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21 Bible Verses About Confession and Repentance

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  • Proverbs 28:13 promises mercy to the one who both confesses and forsakes his transgressions.
  • 1 John 1:9 and Romans 10:9-10 both use the Greek verb homologeo; in Romans it is a declaration that Jesus is Lord, not an admission of sin.
  • Daniel 9:4-5 and Lamentations 3:42 confess for a whole people, in the first person plural.
  • 2 Corinthians 7:10 separates godly grief, which produces repentance, from worldly grief, which produces death.
  • Luke 15:7 speaks of joy in heaven over one sinner who repents, in a parable told to people who complained that Jesus ate with sinners.

In the Bible, repentance is turning away from sin, and confessing sin is admitting it, whether to God or to one another. Proverbs 28:13 joins the two: mercy is promised to the one who “confesses and forsakes” his transgressions. The New Testament verb behind “repent” is metanoeo, to change one’s mind or purpose. The verb for “confess” in 1 John 1:9, homologeo, means to speak the same thing, agree, admit, and Romans 10:9-10 uses it in a second sense: to…

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Scripture quotations are from the English Standard Version.

Strong’s Greek 3670, ὁμολογέω (homologeo): to speak the same thing, agree, confess, admit. biblehub.com/greek/3670

Strong’s Greek 3340, μετανοέω (metanoeo): to change one’s mind or purpose; repent. biblehub.com/greek/3340

Strong’s Greek 1843, ἐξομολογέω (exomologeo): to confess, acknowledge; used of confessing sins in Matthew 3:6 and James 5:16. biblehub.com/greek/1843

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