Bible verses about "confessing sins" | Rotherham

¹³ And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against Yahweh. Then said Nathan unto David,––Yahweh also, hath put away thy sin, thou shalt not die!

¹ [To the Chief Musician. A Melody of David. When Nathan the Prophet had come to him, after he had gone in unto Bath–sheba.]
Be favorable unto me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness, And, in the multitude of thy compassions, blot out my transgressions; ² Thoroughly wash me from mine iniquity, And, from my sin, make me pure; ³ For, my transgressions, do, I, acknowledge, And, my sin, is before me continually: ⁴ Against thee––against thee alone, have I sinned, And, wickedness––in thine eyes, have I done,––That thou mayest, Be justified when thou speakest,––Be clear when thou judgest. ⁵ Lo! in iniquity, was I brought forth, And, in sin, did my mother conceive me. ⁶ Lo! faithfulness, hast thou desired in the inward parts, Yea, in the hidden part, wilt thou cause me to know, wisdom.
⁷ Wilt thou cleanse me from sin with hyssop, That I may be pure? Wilt thou wash me, That I may be whiter, than snow? ⁸ Wilt thou cause me to hear joy and gladness? The bones thou hast crushed would exult. ⁹ Hide thy face from my sins,––And, all mine iniquities, blot out; ¹⁰ A pure heart, create for me, O God, And, a steadfast spirit, renew within me. ¹¹ Do not cast me away from thy presence, And, thy Holy Spirit, do not take from me: ¹² Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation, And, with a willing spirit, wilt thou uphold me:–– ¹³ I would teach transgressors thy ways, And, sinners, unto thee, should return.
¹⁴ Rescue me from shed–blood, O God, the God of my salvation, My tongue should shout thy righteousness; ¹⁵ O My Lord! my lips, wilt thou open, And, my mouth, shall declare thy praise. ¹⁶ For thou wilt not desire sacrifice––that I should give it, Ascending–offering, will not please: ¹⁷ The sacrifices of God, are a spirit that is broken,––A heart––broken and crushed, O God, thou wilt not despise. ¹⁸ Do good, in thy good–pleasure, unto Zion, Wilt thou build the walls of Jerusalem! ¹⁹ Then, shalt thou desire the sacrifices of righteousness, Ascending–sacrifice and whole burnt–offering, Then, shall ascend upon thine altar, young bulls.

¹³ He that covereth his transgressions, shall not prosper, but, he that confesseth and forsaketh, shall find compassion.

⁶ But, that ye may know, that the Son of Man hath, authority, upon the earth, to be forgiving sins, then, saith he to the paralytic,––Rise! take up thy couch, and withdraw unto thy house. ⁷ And, rising, he departed unto his house. ⁸ Now the multitudes, seeing, were struck with fear, and glorified the God who had given authority, such as this, unto men.

¹⁵ For, that which I am working out, I do not approve,––for not, what I wish, the same I practise, but, what I hate, the same I do: ¹⁶ Now, if what I wish not the same I do, I consent unto the law that [it is] right. ¹⁷ Now, however, no longer am, I, working it out, but the, sin, that dwelleth in me: ¹⁸ I know, in fact, that there dwelleth not in me, that is, in my flesh, anything good; for, the wishing, lieth near me, but, the working out of what is right, not! ¹⁹ For not, the good that I wish, I do, but, the evil that I do not wish, the same I practise. ²⁰ Now, if what I wish not, the same, I do, no longer am, I, working it out, but the, sin, that dwelleth in me. ²¹ Hence, I find the law, to me who wish to be doing the right, that, unto me, the wrong lieth near: ²² I have, in fact, a sympathetic pleasure in the law of God; according to the inner man. ²³ But I behold a diverse law in my members, warring against the law of my mind and taking me captive in the law of sin which existeth in my members:–– ²⁴ Wretched, man am, I! Who shall rescue me out of this body doomed to death? ²⁵ [But] thanks be unto God!––Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Hence, then,––I myself, with the mind, indeed, am in servitude unto a law of God; but; with the flesh; unto a law of sin.

¹⁸ Many also of them who had believed, were coming, making open confession, and renouncing their practices.

¹⁶ Let us, then, be approaching with freedom of speech, unto the throne of favour, that we may receive mercy, and, favour, may find, for seasonable succour.

²³ Whosesoever sins ye shall remit, they are remitted unto them, whosesoever ye shall retain, they are retained.

¹ My dear children! these things, am I writing unto you, in order that ye may not be committing sin. And, if anyone should commit sin, an Advocate, have we, with the Father, Jesus Christ, the Righteous;

¹⁹ It being late, therefore, on that day, the first of the week,––and, the doors, having been made fast where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came, and stood in the midst, and saith unto them––Peace be unto you! ²⁰ and, this, saying he pointed out both his hands and his side unto them. The disciples, therefore, rejoiced, seeing the Lord. ²¹ Jesus, therefore, said unto them, again,––Peace be unto you! Just as, my Father, sent me forth, I, also, send you. ²² And, this, saying, he breathed strongly, and saith unto them––Receive ye Holy Spirit:–– ²³ Whosesoever sins ye shall remit, they are remitted unto them, whosesoever ye shall retain, they are retained. ²⁴ But, Thomas, one of the twelve, the one called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came.

⁵ My sin, would I own unto thee, and, mine iniquity, not hide, I said, I will confess my transgressions unto Yahweh, And, thou, didst forgive the iniquity of my sin. [Selah.]

⁵ For there is, one, God, one, mediator also, between God and men,––a man––Christ Jesus:

⁹ If we are confessing our sins, faithful, is he and, righteous––that he should forgive us our sins, and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

¹⁶ Be openly confessing, therefore, one to another, your sins, and be praying in each other’s behalf,––that ye may be healed. Much availeth, the supplication of a righteous man, when it is energised: