Thematic Bible: Should be accompanied with
Thematic Bible
Confession of sin » Should be accompanied with » Prayer for forgiveness
Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions.
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"Though our iniquities testify against us, act, O LORD, for your name's sake; for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against you. O you hope of Israel, its savior in time of trouble, why should you be like a stranger in the land, like a traveler who turns aside to tarry for a night? Why should you be like a man confused, like a mighty warrior who cannot save? Yet you, O LORD, are in the midst of us, and we are called by your name; do not leave us."
But David's heart struck him after he had numbered the people. And David said to the LORD, "I have sinned greatly in what I have done. But now, O LORD, please take away the iniquity of your servant, for I have done very foolishly."
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For your name's sake, O LORD, pardon my guilt, for it is great.
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We acknowledge our wickedness, O LORD, and the iniquity of our fathers, for we have sinned against you.
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Confession of sin » Should be accompanied with » Submission to punishment
Yet you have been righteous in all that has come upon us, for you have dealt faithfully and we have acted wickedly.
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And after all that has come upon us for our evil deeds and for our great guilt, seeing that you, our God, have punished us less than our iniquities deserved and have given us such a remnant as this,
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so that I walked contrary to them and brought them into the land of their enemies--if then their uncircumcised heart is humbled and they make amends for their iniquity,
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Confession of sin » Should be accompanied with » Godly sorrow
"Look, O LORD, for I am in distress; my stomach churns; my heart is wrung within me, because I have been very rebellious. In the street the sword bereaves; in the house it is like death.
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I confess my iniquity; I am sorry for my sin.
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Confession of sin » Should be accompanied with » Forsaking sin
Whoever conceals his transgressions will not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes them will obtain mercy.
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Confession of sin » Should be accompanied with » Self-abasement
You meet him who joyfully works righteousness, those who remember you in your ways. Behold, you were angry, and we sinned; in our sins we have been a long time, and shall we be saved? We have all become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous deeds are like a polluted garment. We all fade like a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.
Confession of sin » Should be accompanied with » Restitution
"Speak to the people of Israel, When a man or woman commits any of the sins that people commit by breaking faith with the LORD, and that person realizes his guilt, he shall confess his sin that he has committed.And he shall make full restitution for his wrong, adding a fifth to it and giving it to him to whom he did the wrong.