Bible Cross References
we confess
Leviticus 26:40-42
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"But your descendants will confess their sins and the sins of their ancestors, who resisted me and rebelled against me,
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and caused me to turn against them and send them into exile in the land of their enemies. At last, when your descendants are humbled and they have paid the penalty for their sin and rebellion,
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I will remember my covenant with Jacob and with Isaac and with Abraham, and I will renew my promise to give my people the land.
1 Kings 8:47
listen to your people's prayers. If there in that land they repent and pray to you, confessing how sinful and wicked they have been, hear their prayers, O LORD.
2 Chronicles 6:37
listen to your people's prayers. If there in that land they repent and pray to you, confessing how sinful and wicked they have been, hear their prayers, O LORD.
2 Chronicles 6:38
If in that land they truly and sincerely repent and pray to you as they face toward this land which you gave to our ancestors, this city which you have chosen, and this Temple which I have built for you,
Nehemiah 1:6
Look at me, LORD, and hear my prayer, as I pray day and night for your servants, the people of Israel. I confess that we, the people of Israel, have sinned. My ancestors and I have sinned.
Nehemiah 9:2-37
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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."
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And then the people of Israel prayed this prayer: "You, LORD, you alone are LORD; you made the heavens and the stars of the sky. You made land and sea and everything in them; you gave life to all. The heavenly powers bow down and worship you.
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You, LORD God, chose Abram and led him out of Ur in Babylonia; you changed his name to Abraham.
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You found that he was faithful to you, and you made a covenant with him. You promised to give him the land of the Canaanites, the land of the Hittites and the Amorites, the land of the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Girgashites, to be a land where his descendants would live. You kept your promise, because you are faithful.
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"You saw how our ancestors suffered in Egypt; you heard their call for help at the Red Sea.
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You worked amazing miracles against the king, against his officials and the people of his land, because you knew how they oppressed your people. You won then the fame you still have today.
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Through the sea you made a path for your people and led them through on dry ground. Those who pursued them drowned in deep water, as a stone sinks in the raging sea.
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With a cloud you led them in daytime, and at night you lighted their way with fire.
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At Mount Sinai you came down from heaven; you spoke to your people and gave them good laws and sound teachings.
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You taught them to keep your Sabbaths holy, and through your servant Moses you gave them your laws.
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"When they were hungry, you gave them bread from heaven, and water from a rock when they were thirsty. You told them to take control of the land which you had promised to give them.
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But our ancestors grew proud and stubborn and refused to obey your commands.
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They refused to obey; they forgot all you did; they forgot the miracles you had performed. In their pride they chose a leader to take them back to slavery in Egypt. But you are a God who forgives; you are gracious and loving, slow to be angry. Your mercy is great; you did not forsake them.
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They made an idol in the shape of a bull-calf and said it was the god who led them from Egypt! How much they insulted you, LORD!
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But you did not abandon them there in the desert, for your mercy is great. You did not take away the cloud or the fire that showed them the path by day and night.
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In your goodness you told them what they should do; you fed them manna and gave them water to drink.
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Through forty years in the desert you provided all that they needed; their clothing never wore out, and their feet were not swollen with pain.
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"You let them conquer nations and kingdoms, lands that bordered their own. They conquered the land of Heshbon, where Sihon ruled, and the land of Bashan, where Og was king.
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You gave them as many children as there are stars in the sky, and let them conquer and live in the land that you had promised their ancestors to give them.
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They conquered the land of Canaan; you overcame the people living there. You gave your people the power to do as they pleased with the people and kings of Canaan.
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Your people captured fortified cities, fertile land, houses full of wealth, cisterns already dug, olive trees, fruit trees, and vineyards. They ate all they wanted and grew fat; they enjoyed all the good things you gave them.
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"But your people rebelled and disobeyed you; they turned their backs on your Law. They killed the prophets who warned them, who told them to turn back to you. They insulted you time after time,
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so you let their enemies conquer and rule them. In their trouble they called to you for help, and you answered them from heaven. In your great mercy you sent them leaders who rescued them from their foes.
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When peace returned, they sinned again, and again you let their enemies conquer them. Yet when they repented and asked you to save them, in heaven you heard, and time after time you rescued them in your great mercy.
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You warned them to obey your teachings, but in pride they rejected your laws, although keeping your Law is the way to life. Hard-headed and stubborn, they refused to obey.
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Year after year you patiently warned them. You inspired your prophets to speak, but your people were deaf, so you let them be conquered by other nations.
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And yet, because your mercy is great, you did not forsake or destroy them. You are a gracious and merciful God!
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"O God, our God, how great you are! How terrifying, how powerful! You faithfully keep your covenant promises. From the time when Assyrian kings oppressed us, even till now, how much we have suffered! Our kings, our leaders, our priests and prophets, our ancestors, and all our people have suffered. Remember how much we have suffered!
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You have done right to punish us; you have been faithful, even though we have sinned.
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Our ancestors, our kings, leaders, and priests have not kept your Law. They did not listen to your commands and warnings.
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With your blessing, kings ruled your people when they lived in the broad, fertile land you gave them; but they failed to turn from sin and serve you.
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And now we are slaves in the land that you gave us, this fertile land which gives us food.
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What the land produces goes to the kings that you put over us because we sinned. They do as they please with us and our livestock, and we are in deep distress!"
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.
Psalm 51:2-5
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Wash away all my evil and make me clean from my sin!
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I recognize my faults; I am always conscious of my sins.
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I have sinned against you---only against you--- and done what you consider evil. So you are right in judging me; you are justified in condemning me.
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I have been evil from the day I was born; from the time I was conceived, I have been sinful.
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.
Daniel 9:4-20
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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.
Matthew 3:6
They confessed their sins, and he baptized them in the Jordan.
Mark 1:5
Many people from the province of Judea and the city of Jerusalem went out to hear John. They confessed their sins, and he baptized them in the Jordan River.
Acts 19:18
Many of the believers came, publicly admitting and revealing what they had done.
he is
Deuteronomy 7:9
Remember that the LORD your God is the only God and that he is faithful. He will keep his covenant and show his constant love to a thousand generations of those who love him and obey his commands,
Lamentations 3:23
Fresh as the morning, as sure as the sunrise.
1 Corinthians 1:9
God is to be trusted, the God who called you to have fellowship with his Son Jesus Christ, our Lord.
1 Timothy 1:15
This is a true saying, to be completely accepted and believed: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. I am the worst of them,
Hebrews 10:23
Let us hold on firmly to the hope we profess, because we can trust God to keep his promise.
Hebrews 11:11
It was faith that made Abraham able to become a father, even though he was too old and Sarah herself could not have children. He trusted God to keep his promise.
just
Isaiah 45:21
Come and present your case in court; let the defendants consult one another. Who predicted long ago what would happen? Was it not I, the LORD, the God who saves his people? There is no other god.
Zechariah 9:9
Rejoice, rejoice, people of Zion! Shout for joy, you people of Jerusalem! Look, your king is coming to you! He comes triumphant and victorious, but humble and riding on a donkey--- on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
Romans 3:26
Hebrews 6:10
God is not unfair. He will not forget the work you did or the love you showed for him in the help you gave and are still giving to other Christians.
Revelation 15:3
and singing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb: "Lord God Almighty, how great and wonderful are your deeds! King of the nations, how right and true are your ways!
and to
1 John 1:7
But if we live in the light---just as he is in the light---then we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from every sin.
Psalm 19:12
None of us can see our own errors; deliver me, LORD, from hidden faults!
Psalm 51:2
Wash away all my evil and make me clean from my sin!
Jeremiah 33:8
I will purify them from the sins that they have committed against me, and I will forgive their sins and their rebellion.
Ezekiel 36:25
I will sprinkle clean water on you and make you clean from all your idols and everything else that has defiled you.
Ezekiel 37:23
They will not defile themselves with disgusting idols any more or corrupt themselves with sin. I will free them from all the ways in which they sin and betray me. I will purify them; they will be my people, and I will be their God.
1 Corinthians 6:11
Some of you were like that. But you have been purified from sin; you have been dedicated to God; you have been put right with God by the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
Ephesians 5:26
He did this to dedicate the church to God by his word, after making it clean by washing it in water,
Titus 2:14
He gave himself for us, to rescue us from all wickedness and to make us a pure people who belong to him alone and are eager to do good.