Bible Verses About Confession
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for confession, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 1,039 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
1 John 1:9167 votes
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
James 5:16136 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 28:13109 votes
He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.
Romans 10:9-1160 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.
John 20:2342 votes
Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained.
Matthew 10:3340 votes
But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven.
1 John 4:239 votes
Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:
Romans 10:1037 votes
For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
1 John 4:1532 votes
Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.
Luke 12:823 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:
Psalms 32:5-621 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.
Romans 10:9-1021 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.
1 John 4:321 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.
Acts 3:1919 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;
Romans 10:919 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.
Leviticus 5:517 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:
Psalms 32:317 votes
When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.
Psalms 32:517 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 Timothy 6:1217 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.
Acts 2:3816 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.
Matthew 7:21-2315 votes
Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
Hebrews 10:2614 votes
For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,
1 John 2:2314 votes
Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: [but] he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also.
Matthew 10:3213 votes
Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven.
Titus 3:513 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;
What does the Bible say about confession?
Readers most often cite 1 John 1:9 on the subject of confession. Across 1,039 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including James 5:16, Proverbs 28:13, Romans 10:9-11. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.