Bible Verses About Confession of Sin
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for confession of sin, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 8,462 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 Confession of Sin
1 John 1:9836 votes
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
James 5:16791 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 28:13598 votes
He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.
Psalms 32:5382 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.
Acts 19:18250 votes
And many that believed came, and confessed, and shewed their deeds.
Romans 10:9199 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.
Romans 3:23198 votes
For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
Psalms 51:1-5172 votes
Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.
James 4:17170 votes
Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.
John 20:22-23162 votes
And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost:
1 Corinthians 10:13140 votes
There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
2 Peter 3:9140 votes
The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
Acts 17:30130 votes
And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:
James 4:7-10121 votes
Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
Acts 3:19119 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;
John 20:23112 votes
Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained.
John 20:19-24108 votes
Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.
Romans 10:1090 votes
For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
Romans 6:2388 votes
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Leviticus 5:587 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:
Acts 2:3886 votes
Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
Psalms 32:382 votes
When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.
1 Timothy 6:1280 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.
Titus 3:579 votes
Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;
Mark 11:2575 votes
And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.
What does the Bible say about confession of sin?
Readers most often cite 1 John 1:9 on the subject of confession of sin. Across 8,462 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including James 5:16, Proverbs 28:13, Psalms 32:5. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.