'Acknowledge' in the Bible
"May you acknowledge and take to heart this day that the LORD is God in the heavens above and over the earth below there is no other God.
Instead, he must acknowledge the firstborn of the unloved wife by giving him double of everything he owns, because he is really the first fruit of his father's strength. The right of the firstborn belongs to him."
Approach the priest who is in charge at that time and say to him, "I acknowledge today to the LORD your God that I've arrived in the land that the LORD promised our ancestors to give us.'
the one who told his mother and father, "I don't know them,' and who would neither acknowledge his brothers nor know his own children. For they kept your word and guarded your covenant.
For I acknowledge my transgression; my sin remains continuously before me.
Pour out your wrath upon the nations that do not acknowledge you, and over the kingdoms that do not call on your name.
I will mention Rahab and Babylon among those who acknowledge me including Philistia, Tyre, and Ethiopia "This one was born there," they say.
Acknowledge that the LORD is God. He made us and we belong to him; we are his people and the sheep of his pasture.
In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.
So the LORD will make himself known to the Egyptians, and the Egyptians will acknowledge the LORD.
O LORD our God, other lords besides you have ruled over us, but through you alone we acknowledge your name.
"For our transgressions before you are many, and our sins testify against us; for our transgressions are with us, and as for our iniquities, we acknowledge them:
Your offspring will be known among the nations, and your descendants among the people. All who see them will acknowledge them, that they are an offspring the LORD has blessed."
"Only acknowledge your iniquity, that you have rebelled against the LORD your God, and have scattered your favors to strangers under every green tree. But you haven't obeyed me,' declares the LORD.
Pour out your anger on the nations that don't acknowledge you, and on the families that don't call on your name. For they have devoured Jacob; they have devoured and consumed him; they have devastated his habitation.
We acknowledge, LORD, our wickedness, the guilt of our ancestors. Indeed, we have sinned against you.