Thematic Bible: Should be accompanied with
Thematic Bible
Confession of sin » Should be accompanied with » Prayer for forgiveness
Be gracious to me, O God, according to your loyal love. According to your abundant mercies, blot out my transgressions.
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Although our iniquities testify against us, Yahweh, act for the sake of your name. Yes, our apostasies are many; we have sinned against you. [You are] the hope of Israel, its savior in time of distress. Why should you be like an alien in the land, or like a traveler who spreads out [his tent] to spend the night? Why should you be like a confused man, like a warrior [who] is not able to help? Yet you [are] in our midst, Yahweh, and your name is called upon us. You must not leave us!
The heart of David struck him after he had counted the people, and David said to Yahweh, "I have sinned greatly in what I have done! So then, O Yahweh, please forgive the guilt of your servant because I have acted very foolishly."
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Also, for the sake of your name, O Yahweh, forgive my sin, because it [is] great.
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We know, Yahweh, our wickedness, the iniquity of our ancestors, for we have sinned against you.
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Confession of sin » Should be accompanied with » Submission to punishment
You are righteous in everything that has come on us, for you dealt faithfully, and we have acted wickedly.
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After all that has come upon us for our evil practices and for our great guilt--you, our God, have held back less than our guilt [deserved] and you have given us a remainder such as this.
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I myself also went against them in hostility, and I brought them into the land of their enemies--or [if] then their uncircumcised heart is humbled and then they pay for their guilt,
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Confession of sin » Should be accompanied with » Godly sorrow
See, O Yahweh, that {I am in distress}; {my stomach} is in torment, my heart has turned inside me because I have certainly rebelled. From outside a sword brings bereavement, inside the house [it is] like death.
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For my iniquity I confess; I am anxious because of my sin.
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Confession of sin » Should be accompanied with » Forsaking sin
He who conceals his transgression will not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes will obtain mercy.
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Confession of sin » Should be accompanied with » Self-abasement
You meet with the one who rejoices, one who does righteousness. In your ways they remember you. Look! You were angry and we sinned against them [in] ancient [times] and we were saved. And we all have become like the unclean, and all our deeds of justice like a menstrual cloth, And we all wither like leaf, and our iniquities take us away like the wind.
Confession of sin » Should be accompanied with » Restitution
"Speak to the {Israelites}: 'When a man or woman {commits} any of the sins of humankind by acting unfaithfully, [it is] a sin against Yahweh, and that person will be guilty; they will confess their sin that they did and will make restitution [for] their guilt by adding a fifth {to it} and giving [it] {to whomever was wronged}.