Quotes About Confession

Yes, I confess my iniquity; I am troubled by my sin.

For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. When Nathan the prophet came to him after his adultery with Bathsheba. Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your loving devotion; according to Your great compassion, blot out my transgressions.

For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me.

Against You, You only, have I sinned and done what is evil in Your sight, so that You may be proved right when You speak and blameless when You judge.

Hide Your face from my sins and blot out all my iniquities.

Deliver me from bloodguilt, O God, the God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing of Your righteousness.

You know my folly, O God, and my guilt is not hidden from You.

You have set our iniquities before You, our secret sins in the light of Your presence.

We have sinned like our fathers; we have done wrong and acted wickedly.

Who can say, “I have kept my heart pure; I am cleansed from my sin”?

He who conceals his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy.

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; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of Hosts.”

And with it he touched my mouth and said: “Now that this has touched your lips, your iniquity is removed and your sin is atoned for.”

O LORD our God, other lords besides You have had dominion, but Your name alone do we confess.

This is what the LORD says: “The products of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush, along with the Sabeans, men of stature, will come over to you and will be yours; they will trudge behind you; they will come over in chains and bow down to you. They will confess to you: ëGod is indeed with you, and there is no other; there is no other God.í”

For our transgressions are multiplied before You, and our sins testify against us. Our transgressions are indeed with us, and we know our iniquities:

you say, ëI am innocent. Surely His anger will turn from me.í Behold, I will judge you, because you say, ëI have not sinned.í

Only acknowledge your guilt, that you have rebelled against the LORD your God. You have scattered your favors to foreign gods under every green tree and have not obeyed My voice,í” declares the LORD.

Let us lie down in our shame; let our disgrace cover us. We have sinned against the LORD our God, both we and our fathers; from our youth even to this day we have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God.”

We acknowledge our wickedness, O LORD, the guilt of our fathers; indeed, we have sinned against You.

so that when I make atonement for all you have done, you will remember and be ashamed and never again open your mouth because of your disgrace, declares the Lord GOD.”

Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ëBecause you have drawn attention to your guilt, exposing your transgressions, so that your sins are revealed in all your deeds—because you have come to remembrance—you shall be taken in hand.

And I prayed to the LORD my God and confessed, “O, Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps His covenant of loving devotion to those who love Him and keep His commandments,

O LORD, we are covered with shame—our kings, our leaders, and our fathers—because we have sinned against You.