Bible Verses about “confessing sins”
The Bible contains 13 verses about confessing sins across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us [our] sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”
“Confess [your] faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.”
“For [there is] one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;”
“¶ My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:”
“¶ He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh [them] shall have mercy.”
“And when he had said this, he breathed on [them], and saith unto them, ‹Receive ye the Holy Ghost:›”
“‹Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them;› [and] ‹whose soever› [sins] ‹ye retain, they are retained.›”
“Then said Jesus to them again, ‹Peace› [be] ‹unto you: as› [my] ‹Father hath sent me, even so send I you.›”
“¶ Then the same day at evening, being the first [day] of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, ‹Peace› [be] ‹unto you.›”
“And when he had so said, he shewed unto them [his] hands and his side. Then were the disciples glad, when they saw the Lord.”
“And many that believed came, and confessed, and shewed their deeds.”
“But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came.”
“I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the LORD; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.”