Bible Cross References
confess
Numbers 5:7
you must confess your sin and make full repayment, plus an additional 20 percent, to the person you have wronged.
Deuteronomy 4:29-31
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There you will look for the LORD your God, and if you search for him with all your heart, you will find him.
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When you are in trouble and all those things happen to you, then you will finally turn to the LORD and obey him.
31
He is a merciful God. He will not abandon you or destroy you, and he will not forget the covenant that he himself made with your ancestors.
Deuteronomy 30:1-3
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"I have now given you a choice between a blessing and a curse. When all these things have happened to you, and you are living among the nations where the LORD your God has scattered you, you will remember the choice I gave you.
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If you and your descendants will turn back to the LORD and with all your heart obey his commands that I am giving you today,
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then the LORD your God will have mercy on you. He will bring you back from the nations where he has scattered you, and he will make you prosperous again.
Joshua 7:19
Joshua said to him, "My son, tell the truth here before the LORD, the God of Israel, and confess. Tell me now what you have done. Don't try to hide it from me."
1 Kings 8:33-36
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"When your people Israel are defeated by their enemies because they have sinned against you, and then when they turn to you and come to this Temple, humbly praying to you for forgiveness,
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listen to them in heaven. Forgive the sins of your people and bring them back to the land which you gave to their ancestors.
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"When you hold back the rain because your people have sinned against you, and then when they repent and face this Temple, humbly praying to you,
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listen to them in heaven. Forgive the sins of the king and of the people of Israel, and teach them to do what is right. Then, O LORD, send rain on this land of yours, which you gave to your people as a permanent possession.
1 Kings 8:47-36
Nehemiah 9:2-5
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For about three hours the Law of the LORD their God was read to them, and for the next three hours they confessed their sins and worshiped the LORD their God.
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There was a platform for the Levites, and on it stood Jeshua, Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani. They prayed aloud to the LORD their God.
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The following Levites gave a call to worship: Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah. They said: "Stand up and praise the LORD your God; praise him forever and ever! Let everyone praise his glorious name, although no human praise is great enough."
Job 33:27
Each one will say in public, "I have sinned. I have not done right, but God spared me.
Job 33:28
He kept me from going to the world of the dead, and I am still alive."
Psalm 32:5
Then I confessed my sins to you; I did not conceal my wrongdoings. I decided to confess them to you, and you forgave all my sins.
Proverbs 28:13
You will never succeed in life if you try to hide your sins. Confess them and give them up; then God will show mercy to you.
Jeremiah 31:18-20
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"I hear the people of Israel say in grief, ' LORD, we were like an untamed animal, but you taught us to obey. Bring us back; we are ready to return to you, the LORD our God.
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We turned away from you, but soon we wanted to return. After you had punished us, we hung our heads in grief. We were ashamed and disgraced because we sinned when we were young.'
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"Israel, you are my dearest child, the one I love best. Whenever I mention your name, I think of you with love. My heart goes out to you; I will be merciful.
Ezekiel 36:31
You will remember your evil conduct and the wrongs that you committed, and you will be disgusted with yourselves because of your sins and your iniquities.
Daniel 9:3-20
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And I prayed earnestly to the Lord God, pleading with him, fasting, wearing sackcloth, and sitting in ashes.
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I prayed to the LORD my God and confessed the sins of my people. I said, "Lord God, you are great, and we honor you. You are faithful to your covenant and show constant love to those who love you and do what you command.
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"We have sinned, we have been evil, we have done wrong. We have rejected what you commanded us to do and have turned away from what you showed us was right.
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We have not listened to your servants the prophets, who spoke in your name to our kings, our rulers, our ancestors, and our whole nation.
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You, Lord, always do what is right, but we have always brought disgrace on ourselves. This is true of all of us who live in Judea and in Jerusalem and of all the Israelites whom you scattered in countries near and far because they were unfaithful to you.
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Our kings, our rulers, and our ancestors have acted shamefully and sinned against you, Lord.
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You are merciful and forgiving, although we have rebelled against you.
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We did not listen to you, O LORD our God, when you told us to live according to the laws which you gave us through your servants the prophets.
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All Israel broke your laws and refused to listen to what you said. We sinned against you, and so you brought on us the curses that are written in the Law of Moses, your servant.
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You did what you said you would do to us and our rulers. You punished Jerusalem more severely than any other city on earth,
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giving us all the punishment described in the Law of Moses. But even now, O LORD our God, we have not tried to please you by turning from our sins or by following your truth.
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You, O LORD our God, were prepared to punish us, and you did, because you always do what is right, and we did not listen to you.
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"O Lord our God, you showed your power by bringing your people out of Egypt, and your power is still remembered. We have sinned; we have done wrong.
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You have defended us in the past, so do not be angry with Jerusalem any longer. It is your city, your sacred hill. All the people in the neighboring countries look down on Jerusalem and on your people because of our sins and the evil our ancestors did.
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O God, hear my prayer and pleading. Restore your Temple, which has been destroyed; restore it so that everyone will know that you are God.
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Listen to us, O God; look at us and see the trouble we are in and the suffering of the city that bears your name. We are praying to you because you are merciful, not because we have done right.
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Lord, hear us. Lord, forgive us. Lord, listen to us, and act! In order that everyone will know that you are God, do not delay! This city and these people are yours."
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I went on praying, confessing my sins and the sins of my people Israel and pleading with the LORD my God to restore his holy Temple.
Hosea 5:15
"I will abandon my people until they have suffered enough for their sins and come looking for me. Perhaps in their suffering they will try to find me."
Hosea 6:1
The people say, "Let's return to the LORD! He has hurt us, but he will be sure to heal us; he has wounded us, but he will bandage our wounds, won't he?
Hosea 6:2
In two or three days he will revive us, and we will live in his presence.
Luke 15:18
I will get up and go to my father and say, "Father, I have sinned against God and against you.
Luke 15:19
I am no longer fit to be called your son; treat me as one of your hired workers." '
1 John 1:8-10
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If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and there is no truth in us.
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But if we confess our sins to God, he will keep his promise and do what is right: he will forgive us our sins and purify us from all our wrongdoing.
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If we say that we have not sinned, we make a liar out of God, and his word is not in us.
and that
Leviticus 26:21
"If you still continue to resist me and refuse to obey me, I will again increase your punishment seven times.
Leviticus 26:24
then I will turn on you and punish you seven times harder than before.
Leviticus 26:27
"If after all of this you still continue to defy me and refuse to obey me,
Leviticus 26:28
then in my anger I will turn on you and again make your punishment seven times worse than before.