Thematic Bible: Should be accompanied with
Thematic Bible
Confession of sin » Should be accompanied with » Prayer for forgiveness
Have mercy, God, according to your gracious love, according to your unlimited compassion, erase my transgressions.
LORD,even though our iniquities testify against us, do something for the sake of your name. Indeed, our apostasies are many, and we have sinned against you. Hope of Israel, its deliverer in time of trouble, why are you like a stranger in the land, like a traveler who sets up his tent for a night? Why are you like a man taken by surprise, like a strong man who can't deliver? You are among us, LORD, and your name is the one by which we're called. Don't abandon us!
Later, David's conscience bothered him after he had numbered the army, so David told the LORD, "I have sinned greatly by what I did. But now I am asking you, please remove the guilt of your servant, since I have acted very foolishly."
For the sake of your name, LORD, forgive my sin, for it is great.
We acknowledge, LORD, our wickedness, the guilt of our ancestors. Indeed, we have sinned against you.
Confession of sin » Should be accompanied with » Submission to punishment
You are righteous in all that is happening to us, because you have acted faithfully while we have practiced evil.
"After all that has happened to us because of our evil behavior, and because of our great sin considering that you our God have punished us less than our iniquities deserve and have given us this deliverance
causing me to oppose them and take them to the land of their enemies so that the uncircumcised foreskin of their hearts can be humbled and so that they accept the punishment of their iniquity
Confession of sin » Should be accompanied with » Godly sorrow
Look, LORD, how distressed I am; all my insides are churning. My heart is troubled within me, because I vigorously rebelled. Outside the sword brings loss of life, while at home death rules.
I confess my iniquity, and my sin troubles me.
Confession of sin » Should be accompanied with » Forsaking sin
Whoever hides his transgressions will not succeed, but whoever confesses and forsakes them will find mercy.
Confession of sin » Should be accompanied with » Self-abasement
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. All of us have become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous acts are like a filthy rag; we all shrivel up like a leaf, and like the wind, our iniquities sweep us away.
Confession of sin » Should be accompanied with » Restitution
"Instruct the Israelis that whenever a man or woman does something contained in the list of the sins of man, thereby acting treacherously against the LORD, then that person stands guilty. He is to confess the sin that he had committed, pay its full compensation, add one fifth to it, and give the compensation to whomever he offended.