What are some Bible verses about confession?

Answer  
  

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.  
  

James 5:16  

Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.  
  

Proverbs 28:13  

Whoever conceals his transgressions will not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes them will obtain mercy.  
  

Romans 10:9\-11  

Because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved. For the Scripture says, “Everyone who believes in him will not be put to shame.”  
  

Matthew 10:33  

But whoever denies me before men, I also will deny before my Father who is in heaven.  
  

1 John 4:2  

By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God,  
  

John 20:23  

If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you withhold forgiveness from any, it is withheld.  
  

1 John 4:15  

Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.  
  

Romans 10:10  

For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved.  
  

Matthew 7:21\-23  

Not everyone who says to me, “Lord, Lord,” will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. On that day many will say to me, “Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?” And then will I declare to them, “I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.”  
  

Luke 12:8  

And I tell you, everyone who acknowledges me before men, the Son of Man also will acknowledge before the angels of God,  
  

Psalm 32:5\-6  

I acknowledged my sin to you, and I did not cover my iniquity; I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord,” and you forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah Therefore let everyone who is godly offer prayer to you at a time when you may be found; surely in the rush of great waters, they shall not reach him.  
  

1 John 4:3  

And every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you heard was coming and now is in the world already.  
  

Romans 10:9\-10  

Because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved.  
  

Titus 3:5  

He saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit,  
  

Acts 2:38  

And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit."  
  

Psalm 44:21  

Would not God discover this? For he knows the secrets of the heart.  
  

1 John 2:4  

Whoever says “I know him” but does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him,  
  

1 John 1:6  

If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.  
  

2 Peter 3:9  

The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.  
  

*Unless otherwise noted, all Bible verses are from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version® Copyright© 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.*  
  

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