Sin (3/5)

Then I acknowledged my sin to you, and I did not hide… Psalm 32:5

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
Psalm 32:5 confession forgiveness acknowledging
I have come to call not the righteous but sinners to repentance.
Luke 5:32 repentance conversion Jesus

When words are many, transgression is not lacking,
but the prudent are restrained in speech.
Proverbs 10:19 speaking
Come to a sober and right mind, and sin no more; for some people have no knowledge of God. I say this to your shame.
1 Corinthians 15:34 righteousness conversion understanding
But the scripture has imprisoned all things under the power of sin, so that what was promised through faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.
Galatians 3:22 trust faith promises
For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
2 Corinthians 5:21 righteousness mediator
But he was wounded for our transgressions,
crushed for our iniquities;
upon him was the punishment that made us whole,
and by his bruises we are healed.
Isaiah 53:5 Jesus healing
I treasure your word in my heart,
so that I may not sin against you.
Psalm 119:11 Word of God heart
Everyone who commits sin is guilty of lawlessness; sin is lawlessness.
1 John 3:4 law righteousness
For I will be merciful toward their iniquities,
and I will remember their sins no more.
Hebrews 8:12 forgiveness grace
Those who keep the commandment will live;
those who are heedless of their ways will die.
Proverbs 19:16 law eternal life
No longer present your members to sin as instruments of wickedness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and present your members to God as instruments of righteousness.
Romans 6:13 righteousness sacrifice conversion
But if the wicked turn away from all their sins that they have committed and keep all my statutes and do what is lawful and right, they shall surely live; they shall not die.
Ezekiel 18:21 conversion law obedience
That is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting the message of reconciliation to us.
2 Corinthians 5:19 salvation Jesus world
You want something and do not have it; so you commit murder. And you covet something and cannot obtain it; so you engage in disputes and conflicts. You do not have, because you do not ask.
James 4:2 desires prayer
The way of the Lord is a stronghold for the upright,
but destruction for evildoers.
Proverbs 10:29 reliability law
I have swept away your transgressions like a cloud,
and your sins like mist;
return to me, for I have redeemed you.
Isaiah 44:22 salvation conversion redeemer
This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light and in him there is no darkness at all.
1 John 1:5 God light
In this is love, not that we loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins.
1 John 4:10 love Savior reconciliation
Since therefore Christ suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same intention (for whoever has suffered in the flesh has finished with sin).
1 Peter 4:1 suffering
Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.
Luke 15:7 conversion repentance joy
Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity
and passing over the transgression
of the remnant of your possession?
He does not retain his anger forever,
because he delights in showing clemency.
Micah 7:18 mercy forgiveness
The wicked earn no real gain,
but those who sow righteousness get a true reward.
Proverbs 11:18 righteousness reward
In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace.
Ephesians 1:7 Savior forgiveness blood
Therefore whatever you have said in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have whispered behind closed doors will be proclaimed from the housetops.
Luke 12:3 speaking listening light

Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight and the sin that clings so closely, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us.