39 Bible Verses about confessing

If you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.

and every tongue should confess
that Jesus Christ is Lord,
to the glory of God the Father.

In the presence of God, who gives life to all, and of Christ Jesus, who gave a good confession before Pontius Pilate, I charge you

“And I say to you, anyone who acknowledges Me before men, the Son of Man will also acknowledge him before the angels of God,

and they were baptized by him in the Jordan River as they confessed their sins.

“Therefore, everyone who will acknowledge Me before men, I will also acknowledge him before My Father in heaven.

He did not refuse to answer, but he declared: “I am not the Messiah.”

While I was speaking, praying, confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my petition before Yahweh my God concerning the holy mountain of my God—

Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God—God remains in him and he in God.

One believes with the heart, resulting in righteousness, and one confesses with the mouth, resulting in salvation.

“But if they will confess their sin and the sin of their fathers—their unfaithfulness that they practiced against Me, and how they acted with hostility toward Me,

This is how you know the Spirit of God: Every spirit who confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God.

So I confess my guilt;
I am anxious because of my sin.

Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The urgent request of a righteous person is very powerful in its effect.

If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Therefore, through Him let us continually offer up to God a sacrifice of praise, that is, the fruit of our lips that confess His name.

While they stood in their places, they read from the book of the law of the Lord their God for a fourth of the day and spent another fourth of the day in confession and worship of the Lord their God.

For it is written:

As I live, says the Lord,
every knee will bow to Me,
and every tongue will give praise to God.

Then I will confess to you
that your own right hand can deliver you.

Therefore I am informing you that no one speaking by the Spirit of God says, “Jesus is cursed,” and no one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” except by the Holy Spirit.

If someone incurs guilt in one of these cases, he is to confess he has committed that sin.

And many who had become believers came confessing and disclosing their practices,

Fight the good fight for the faith;
take hold of eternal life
that you were called to
and have made a good confession about
in the presence of many witnesses.

Nevertheless, many did believe in Him even among the rulers, but because of the Pharisees they did not confess Him, so they would not be banned from the synagogue.

David responded to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.”

Then Nathan replied to David, “The Lord has taken away your sin; you will not die.

I prayed to the Lord my God and confessed:

Ah, Lord—the great and awe-inspiring God who keeps His gracious covenant with those who love Him and keep His commands—

But I confess this to you: I worship my fathers’ God according to the Way, which they call a sect, believing all the things that are written in the Law and in the Prophets.

Therefore, holy brothers and companions in a heavenly calling, consider Jesus, the apostle and high priest of our confession;

Then I acknowledged my sin to You
and did not conceal my iniquity.
I said,
“I will confess my transgressions to the Lord,”
and You took away the guilt of my sin.Selah

We acknowledge our wickedness, Lord,
the guilt of our fathers;
indeed, we have sinned against You.

The whole Judean countryside and all the people of Jerusalem were flocking to him, and they were baptized by him in the Jordan River as they confessed their sins.

The person is to confess the sin he has committed. He is to pay full compensation, add a fifth of its value to it, and give it to the individual he has wronged.

Those of Israelite descent separated themselves from all foreigners, and they stood and confessed their sins and the guilt of their fathers.

so that at the name of Jesus
every knee will bow—
of those who are in heaven and on earth
and under the earth—

No one who denies the Son can have the Father; he who confesses the Son has the Father as well.

While Ezra prayed and confessed, weeping and falling facedown before the house of God, an extremely large assembly of Israelite men, women, and children gathered around him. The people also wept bitterly.

let Your eyes be open and Your ears be attentive to hear Your servant’s prayer that I now pray to You day and night for Your servants, the Israelites. I confess the sins we have committed against You. Both I and my father’s house have sinned.

These all died in faith without having received the promises, but they saw them from a distance, greeted them, and confessed that they were foreigners and temporary residents on the earth.