20 Bible Verses About Confessing Our Sins

Is it necessary to confess our sins before God? Yes. As hard as it is to talk about our sins, faults, and mistakes, God values confession. Confessing our sin(s) before God, means acknowledging that what we did was wrong and that only God can redeem us from our sin(s). Otherwise, how can we truly repent from something we don’t believe was wrong? Confession is the first step to redemption. Let’s take a look a what scripture says about confession! Below you will find the 20 best bible verses about confessing our sins.

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20 Best Bible Verses About Confessing Our Sins

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Not confessing = deceiving ourselves

1. 1 John 1:8

If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. (NKJV)

2. Luke 18:11

The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself,‘God, I thank You that I am not like other men—extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax collector. (NKJV)

3. Psalm 69:5

O God, You know my foolishness; and my sins are not hidden from You. (NKJV)

Not confessing has it’s consequences

4. Psalm 32:3

When I kept silent, my bones grew old Through my groaning all the day long. (NKJV)

Benefits of confessing our sins

5. 1 John 1:9

If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. (NKJV)

6. James 5:16

Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a2 righteous man avails much. (NKJV)

7. Proverbs 28:13

He who covers his sins will not prosper, But whoever confesses and forsakes them will have mercy. (NKJV)

8. Psalm 32:5

I acknowledged my sin to You, And my iniquity I have not hidden. I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord,” And You forgave the iniquity of my sin. (NKJV)

God values confession

9. Leviticus 26:40-42

But if they confess their iniquity and the iniquity of their fathers, with their unfaithfulness in which they were unfaithful to Me, and that they also have walked contrary to Me, and that I also have walked contrary to them and have brought them into the land of their enemies; if their uncircumcised hearts are humbled, and they accept their guilt— then I will remember My covenant with Jacob, and My covenant with Isaac and My covenant with Abraham I will remember. I will remember the land. (NKJV)

10. Romans 10:10

For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. (NKJV)

Examples of confession

11. Daniel 9:5

Daniel’s confession:

We have sinned and committed iniquity, we have done wickedly and rebelled, even by departing from Your precepts and Your judgments. (NKJV)

12. Psalm 51:3-4

David’s confession:

For I acknowledge my transgressions, and my sin is always before me. Against You, You only, have I sinned, and done this evil in Your sight— That You may be found just when You speak, and blameless when You judge. (NKJV)

13. Nehemiah 9:2

Nehemiah’s confession:

Then those of Israelite lineage separated themselves from all foreigners; and they stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers. (NKJV)

14. Ezra 10:1-2

Ezra’s confession:

Now while Ezra was praying, and while he was confessing, weeping, and bowing down before the house of God, a very large assembly of men, women, and children gathered to him from Israel; for the people wept very bitterly. And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, spoke up and said to Ezra, “We have trespassed against our God, and have taken pagan wives from the peoples of the land; yet now there is hope in Israel in spite of this. (NKJV)

15. Matthew 3:5-6

Multitudes confession:

Then Jerusalem, all Judea, and all the region around the Jordan went out to him and were baptized by him in the Jordan, confessing their sins. (NKJV)

16. Acts 19:18

First believers’ confession:

And many who had believed came confessing and telling their deeds. (NKJV)

More verses on confession

17. Leviticus 5:5

And it shall be, when he is guilty in any of these matters, that he shall confess that he has sinned in that thing. (NKJV)

18. Psalm 38:18

Psalm 38:18 For I will declare my iniquity; I will be in anguish over my sin (NKJV)

19. Numbers 5:7

Then he shall confess the sin which he has committed. He shall make restitution for his trespass in full, plus one-fifth of it, and give it to the one he has wronged. (NKJV)

20. Hosea 14:2

Take words with you, and return to the Lord. Say to Him, “Take away all iniquity; receive us graciously, for we will offer the sacrifices of our lips. (NKJV)

Daily prayer:

Psalm 19:12 Who can understand his errors? Cleanse me from secret faults. (NKJV)

FINAL THOUGHTS

I hope you enjoyed reading these 20 bible verses about confessing our sins. Let me know which bible verse about confessing our sins impacted you the most.

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