Psalms 32:5
32:5 Then I confessed my sin;
I no longer covered up my wrongdoing.
I said, “I will confess my rebellious acts to the Lord.”
And then you forgave my sins. (Selah)
Psalms 38:18
38:18 Yes, I confess my wrongdoing,
and I am concerned about my sins.
Leviticus 26:40-41
26:40 However, when
they confess their iniquity and their ancestors’ iniquity which they committed by trespassing against me,
by which they also walked
in hostility against me
26:41 (and I myself will walk in hostility against them and bring them into the land of their enemies), and
then their uncircumcised hearts become humbled and they make up for
their iniquity,
Nehemiah 9:2
9:2 Those truly of Israelite descent
separated from all the foreigners,
standing and confessing their sins and the iniquities of their ancestors.
Job 33:27
33:27 That person sings to others, saying:
‘I have sinned and falsified what is right,
but I was not punished according to what I deserved.
Proverbs 28:13
28:13 The one who covers his transgressions will not prosper,
but whoever confesses them and forsakes them will find mercy.
Luke 15:18-21
15:18 I will get up and go to my father and say to him, “Father, I have sinned
against heaven
and against
you.
15:19 I am no longer worthy to be called your son; treat me
like one of your hired workers.”’
15:20 So
he got up and went to his father. But while he was still a long way from home
his father saw him, and his heart went out to him;
he ran and hugged
his son
and kissed him.
15:21 Then
his son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven
and against you; I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’