50+ Bible Verses about Confession

“The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world.”

If we own up our wrongdoings, he will be loyal and fair when he showers his mercy upon us for all the sins we have committed and purifies us from immorality and evil. 

“Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.”

And on that account, you should own up about your acts of wrongdoing to one another, and join hands in prayer for the well-being of your companions, so that you may be cured of anything and everything. The act of devotion by a moral and honest person has a huge influence as it gets fulfilled quite efficiently. 

“Those who conceal their sins do not prosper, but those who confess and renounce them find mercy.”

All the people who try to hide their sinful acts will not be able to gain success in life, but the person who owns up about his mistakes and does not repeat them for a second time, will be showered with the mercy of the almighty Heavenly Father, the Supreme Being of all the universe. 

“Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.”

“Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.”

And on that account, clean your hands, you miscreants, and purge your souls, you double-faced creatures. You should subject yourself to misery and shed tears and lament. Allow your laughs to be transformed into grieving, and allow your happiness to be transformed into sorrow. Make yourself service in front of the almighty Heavenly Father, the Supreme Being of all the universe, and he will glorify you. 

“Then I acknowledged my sin to you and did not cover up my iniquity. I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the LORD.” And you forgave the guilt of my sin.”

I have confessed my sins to you and got it off my chest, and I did not try to hide my acts of wickedness; I declared to the good God, the almighty Heavenly Father, that I will own up about all my wrongdoings to him. And the holy Lord, the Supreme Being of all the universe, showered me with His forgiveness for the immorality of my transgressions. Selah

“Many of those who believed now came and openly confessed what they had done.”

And on that account, many people among them, who have now turned into devotees as well, they all made their way here, owning up about their sins and revealing their immoral acts. 

“For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.”

And on that account, there are many people who have carried out sinful acts and have therefore been deprived of the blessings of the almighty Heavenly Father, the Supreme Being of all the universe. 

“So then, if you know the good you ought to do and don’t do it, you sin.”

And on that account, if any man is aware of the difference between what is right and what is wrong, and even after his knowledge of the right thing if he chooses to take up the wrong path, he is clearly and with complete intention committing a sinful act. 

“Blessed are those whose sin the LORD does not count against them and in whose spirit is no deceit.”

“When I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long.”

And on that account, during the times that I have kept my lips sealed, my bones have frittered away through my whining that continued throughout the day. And this is because of the fact that for days and nights, your arms felt hefty upon my shoulders; my strength had desiccated in a similar way in which things dry up in the scorching warmth of the summer. 

“For the director of music. A psalm of David. When the prophet Nathan came to him after David had committed adultery with Bathsheba. Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love; according to your great compassion blot out my transgressions.”

“Wash away all my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin.”

And on that account, it is addressed to the conductor of the choir. A Psalm of David was pronounced, during the time Nathan, the fortune teller, had made his way to him after he had paid a visit to Bathsheba. Shower me with some of your forgiveness, O Lord, the almighty Heavenly Father of all nations, on the basis of your committed affection; and on the basis of your plentiful amount of compassion, wipe out all the sinful acts that I have committed. 

And with that he breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit.”

“If you forgive the sins of anyone, their sins are forgiven; if you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven.”

And on that account, during the time he uttered those words, he laid his breath on them and told them to accept the Divine Spirit. He also added that if someone shows forgiveness to the sinful acts of any person, he will also be shown forgiveness when he is in need of it, and if someone stops himself from showing forgiveness to others, no one will show him forgiveness as well. 

“If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.”

And on that account, if you acknowledge it with your lips that the Son of God, Jesus Christ is our holy Lord and in your soul, if you have faith in the fact that he was brought back to life from death by the almighty Heavenly Father, the Supreme Being of all the universe, you will be rescued. 

“No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to us all. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it.”

You have not been outstripped by any such desire or enticement that mankind is not accustomed to. The almighty Heavenly Father, the Supreme Being of all the universe, is true to his words, and he will not allow you to be enticed by something that is beyond your capacity to manage, but along with the enticement, he will also furnish you with a path to break free, so that you are able to deal with it. 

“Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult. On the contrary, repay evil with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing.”

And on that account, the almighty Heavenly Father, the Supreme Being of all the universe is not lazy or sluggish in carrying out his promises as a few people take sluggishness into account, but he is forbearing and tolerant with you, not wanting that any person should die, but he wishes that each and every man should gain contrition.  

“In the past God overlooked such ignorance, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent.”

There were times when the almighty Heavenly Father, the Supreme Being of all the universe, failed to notice the lack of knowledge of people, but at the current moment, he gave orders to each and every person from all over the world to feel remorse. 

“Grieve, mourn and wail. Change your laughter to mourning and your joy to gloom.”

“Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.”

And on that account, you should give up your souls to the good God, the almighty Heavenly Father. If you stay away from the evil spirit, he will leave you alone. Bring yourself closer to the holy Lord, the Supreme Being of all the universe, and he will also bring himself closer to you. 

On the evening of that first day of the week, when the disciples were together, with the doors locked for fear of the Jewish leaders, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you!”

“After he said this, he showed them his hands and side. The disciples were overjoyed when they saw the Lord.”

During the end of that day, the starting day of the week, there were latches on the gates where the devotees had taken shelter as they were afraid of the Jews, and the Son of God, Lord Jesus Christ, arrived and stood amidst them and told them that peace is with them. When he had uttered these words, he displayed his arms to them along with his side. 

“For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me.”

“Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight; so you are right in your verdict and justified when you judge.”

And on that account, pay close attention to the fact that I was brought into the soils of this earth as a result of evil, and my birth was an act of sin committed by my mother. 

“Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord.”

And on that account, you should feel remorse and undergo a transformation for a second time so that the sinful acts that you have carried out may be eradicated. 

Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.”

And on that account, Peter told them that each and every person among them should feel remorse and undergo baptism, in the name of the Son of God, Lord Jesus Christ, in order to beg for mercy for the sinful acts that they have committed, and they will be provided with the reward of the Divine Spirit. 

“For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

And on that account, the price that one has to pay for committing sinful acts is a departure from life, but the reward of the almighty Heavenly Father, the Supreme Being of all the universe, that is free of cost, is life for eternity in the name of the Son of God, Jesus Christ who is our Lord. 

“For day and night your hand was heavy on me; my strength was sapped as in the heat of summer.”

“Then I acknowledged my sin to you and did not cover up my iniquity. I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the LORD.” And you forgave the guilt of my sin.”

And on that account, the man whom the almighty Heavenly Father, the Supreme Being of all the universe, loves and does not take any of his immoral acts into consideration, and in whose soul there is no dishonesty, he is the one who is truly blessed. 

“And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive them, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins.”

And on that account, each time that you join your hands in prayer before the holy Lord, the almighty Heavenly Father who is the Supreme Being of all the universe, you should pardon the people who have wronged you and not hold any grudges against them, so that your holy Father who resides in paradise may shower his forgiveness upon you, for your transgressions as well. 

“He saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit.”

He rescued us, not on the basis of the moral and virtuous tasks that have been carried out by us, but he saved us in accordance with his own virtue of forgiveness, by the cleansing of regeneration and the restoration of the Divine Spirit. 

They replied, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved – you and your household.”

And on that account, they said that we should put our faith in the Son of the almighty God, Lord Jesus Christ, and our souls will be delivered, our family members and we will be furnished with protection. 

“I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.”

And on that account, I will provide you with the keys of the domain of paradise, and all the things that you hold together on the soils of the earth, those things shall stay with you in heaven as well, and all the things that you let slip on earth, shall slipway in heaven too. 

And on that account, the devotees were delighted when they laid their eyes upon the holy Lord. And the Son of God, Lord Jesus Christ, repeated once again that peace is with them and then he added that just how he has been sent by the almighty Heavenly Father, the Supreme Being of all the universe, in the similar way his disciples are also being sent by him. 

“Surely I was sinful at birth, sinful from the time my mother conceived me.”

And on that account, holy Lord, the almighty Heavenly Father, I beg you to cleanse me of all my immoral acts and liberate me completely of all my sins. And I am saying this because I am aware of all the sinful acts that I have carried out, and they are all in front of my eyes. I have committed an offense against you, and only you, and I have carried out acts that are considered to be wicked in your eyes, and I say this so that you appear to be rational in the things that you utter and innocent in your discernment.