Topic

Confession

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1 John 1:9

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

James 5:16

Confess therefore your sins one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The supplication of a righteous man availeth much in its working.

Proverbs 28:13

He that covereth his transgressions shall not prosper; But whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall obtain mercy.

Romans 10:9–11

because if thou shalt confess with thy mouth Jesus as Lord, and shalt believe in thy heart that God raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved: — read the full passage →

1 John 4:2

Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:

John 20:23

whose soever sins ye forgive, they are forgiven unto them; whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained.

Matthew 10:33

But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father who is in heaven.

Romans 10:10

for with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

1 John 4:15

Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God abideth in him, and he in God.

Romans 10:9–10

because if thou shalt confess with thy mouth Jesus as Lord, and shalt believe in thy heart that God raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved: — read the full passage →

Luke 12:8

And I say unto you, Every one who shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God:

Psalms 32:5–6

I acknowledged my sin unto thee, And mine iniquity did I not hide: I said, I will confess my transgressions unto Jehovah; And thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. [Selah — read the full passage →

1 John 4:3

and every spirit that confesseth not Jesus is not of God: and this is the spirit of the antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it cometh; and now it is in the world already.

Acts 3:19

Repent ye therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, that so there may come seasons of refreshing from the presence of the Lord;

Romans 10:9

because if thou shalt confess with thy mouth Jesus as Lord, and shalt believe in thy heart that God raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved:

Psalms 32:5

I acknowledged my sin unto thee, And mine iniquity did I not hide: I said, I will confess my transgressions unto Jehovah; And thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. [Selah

Leviticus 5:5

And it shall be, when he shall be guilty in one of these things, that he shall confess that wherein he hath sinned:

1 Timothy 6:12

Fight the good fight of the faith, lay hold on the life eternal, whereunto thou wast called, and didst confess the good confession in the sight of many witnesses.

Acts 2:38

And Peter said unto them, Repent ye, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ unto the remission of your sins; and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Matthew 7:21–23

Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father who is in heaven. — read the full passage →

Psalms 32:3

When I kept silence, my bones wasted away Through my groaning all the day long.

1 John 2:23

Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: he that confesseth the Son hath the Father also.

Hebrews 10:26

For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more a sacrifice for sins,

Psalms 32:1–35:28

Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, Whose sin is covered. — read the full passage →

James 4:8

Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye doubleminded.

Titus 3:5

not by works done in righteousness, which we did ourselves, but according to his mercy he saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit,

John 1:9

There was the true light, even the light which lighteth every man, coming into the world.

Romans 3:23–24

for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God; — read the full passage →

Matthew 10:32

Every one therefore who shall confess me before men, him will I also confess before my Father who is in heaven.

Daniel 9:5

we have sinned, and have dealt perversely, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even turning aside from thy precepts and from thine ordinances;

Psalms 51:10

Create in me a clean heart, O God; And renew a right spirit within me.

Acts 3:1–19:41

Now Peter and John were going up into the temple at the hour of prayer, beingthe ninth hour. — read the full passage →

John 2:23

Now when he was in Jerusalem at the passover, during the feast, many believed on his name, beholding his signs which he did.

John 1:3

All things were made through him; and without him was not anything made that hath been made.

Proverbs 18:21

Death and life are in the power of the tongue; And they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

Psalms 51:1–19

Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: According to the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions. — read the full passage →

Hebrews 10:23

let us hold fast the confession of our hope that it waver not; for he is faithful that promised:

Leviticus 5:1–19

And if any one sin, in that he heareth the voice of adjuration, he being a witness, whether he hath seen or known, if he do not utter it, then he shall bear his iniquity. — read the full passage →

Romans 10:10–12

for with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. — read the full passage →

John 20:19–23

When therefore it was evening, on that day, the firstdayof the week, and when the doors were shut where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you. — read the full passage →

Mark 11:23

Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou taken up and cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that what he saith cometh to pass; he shall have it.

Psalms 44:21

Will not God search this out? For he knoweth the secrets of the heart.

Deuteronomy 6:13

Thou shalt fear Jehovah thy God; and him shalt thou serve, and shalt swear by his name.

1 John 1:6

If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in the darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:

James 4:2

Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and covet, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war; ye have not, because ye ask not.

John 20:19–24

When therefore it was evening, on that day, the firstdayof the week, and when the doors were shut where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you. — read the full passage →

Psalms 51:2

Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity, And cleanse me from my sin.

Psalms 32:3–5

When I kept silence, my bones wasted away Through my groaning all the day long. — read the full passage →

Psalms 32:2

Blessed is the man unto whom Jehovah imputeth not iniquity, And in whose spirit there is no guile.

Revelation 14:12

Here is the patience of the saints, they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.

1 John 2:4

He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him;

1 Timothy 6:2

And they that have believing masters, let them not despise them, because they are brethren; but let them serve them the rather, because they that partake of the benefit are believing and beloved. These things teach and exhort.

1 Corinthians 11:1–34

Be ye imitators of me, even as I also am of Christ. — read the full passage →

Romans 10:2

For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.

Romans 6:4

We were buried therefore with him through baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we also might walk in newness of life.

Romans 3:3

For what if some were without faith? shall their want of faith make of none effect the faithfulness of God?

Acts 19:5

And when they heard this, they were baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus.

Acts 19:4

And Paul said, John baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people that they should believe on him that should come after him, that is, on Jesus.

Acts 18:5

But when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was constrained by the word, testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ.

Acts 8:35–36

And Philip opened his mouth, and beginning from this scripture, preached unto him Jesus. — read the full passage →

John 12:43

for they loved the glory that is of men more than the glory that is of God.

John 12:42

Nevertheless even of the rulers many believed on him; but because of the Pharisees they did not confess it, lest they should be put out of the synagogue:

John 9:22–38

These things said his parents, because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had agreed already, that if any man should confess him to be Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue. — read the full passage →

Mark 1:4–5

John came, who baptized in the wilderness and preached the baptism of repentance unto remission of sins. — read the full passage →

Matthew 9:6–8

But that ye may know that the Son of man hath authority on earth to forgive sins (then saith he to the sick of the palsy), Arise, and take up thy bed, and go unto thy house. — read the full passage →

Matthew 6:24

No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

Matthew 3:11

I indeed baptize you in water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you in the Holy Spirit and in fire:

Numbers 5:6–7

Speak unto the children of Israel, When a man or woman shall commit any sin that men commit, so as to trespass against Jehovah, and that soul shall be guilty; — read the full passage →

Hebrews 12:11

All chastening seemeth for the present to be not joyous but grievous; yet afterward it yieldeth peaceable fruit unto them that have been exercised thereby, even the fruit of righteousness.

1 Timothy 6:12–13

Fight the good fight of the faith, lay hold on the life eternal, whereunto thou wast called, and didst confess the good confession in the sight of many witnesses. — read the full passage →

1 Corinthians 14:1–40

Follow after love; yet desire earnestly spiritualgifts, but rather that ye may prophesy. — read the full passage →

Psalms 66:18

If I regard iniquity in my heart, The Lord will not hear:

2 Peter 3:9

The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some count slackness; but is longsuffering to you-ward, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

Acts 2:1–47

And when the day of Pentecost was now come, they were all together in one place. — read the full passage →

John 20:30–31

Many other signs therefore did Jesus in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book: — read the full passage →

John 3:16

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.

John 1:15–18

John beareth witness of him, and crieth, saying, This was he of whom I said, He that cometh after me is become before me: for he was before me. — read the full passage →

Genesis 1:1–31

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. — read the full passage →

Philippians 4:9

The things which ye both learned and received and heard and saw in me, these things do: and the God of peace shall be with you.

Topical index adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0). Verse text: ASV.