He who conceals his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy.
If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
When I kept silent, my bones became brittle from my groaning all day long.
if I have covered my transgressions like Adam by hiding my guilt in my heart,
I will get up and go back to my father and say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.
Go, proclaim this message toward the north: ‘Return, O faithless Israel,’ declares the LORD. ‘I will no longer look on y
While I was speaking, praying, confessing my sin and that of my people Israel, and presenting my petition before the LOR
For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. When Nathan the prophet came to him after his adultery with Bathsheba. Have mercy
Then he sings before men with these words: ‘I have sinned and perverted what was right; yet I did not get what I deserve
Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.
Pharaoh quickly summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “I have sinned against the LORD your God and against you.
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full o
First to those in Damascus and Jerusalem, then to everyone in the region of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, I declared
And the man answered, “The woman whom You gave me, she gave me fruit from the tree, and I ate it.”
Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan River.
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
Although you wash with lye and use an abundance of soap, the stain of your guilt is still before Me,” declares the Lord
And the LORD said to Cain, “Where is your brother Abel?” “I do not know!” he answered. “Am I my brother’s keeper?”
Then Saul said to Samuel, “I have sinned; I have transgressed the LORD’s commandment and your instructions, because I fe
But if they will confess their iniquity and that of their fathers in the unfaithfulness that they practiced against Me,
“I have sinned,” Saul replied. “Please honor me now before the elders of my people and before Israel. Come back with me,
“I have sinned by betraying innocent blood,” he said. “What is that to us?” they replied. “You bear the responsibility.”
Whoever conceals an offense promotes love, but he who brings it up separates friends.
When Samuel reached him, Saul said to him, “May the LORD bless you. I have carried out the LORD’s instructions.”
Hatred stirs up dissension, but love covers all transgressions.