13 Bible Verses about Confession of Sin - ESV
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Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Whoever conceals his transgressions will not prosper,
but he who confesses and forsakes them will obtain mercy.
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.
SelahRepent therefore, and turn back, that your sins may be blotted out.
When he realizes his guilt in any of these and confesses the sin he has committed.
For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved.
Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
We have sinned and done wrong and acted wickedly and rebelled, turning aside from your commandments and rules.
Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called and about which you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.
For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.
Because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
For when I kept silent, my bones wasted away
through my groaning all day long.
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