after him, that is, in Jesus.” / On hearing this, they were baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus.

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Confession of Christ Romans 10:9–11

that if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. / For with your heart you believe and are justified, and with your mouth you confess and are saved. / It is just as the Scripture says: “Anyone who believes in Him will never be put to shame.”

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Confession of Christ 1 Corinthians 12:3

Therefore I inform you that no one who is speaking by the Spirit of God says, “Jesus be cursed,” and no one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” except by the Holy Spirit.

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Confession of Christ 1 John 1:6

If we say we have fellowship with Him yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.

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Confession of Christ 1 John 2:4

If anyone says, “I know Him,” but does not keep His commandments, he is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

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Confession of Christ 1 John 4:2, 3, 15

By this you will know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, / and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming and which is already in the world at this time. / If anyone confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.

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Confession of Sin: Aaron Numbers 12:11

and said to Moses, “My lord, please do not hold against us this sin we have so foolishly committed.

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Confession of Sin: Daniel Daniel 9:4

And I prayed to the LORD my God and confessed, “O, Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps His covenant of loving devotion to those who love Him and keep His commandments,

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Confession of Sin: David 2 Samuel 24:10

After David had numbered the troops, his conscience was stricken and he said to the LORD, “I have sinned greatly in what I have done. Now, O LORD, I beg You to take away the iniquity of Your servant, for I have acted very foolishly.”

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Confession of Sin: Exhortation To Joshua 7:19

So Joshua said to Achan, “My son, give glory to the LORD, the God of Israel, and make a confession to Him. I urge you to tell me what you have done; do not hide it from me.”

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Confession of Sin: Exhortation To Jeremiah 3:13

Only acknowledge your guilt, that you have rebelled against the LORD your God. You have scattered your favors to foreign gods under every green tree and have not obeyed My voice,’” declares the LORD.

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Confession of Sin: Exhortation To James 5:16

Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail.

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Confession of Sin: Ezra Ezra 9:6

and said: “O my God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift up my face to You, my God, because our iniquities are higher than our heads, and our guilt has reached the heavens.

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Confession of Sin: Followed by Pardon Psalm 32:5

Then I acknowledged my sin to You and did not hide my iniquity. I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the LORD,” and You forgave the guilt of my sin. Selah

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Confession of Sin: Followed by Pardon 1 John 1:9

If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

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Confession of Sin: God Regards Job 33:27, 28

Then he sings before men with these words: ‘I have sinned and perverted what was right; yet I did not get what I deserved. / He redeemed my soul from going down to the Pit, and I will live to see the light.’

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Confession of Sin: God Regards Daniel 9:20–23

While I was speaking, praying, confessing my sin and that of my people Israel, and presenting my petition before the LORD my God concerning His holy mountain— / while I was still praying, Gabriel, the man I had seen in the earlier vision, came to me in swift flight about the time of the evening sacrifice. / He instructed me and spoke with me, saying: “O Daniel, I have come now to give you insight and understanding.

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Confession of Sin: God Requires Leviticus 5:5

If someone incurs guilt in one of these ways, he must confess the sin he has committed,

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Confession of Sin: God Requires Hosea 5:15

Then I will return to My place until they admit their guilt and seek My face; in their affliction they will earnestly seek Me.”

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Confession of Sin: Illustrated Luke 15:21

The son declared, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’

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Confession of Sin: Illustrated Luke 18:13

But the tax collector stood at a distance, unwilling even to lift up his eyes to heaven. Instead, he beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner!’

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Confession of Sin: Israelites Numbers 21:6, 7

So the LORD sent venomous snakes among the people, and many of the Israelites were bitten and died. / Then the people came to Moses and said, “We have sinned by speaking against the LORD and against you. Intercede with the LORD so He will take the snakes away from us.” So Moses interceded for the people.

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Confession of Sin: Israelites 1 Samuel 7:6

When they had gathered at Mizpah, they drew water and poured it out before the LORD. On that day they fasted, and there they confessed, “We have sinned against the LORD.” And Samuel judged the Israelites at Mizpah.

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Confession of Sin: Israelites 1 Samuel 12:19

They pleaded with Samuel, “Pray to the LORD your God for your servants so that we will not die! For we have added to all our sins the evil of asking for a king.”

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Confession of Sin: Job Job 7:20

If I have sinned, what have I done to You, O watcher of mankind? Why have You made me Your target, so that I am a burden to You?

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Confession of Sin: Levites Nehemiah 9:4, 33, 34

And the Levites—Jeshua, Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani—stood on the raised platform and cried out in a loud voice to the LORD their God. / You are just in all that has befallen us, because You have acted faithfully, while we have acted wickedly. / Our kings and leaders and priests and fathers did not obey Your law or listen to Your commandments and warnings that You gave them.

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Confession of Sin: Nehemiah Nehemiah 1:6, 7

let Your eyes be open and Your ears attentive to hear the prayer that I, Your servant, now pray before You day and night for Your servants, the Israelites. I confess the sins that we Israelites have committed against You. Both I and my father’s house have sinned. / We have behaved corruptly against You and have not kept the commandments, statutes, and ordinances that You gave Your servant Moses.

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Confession of Sin: Peter Luke 5:8

When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus’ knees. “Go away from me, Lord,” he said, “for I am a sinful man.”

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Confession of Sin: Promises To Leviticus 26:40–42

But if they will confess their iniquity and that of their fathers in the unfaithfulness that they practiced against Me, by which they have also walked in hostility toward Me— / and I acted with hostility toward them and brought them into the land of their enemies—and if their uncircumcised hearts will be humbled and they will make amends for their iniquity, / then I will remember My covenant with Jacob and My covenant with Isaac and My covenant with Abraham, and I will remember the land.

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Confession of Sin: Promises To Proverbs 28:13

He who conceals his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy.

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Confession of Sin: Saul 1 Samuel 15:24

Then Saul said to Samuel, “I have sinned; I have transgressed the LORD’s commandment and your instructions, because I feared the people and obeyed their voice.

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Confession of Sin: should be Accompanied With: Forsaking Sin Proverbs 28:13

He who conceals his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy.

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Confession of Sin: should be Accompanied With: Godly Sorrow Psalm 38:18

Yes, I confess my iniquity; I am troubled by my sin.

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Confession of Sin: should be Accompanied With: Godly Sorrow Lamentations 1:20

See, O LORD, how distressed I am! I am churning within; my heart is pounding within me, for I have been most rebellious. Outside, the sword bereaves; inside, there is death.

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Confession of Sin: should be Accompanied With: Prayer for Forgiveness 2 Samuel 24:10

After David had numbered the troops, his conscience was stricken and he said to the LORD, “I have sinned greatly in what I have done. Now, O LORD, I beg You to take away the iniquity of Your servant, for I have acted very foolishly.”

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Confession of Sin: should be Accompanied With: Prayer for Forgiveness Psalm 25:11

For the sake of Your name, O LORD, forgive my iniquity, for it is great.

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Confession of Sin: should be Accompanied With: Prayer for Forgiveness Psalm 51:1

For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. When Nathan the prophet came to him after his adultery with Bathsheba. Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your loving devotion; according to Your great compassion, blot out my transgressions.

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Confession of Sin: should be Accompanied With: Prayer for Forgiveness Jeremiah 14:7–9, 20

Although our iniquities testify against us, O LORD, act for the sake of Your name. Indeed, our rebellions are many; we have sinned against You. / O Hope of Israel, its Savior in times of distress, why are You like a stranger in the land, like a traveler who stays but a night? / Why are You like a man taken by surprise, like a warrior powerless to save? Yet You are among us, O LORD, and we are called by Your name. Do not forsake us!

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Confession of Sin: should be Accompanied With: Restitution Numbers 5:6, 7

“Tell the Israelites that when a man or woman acts unfaithfully against the LORD by committing any sin against another, that person is guilty / and must confess the sin he has committed. He must make full restitution, add a fifth to its value, and give all this to the one he has wronged.

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Confession of Sin: should be Accompanied With: Self-Abasement Isaiah 64:5, 6

You welcome those who gladly do right, who remember Your ways. Surely You were angry, for we sinned. How can we be saved if we remain in our sins? / Each of us has become like something unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all wither like a leaf, and our iniquities carry us away like the wind.

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Confession of Sin: should be Accompanied With: Self-Abasement Jeremiah 3:25

Let us lie down in our shame; let our disgrace cover us. We have sinned against the LORD our God, both we and our fathers; from our youth even to this day we have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God.”

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Confession of Sin: should be Accompanied With: Submission to Punishment Leviticus 26:41

and I acted with hostility toward them and brought them into the land of their enemies—and if their uncircumcised hearts will be humbled and they will make amends for their iniquity,

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Confession of Sin: should be Accompanied With: Submission to Punishment Nehemiah 9:33

You are just in all that has befallen us, because You have acted faithfully, while we have acted wickedly.

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Confession of Sin: should be Accompanied With: Submission to Punishment Ezra 9:13

After all that has come upon us because of our evil deeds and our great guilt (though You, our God, have punished us less than our iniquities deserve and have given us such a remnant as this),

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Confession of Sin: should be Full and Unreserved Psalm 32:5

Then I acknowledged my sin to You and did not hide my iniquity. I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the LORD,” and You forgave the guilt of my sin. Selah

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Confession of Sin: should be Full and Unreserved Psalm 51:3

For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me.

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Confession of Sin: should be Full and Unreserved Psalm 106:6

We have sinned like our fathers; we have done wrong and acted wickedly.

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Confession of Sin: Thief Luke 23:41

We are punished justly, for we are receiving what our actions deserve. But this man has done nothing wrong.”

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Conversion is Accompanied by Confession of Sin, and Prayer 1 Kings 8:35

When the skies are shut and there is no rain because Your people have sinned against You, and they pray toward this place and confess Your name, and they turn from their sins because You have afflicted them,

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Fasting: Accompanied by Confession of Sin 1 Samuel 7:6

When they had gathered at Mizpah, they drew water and poured it out before the LORD. On that day they fasted, and there they confessed, “We have sinned against the LORD.” And Samuel judged the Israelites at Mizpah.

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Fasting: Accompanied by Confession of Sin Nehemiah 9:1, 2

On the twenty-fourth day of the same month, the Israelites gathered together, fasting and wearing sackcloth, with dust on their heads. / Those of Israelite descent separated themselves from all the foreigners, and they stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers.

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Fasting: Confession of Sin 1 Samuel 7:6

When they had gathered at Mizpah, they drew water and poured it out before the LORD. On that day they fasted, and there they confessed, “We have sinned against the LORD.” And Samuel judged the Israelites at Mizpah.

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Fasting: Confession of Sin Nehemiah 9:1, 2

On the twenty-fourth day of the same month, the Israelites gathered together, fasting and wearing sackcloth, with dust on their heads. / Those of Israelite descent separated themselves from all the foreigners, and they stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers.

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Homicide: David's Repentance For, and Confession of, the Murder of Uriah Psalm 51:1–17

For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. When Nathan the prophet came to him after his adultery with Bathsheba. Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your loving devotion; according to Your great compassion, blot out my transgressions. / Wash me clean of my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin. / For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me.

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Prayer: Accompanied With: Confession Nehemiah 1:4, 7

When I heard these words, I sat down and wept. I mourned for days, fasting and praying before the God of heaven. / We have behaved corruptly against You and have not kept the commandments, statutes, and ordinances that You gave Your servant Moses.

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Prayer: Accompanied With: Confession Daniel 9:4–11

And I prayed to the LORD my God and confessed, “O, Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps His covenant of loving devotion to those who love Him and keep His commandments, / we have sinned and done wrong. We have acted wickedly and rebelled. We have turned away from Your commandments and ordinances. / We have not listened to Your servants the prophets, who spoke in Your name to our kings, leaders, and fathers, and to all the people of the land.

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Prayer: Confession In Leviticus 5:5

If someone incurs guilt in one of these ways, he must confess the sin he has committed,

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Prayer: Confession In Leviticus 26:40

But if they will confess their iniquity and that of their fathers in the unfaithfulness that they practiced against Me, by which they have also walked in hostility toward Me—

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Prayer: Confession In Numbers 5:5–7

And the LORD said to Moses, / “Tell the Israelites that when a man or woman acts unfaithfully against the LORD by committing any sin against another, that person is guilty / and must confess the sin he has committed. He must make full restitution, add a fifth to its value, and give all this to the one he has wronged.

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Prayer: Confession In Judges 10:10, 15

Then the Israelites cried out to the LORD, saying, “We have sinned against You, for we have indeed forsaken our God and served the Baals.” / “We have sinned,” the Israelites said to the LORD. “Deal with us as You see fit; but please deliver us today!”

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Prayer: Confession In 1 Samuel 12:10

Then they cried out to the LORD and said, ‘We have sinned, for we have forsaken the LORD and served the Baals and Ashtoreths. Now deliver us from the hands of our enemies, that we may serve You.’

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Prayer: Confession In 1 Kings 8:47

and when they come to their senses in the land to which they were taken, and they repent and plead with You in the land of their captors, saying, ‘We have sinned and done wrong; we have acted wickedly,’

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Prayer: Confession In Ezra 9:6, 15

and said: “O my God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift up my face to You, my God, because our iniquities are higher than our heads, and our guilt has reached the heavens. / O LORD, God of Israel, You are righteous! For we remain this day as a remnant. Here we are before You in our guilt, though because of it no one can stand before You.”

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Prayer: Confession In Nehemiah 1:6, 7

let Your eyes be open and Your ears attentive to hear the prayer that I, Your servant, now pray before You day and night for Your servants, the Israelites. I confess the sins that we Israelites have committed against You. Both I and my father’s house have sinned. / We have behaved corruptly against You and have not kept the commandments, statutes, and ordinances that You gave Your servant Moses.

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Prayer: Confession In Nehemiah 9:2, 33–35

Those of Israelite descent separated themselves from all the foreigners, and they stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers. / You are just in all that has befallen us, because You have acted faithfully, while we have acted wickedly. / For even while they were in their kingdom, with the abundant goodness that You had given them, and in the spacious and fertile land that You had set before them, they would not serve You or turn from their wicked ways.

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Prayer: Confession In Job 7:20

If I have sinned, what have I done to You, O watcher of mankind? Why have You made me Your target, so that I am a burden to You?

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Prayer: Confession In Job 40:4, 5

“Behold, I am insignificant. How can I reply to You? I place my hand over my mouth. / I have spoken once, but I have no answer—twice, but I have nothing to add.”

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Prayer: Confession In Psalm 31:10

For my life is consumed with grief and my years with groaning; my iniquity has drained my strength, and my bones are wasting away.

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Prayer: Confession In Psalm 32:3, 5

When I kept silent, my bones became brittle from my groaning all day long. / Then I acknowledged my sin to You and did not hide my iniquity. I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the LORD,” and You forgave the guilt of my sin. Selah

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Prayer: Confession In Psalm 38:4–8, 10, 18

For my iniquities have overwhelmed me; they are a burden too heavy to bear. / My wounds are foul and festering because of my sinful folly. / I am bent and brought low; all day long I go about mourning.

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Prayer: Confession In Psalm 40:12

For evils without number surround me; my sins have overtaken me, so that I cannot see. They are more than the hairs of my head, and my heart has failed within me.

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Prayer: Confession In Psalm 51:3, 4

For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me. / Against You, You only, have I sinned and done what is evil in Your sight, so that You may be proved right when You speak and blameless when You judge.

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Prayer: Confession In Psalm 69:5

You know my folly, O God, and my guilt is not hidden from You.

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Prayer: Confession In Psalm 106:6, 7

We have sinned like our fathers; we have done wrong and acted wickedly. / Our fathers in Egypt did not grasp Your wonders or remember Your abundant kindness; but they rebelled by the sea, there at the Red Sea.

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Prayer: Confession In Psalm 119:176

I have strayed like a lost sheep; seek Your servant, for I have not forgotten Your commandments.

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Prayer: Confession In Psalm 130:3

If You, O LORD, kept track of iniquities, then who, O Lord, could stand?

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Prayer: Confession In Proverbs 28:13

He who conceals his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy.

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