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 righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”
“Confess your offenses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The insistent prayer of a righteous person is powerfully effective.”
“For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,”
“My little children, I write these things to you so that you may not sin. If anyone sins, we have a Counselor with the Father, Jesus Christ, the righteous.”
“He who conceals his sins doesn't prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them finds mercy.”
“When he had said this, he breathed on them, and said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit!”
“Whoever's sins you forgive, they are forgiven them. Whoever's sins you retain, they have been retained."”
“Jesus therefore said to them again, "Peace be to you. As the Father has sent me, even so I send you."”
“When therefore it was evening, on that day, the first day of the week, and when the doors were locked where the disciples were assembled, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and said to them, "Peace be to you."”
“When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. The disciples therefore were glad when they saw the Lord.”
“Many also of those who had believed came, confessing, and declaring their deeds.”
“But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, wasn't with them when Jesus came.”
“I acknowledged my sin to you. I didn't hide my iniquity. I said, I will confess my transgressions to Yahweh, and you forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah.”