Luke 18:13
"But the tax collector stood at a distance and would not even look up to heaven. Instead, he continued to beat his chest and said, "O God, be merciful to me, the sinner that I am!'
Luke 23:48
When all the crowds who had come together for this spectacle saw what had taken place, they beat their chests and left.
Ezra 9:6
and said,
Jeremiah 31:18-19
"I've certainly heard Ephraim shuddering with grief as they said, "You have disciplined me, and I'm disciplined like an untrained calf. Restore me, and let me return, for you are the LORD my God.
Ezekiel 16:63
Then you will remember, be ashamed, and you won't open your mouth anymore due to humiliation when I will have made atonement for you for everything that you've done,' declares the Lord GOD."
Acts 2:37
When the crowd that had gathered heard this, they were pierced to the heart. They asked Peter and the other apostles, "Brothers, what should we do?"
Romans 5:8
But God demonstrates his love for us by the fact that the Messiah died for us while we were still sinners.
1 Timothy 1:15
This is a trustworthy saying that deserves complete acceptance: To this world Messiah came, sinful people to reclaim.
2 Chronicles 33:12-13
But when he was in trouble, he sought the face of the LORD his God, humbled himself magnificently before the God of his ancestors,
2 Chronicles 33:19
His prayer, how God was moved by him, all of his sin and unfaithfulness, and a record of the sites where he constructed high places, erected Asherim and carved images before he humbled himself are written in the Acts of the Seers.
2 Chronicles 33:23
except that he never humbled himself to the LORD like his father Manasseh had done. In fact, Amon multiplied his own guilt
Job 42:6
As a result, I despise myself and repent in dust and ashes."
Psalm 25:7
Do not remember my youthful sins and transgressions; but remember me in light of your gracious love, in light of your goodness, LORD.
Psalm 25:11
For the sake of your name, LORD, forgive my sin, for it is great.
Psalm 40:12
Innumerable evils have surrounded me; my iniquities have overtaken me so that I cannot see. They are more in number than the hair on my head, and my courage has forsaken me.
Psalm 41:4
As for me, I said, "LORD, be gracious to me! Heal me, for I have sinned against you!"
Psalm 51:1-3
Have mercy, God, according to your gracious love, according to your unlimited compassion, erase my transgressions.
Psalm 86:15-16
But you, Lord, are a compassionate God, merciful and patient, with unending gracious love and faithfulness.
Psalm 106:6
We have sinned, along with our ancestors; we have committed iniquity and wickedness.
Psalm 119:41
May your gracious love come to me, LORD, your salvation, just as you said.
Psalm 130:3-4
LORD, if you were to record iniquities, Lord, who could remain standing?
Psalm 130:7
Israel, hope in the LORD! For with the LORD there is gracious love, along with abundant redemption.
Isaiah 1:18
"Please come, and let's reason together," implores the LORD. "Even though your sins are like scarlet, they'll be white like snow. Though they're like crimson, they'll become like wool.
Isaiah 6:5
"How terrible it will be for me!" I cried, "because I am ruined! I'm a man with unclean lips, and I live among a people with unclean lips! And my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of the Heavenly Armies!"
Isaiah 64:5-6
You come to the aid of those who gladly do what's right, To those who remember you in your ways. See, you were angry, and we sinned against them for a long time, but we will be saved.
Daniel 9:5
"Lord! Great and awesome God, who keeps his covenant and gracious love for those who love him and obey his commandments, we've sinned, we've practiced evil, we've acted wickedly, and we've rebelled, turning away from your commands and from your regulations.
Daniel 9:7-11
"To you, Lord, belongs righteousness, but to us, open humiliation even to this day, to the men of Judah, the residents of Jerusalem, and to all Israel, both those who are nearby and those who are far away in all the lands to which you drove them because of their unfaithful acts that they committed against you.
Daniel 9:18-19
Turn your ear and listen, O God. Open your eyes and look at our desolation and at the city that is called by your name. We're not presenting our requests before you because of our righteousness, but because of your great compassion.
Matthew 9:13
Go and learn what this means: "I want mercy and not sacrifice,' because I did not come to call righteous people, but sinners."
Luke 5:8
When Simon Peter saw this, he fell down at Jesus' knees and said, "Leave me, Lord! I am a sinful man!" -
Luke 7:6-7
So Jesus went with them. He was not far from the house when the centurion sent friends to tell Jesus, "Sir, stop troubling yourself, because I'm not worthy to have you come under my roof.
Luke 15:18-21
I will get up, go to my father, and say to him, "Father, I have sinned against heaven and you.
Luke 17:12
As he was going into a village, ten lepers met him. They stood at a distance
Luke 23:40-43
But the other criminal rebuked him, "Aren't you afraid of God, since you are suffering the same penalty?
Romans 5:20-21
Now the Law crept in so that the offense would increase. But where sin increased, grace increased even more,
2 Corinthians 7:11
See what great earnestness godly sorrow has produced in you! How ready you are to clear yourselves, how indignant, how alarmed, how full of longing and enthusiasm, how eager to seek justice! In every way you have demonstrated that you are innocent in this matter.
Hebrews 4:16
So let us keep on coming boldly to the throne of grace, so that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.
Hebrews 8:12
For I will be merciful regarding their wrong deeds, and I will never again remember their sins."
1 John 1:8-10
If we say that we do not have any sin, we are deceiving ourselves and we're not being truthful to ourselves.