Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Confession » Confessing your sins
Therefore, confess your sins to one another [your false steps, your offenses], and pray for one another, that you may be healed and restored. The heartfelt and persistent prayer of a righteous man (believer) can accomplish much [when put into action and made effective by God—it is dynamic and can have tremendous power].
‘Only understand fully and acknowledge your wickedness and guilt,
That you have rebelled (transgressed) against the Lord your God
And have scattered your favors among strangers under every green tree,
And you have not obeyed My voice,’ says the Lord.
And the Lord said to Moses, Say to the Israelites, When a man or woman commits any sin that men commit by breaking faith with the Lord, and that person is guilty, Then he shall confess the sin which he has committed, and he shall make restitution for his wrong in full, and add a fifth to it, and give it to him whom he has wronged.
For I do confess my guilt and iniquity;
I am filled with anxiety because of my sin.
Confession of sin » Should be accompanied with » Godly sorrow
“See, O Lord, how distressed I am!
My spirit is deeply disturbed;
My heart is overturned within me and cannot rest,
For I have been very rebellious.
In the street the sword kills and bereaves;
In the house there is [famine, disease and] death!
For I do confess my guilt and iniquity;
I am filled with anxiety because of my sin.
Conviction of sin » Examples of » Job
“Therefore I retract [my words and hate myself]
And I repent in dust and ashes.”
For He has torn us, but He will heal us;
He has wounded us, but He will bandage us.
For I do confess my guilt and iniquity;
I am filled with anxiety because of my sin.
A voice is heard on the barren heights,
The weeping and pleading of the children of Israel,
Because they have lost their way,
They have [deliberately] forgotten the Lord their God.
Repentance » Examples of » Job
“Therefore I retract [my words and hate myself]
And I repent in dust and ashes.”
For He has torn us, but He will heal us;
He has wounded us, but He will bandage us.
For I do confess my guilt and iniquity;
I am filled with anxiety because of my sin.
A voice is heard on the barren heights,
The weeping and pleading of the children of Israel,
Because they have lost their way,
They have [deliberately] forgotten the Lord their God.
Sin » Should be » Mourned over
For I do confess my guilt and iniquity;
I am filled with anxiety because of my sin.
A voice is heard on the barren heights,
The weeping and pleading of the children of Israel,
Because they have lost their way,
They have [deliberately] forgotten the Lord their God.