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!’
and said: “O my God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift up my face to You, my God, because our iniquities are higher t
If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
This is a trustworthy saying, worthy of full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am
I said, “O LORD, be gracious to me; heal me, for I have sinned against You.”
For I will forgive their iniquities and will remember their sins no more.”
So Jesus went with them. But when He was not far from the house, the centurion sent friends with the message: “Lord, do
And when all the people who had gathered for this spectacle saw what had happened, they returned home beating their brea
Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our
But God proves His love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
For the sake of Your name, O LORD, forgive my iniquity, for it is great.
When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus’ knees. “Go away from me, Lord,” he said, “for I am a sinful man.”
When the people heard this, they were cut to the heart and asked Peter and the other apostles, “Brothers, what shall we
Then I said: “Woe is me, for I am ruined, because I am a man of unclean lips dwelling among a people of unclean lips; fo
But the other one rebuked him, saying, “Do you not even fear God, since you are under the same judgment?
You welcome those who gladly do right, who remember Your ways. Surely You were angry, for we sinned. How can we be saved
I will get up and go back to my father and say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.
Therefore I despise myself, and I repent in dust and ashes.”
Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my rebellious acts; remember me according to Your loving devotion, because of You
Consider what this godly sorrow has produced in you: what earnestness, what eagerness to clear yourselves, what indignat
For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. When Nathan the prophet came to him after his adultery with Bathsheba. Have mercy
But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinner
“Come now, let us reason together,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they will be as white as snow; th
But You, O Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness.
so that when I make atonement for all you have done, you will remember and be ashamed and never again open your mouth be
The law came in so that the trespass would increase; but where sin increased, grace increased all the more,
Incline Your ear, O my God, and hear; open Your eyes and see the desolation of the city that bears Your name. For we are
I have surely heard Ephraim’s moaning: ‘You disciplined me severely, like an untrained calf. Restore me, that I may retu
O Israel, put your hope in the LORD, for with the LORD is loving devotion, and with Him is redemption in abundance.
but he did not humble himself before the LORD as his father Manasseh had done; instead, Amon increased his guilt.
If You, O LORD, kept track of iniquities, then who, O Lord, could stand?
As He entered one of the villages, He was met by ten lepers. They stood at a distance
For evils without number surround me; my sins have overtaken me, so that I cannot see. They are more than the hairs of m
We have sinned like our fathers; we have done wrong and acted wickedly.
His prayer and how God received his plea, as well as all his sin and unfaithfulness, and the sites where he built high p
May Your loving devotion come to me, O LORD, Your salvation, according to Your promise.
And in his distress, Manasseh sought the favor of the LORD his God and earnestly humbled himself before the God of his f
To You, O Lord, belongs righteousness, but this day we are covered with shame—the men of Judah, the people of Jerusalem,
we have sinned and done wrong. We have acted wickedly and rebelled. We have turned away from Your commandments and ordin