Bible Verses About Confess
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for confess, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 677 votes, led by 1 John 1:9. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Confess
1 John 1:994 votes
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
James 5:1665 votes
Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
Proverbs 28:1356 votes
He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.
Romans 10:945 votes
That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
Philippians 2:1131 votes
And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Psalms 32:526 votes
I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the Lord; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.
1 John 4:1524 votes
Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.
Romans 10:1020 votes
For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
1 Timothy 6:1220 votes
Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.
Psalms 32:319 votes
When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.
1 John 2:2319 votes
Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: [but] he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also.
Leviticus 5:516 votes
And it shall be, when he shall be guilty in one of these things, that he shall confess that he hath sinned in that thing:
Luke 12:815 votes
Also I say unto you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God:
1 Timothy 2:515 votes
For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;
1 John 4:215 votes
Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:
Matthew 10:3214 votes
Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven.
Hebrews 10:2314 votes
Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;)
John 3:1613 votes
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Acts 3:1913 votes
Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;
1 John 4:313 votes
And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.
Matthew 9:6-812 votes
But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (then saith he to the sick of the palsy,) Arise, take up thy bed, and go unto thine house.
Hebrews 4:1412 votes
Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession.
Leviticus 5:1-1911 votes
And if a soul sin, and hear the voice of swearing, and is a witness, whether he hath seen or known of it; if he do not utter it, then he shall bear his iniquity.
Psalms 32:1-35:2811 votes
Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.
Matthew 6:1211 votes
And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
What does the Bible say about confess?
Readers most often cite 1 John 1:9 on the subject of confess. Across 677 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including James 5:16, Proverbs 28:13, Romans 10:9. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.