Bible Cross References
confess
Numbers 5:7
then they shall confess the sin which they have done. He shall make restitution for his trespass in full, add a fifth to it, and give it to the one he has wronged.
Deuteronomy 4:29-31
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But from there you will seek Jehovah your God, and you shall find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul.
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When you are in distress, and all these things have come upon you in the latter days; then when you have returned unto Jehovah your God and have obeyed His voice
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(for Jehovah your God is a merciful Mighty God), He will not forsake you nor destroy you, nor forget the covenant of your fathers which He has sworn unto them.
Deuteronomy 30:1-3
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And it shall come to pass, when all these things come upon you, the blessing and the curse which I have set before you, and you call them to mind among all the nations where Jehovah your God has thrust you away,
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and you return to Jehovah your God and obey His voice, according to all that I am commanding you today, you and your children, with all your heart and with all your soul,
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that Jehovah your God will bring you back from captivity, and have compassion on you, and will return and gather you from all the nations where Jehovah your God has scattered you.
Joshua 7:19
And Joshua said to Achan, My son, give glory to Jehovah the God of Israel, and make confession to Him, and please tell me now what you have done; do not hide it from me.
1 Kings 8:33-36
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When Your people Israel are struck down before an enemy because they have sinned against You, and when they turn back to You and confess Your name, and pray and make supplication to You in this house,
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then hear in Heaven, and forgive the sin of Your people Israel, and bring them back to the land which You have given to their fathers.
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When the heavens are restrained and there is no rain because they have sinned against You; when they have prayed toward this place and confessed Your name, and turned from their sin because You afflicted them,
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then hear in Heaven, and forgive the sin of Your servants, Your people Israel, that You may teach them the good way in which they should walk; and send rain upon Your land which You have given to Your people as an inheritance.
1 Kings 8:47-36
Nehemiah 9:2-5
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Then the seed of Israel separated themselves from the children of the foreigners; and they stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers.
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And they stood up in their place and read from the Book of the Law of Jehovah their God for a fourth part of the day; and for another fourth they confessed and prostrated themselves before Jehovah their God.
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Then Jeshua, Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani stood on the stairs of the Levites and cried out with a loud voice to Jehovah their God.
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And the Levites, Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah, Sherebiah, Hodijah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said: Stand up and bless Jehovah your God forever and ever! Blessed is Your glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise!
Job 33:27
Then he observes men and says, I have sinned, and perverted what was right; and it has not been equaled to me.
Job 33:28
He has redeemed my soul from passing over to the Pit, and my life shall see the light.
Psalm 32:5
I declared my sin to You, and my iniquity I have not hidden. I said, I will confess my transgression to Jehovah, and You forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah.
Proverbs 28:13
He who covers his sins shall not prosper; but he who confesses and forsakes them shall have mercy.
Jeremiah 31:18-20
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I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself, saying, You have chastised me, and I was chastised, like an untrained bull; draw me back, and I shall return. For You are Jehovah my God.
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Surely after I was turned back, I repented; and after I was instructed, I struck my thigh. I was ashamed, yes, even humiliated, because I bore the reproach of my youth.
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Is Ephraim My dear son? Is he a delightful child? For as often as I spoke against him, I call to mind and remember him still. Therefore My heart is stirred for him; I will have mercy and compassion upon him, says Jehovah.
Ezekiel 36:31
Then you will remember your evil ways and your deeds that were not good; and you will loathe yourselves in your own sight, for your iniquities and your abominations.
Daniel 9:3-20
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And I set my face toward the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes.
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And I prayed to Jehovah my God, and made my confession, saying, O Lord, the great and awesome Mighty God, keeping the covenant and mercy with those who love Him, and with those who keep His commandments,
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we have sinned and have committed iniquity and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even by departing from Your commandments and from Your judgments.
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And we have not heeded Your servants the prophets, who spoke in Your name to our kings, our rulers, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land.
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O Lord, righteousness belongs to You, but to us the shame of face, as it is this day to the men of Judah, and to those living in Jerusalem, and to all Israel, who are near and who are afar in all the lands where You have driven them for their unfaithfulness which they have trespassed against You.
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O Lord, shame of face belongs to us, to our kings, to our rulers and to our fathers, because we have sinned against You.
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To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgiveness, for we have rebelled against Him.
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We have not obeyed the voice of the Lord our God, to walk in His laws which he set before us by His servants the prophets.
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Yea, all Israel has transgressed Your Law and turned aside so as not to obey Your voice. For this reason the curse has poured out on us, and the oath that is written in the Law of Moses the servant of God, because we have sinned against Him.
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And He has confirmed His Words which He spoke against us, and against our judges who judged us, by bringing on us a great evil. For under the whole heavens it has never been done as has been done to Jerusalem.
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As it is written in the Law of Moses, all this evil has come on us. Yet we did not make our prayer before Jehovah our God that we might turn from our depravities and understand Your truth.
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And Jehovah has looked on the evil and has brought it upon us. For Jehovah our God is righteous in all His works which He does. For we did not obey His voice.
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And now, O Lord our God, who brought Your people out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand and made for Yourself a name, as it is this day; we have sinned; we have done wickedly.
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O Lord, I pray, according to all Your righteousness, let Your anger and Your fury be turned away from Your city Jerusalem, Your holy mountain. For because of our sins and for our fathers' iniquities, Jerusalem and Your people have become a reproach to all those around us.
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And now, hear, O our God, the prayer of Your servant and his supplications, and cause Your face to shine on Your sanctuary that is desolate, for the sake of the Lord.
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O my God, bow down Your ear and hear; open Your eyes and see our desolations and the city which is called by Your name. For we do not make our supplications before You on account of our righteousness, but because of Your great mercies.
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O Lord, hear! O Lord, forgive! O Lord, give attention and act! Do not delay, for Your own sake, O my God. For Your city and Your people are called by Your name.
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And while I was speaking and praying and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and prostrating with my supplication before Jehovah my God for the holy mountain of my God,
Hosea 5:15
I will go and return to My place until they confess their guilt and seek My face. In their affliction they will seek Me earnestly.
Hosea 6:1
Come, and let us return to Jehovah. For He has torn, and He will heal us. He has stricken, and He will bind us up.
Hosea 6:2
After two days He will restore us to life. In the third day He will raise us up, and we shall live in His presence.
Luke 15:18
I will arise and go to my father, and will say to him, Father, I have sinned against Heaven and before you,
Luke 15:19
and I am no longer worthy to be called your son. Make me like one of your hired servants.
1 John 1:8-10
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If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
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If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
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If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His Word is not in us.
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Leviticus 26:21
And if you walk contrary to Me, and are not willing to obey Me, I will bring upon you seven times more plagues, according to your sins.
Leviticus 26:24
then I also will walk contrary to you, and I will punish you yet seven times for your sins.
Leviticus 26:27
And after all this, if you do not obey Me, but walk contrary to Me,
Leviticus 26:28
then I also will walk contrary to you in fury; and I, even I, will chastise you seven times for your sins.