Psalms 51:3

Bible in Basic English (1941)

For I am conscious of my error; my sin is ever before me.

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Referenced Verses

  • Isa 59:12 : 12 For our evil doings are increased before you, and our sins give witness against us: for our evil doings are with us, and we have knowledge of our sins:
  • Prov 28:13 : 13 He who keeps his sins secret will not do well; but one who is open about them, and gives them up, will get mercy.
  • Ps 32:5 : 5 I made my wrongdoing clear to you, and did not keep back my sin. I said, I will put it all before the Lord; and you took away my wrongdoing and my sin. (Selah.)
  • Ps 38:18 : 18 I will make clear my wrongdoing, with sorrow in my heart for my sin.
  • Luke 15:18-21 : 18 I will get up and go to my father, and will say to him, Father, I have done wrong, against heaven and in your eyes: 19 I am no longer good enough to be named your son: make me like one of your servants. 20 And he got up and went to his father. But while he was still far away, his father saw him and was moved with pity for him and went quickly and took him in his arms and gave him a kiss. 21 And his son said to him, Father, I have done wrong, against heaven and in your eyes: I am no longer good enough to be named your son.
  • Jer 3:25 : 25 Let us be stretched on the earth in our downfall, covering ourselves with our shame: for we have been sinners against the Lord our God, we and our fathers, from our earliest years even till this day: and we have not given ear to the voice of the Lord our God.
  • Ps 40:12 : 12 For unnumbered evils are round about me; my sins have overtaken me, so that I am bent down with their weight; they are more than the hairs of my head, my strength is gone because of them.
  • Lev 26:40-41 : 40 And they will have grief for their sins and for the sins of their fathers, when their hearts were untrue to me, and they went against me; 41 So that I went against them and sent them away into the land of their haters: if then the pride of their hearts is broken and they take the punishment of their sins,
  • Neh 9:2 : 2 And the seed of Israel made themselves separate from all the men of other nations, publicly requesting forgiveness for their sins and the wrongdoing of their fathers.
  • Job 33:27 : 27 He makes a song, saying, I did wrong, turning from the straight way, but he did not give me the reward of my sin.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 51:1-2
    2 verses
    83%

    1 <To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David. When Nathan the prophet came to him, after he had gone in to Bath-sheba.> Have pity on me, O God, in your mercy; out of a full heart, take away my sin.

    2 Let all my wrongdoing be washed away, and make me clean from evil.

  • Ps 32:5
    83%

    5 I made my wrongdoing clear to you, and did not keep back my sin. I said, I will put it all before the Lord; and you took away my wrongdoing and my sin. (Selah.)

  • Ps 38:17-18
    2 verses
    82%

    17 My feet are near to falling, and my sorrow is ever before me.

    18 I will make clear my wrongdoing, with sorrow in my heart for my sin.

  • Ps 51:4-7
    4 verses
    82%

    4 Against you, you only, have I done wrong, working that which is evil in your eyes; so that your words may be seen to be right, and you may be clear when you are judging.

    5 Truly, I was formed in evil, and in sin did my mother give me birth.

    6 Your desire is for what is true in the inner parts: in the secrets of my soul you will give me knowledge of wisdom.

    7 Make me free from sin with hyssop: let me be washed whiter than snow.

  • Ps 51:9-10
    2 verses
    80%

    9 Let your face be turned from my wrongdoing, and take away all my sins.

    10 Make a clean heart in me, O God; give me a right spirit again.

  • Job 13:23
    79%

    23 What is the number of my evil-doings and my sins? give me knowledge of them.

  • Isa 59:12
    77%

    12 For our evil doings are increased before you, and our sins give witness against us: for our evil doings are with us, and we have knowledge of our sins:

  • Ps 65:3
    77%

    3 Evils have overcome us: but as for our sins, you will take them away.

  • Ps 69:5
    76%

    5 O God, you see how foolish I am; and my wrongdoing is clear to you.

  • Ps 19:12-13
    2 verses
    75%

    12 Who has full knowledge of his errors? make me clean from secret evil.

    13 Keep your servant back from sins of pride; let them not have rule over me: then will I be upright and free from great sin.

  • Job 10:14
    75%

    14 That, if I did wrong, you would take note of it, and would not make me clear from sin:

  • Ps 38:4-5
    2 verses
    75%

    4 For my crimes have gone over my head; they are like a great weight which is more than my strength.

    5 My wounds are poisoned and evil-smelling, because of my foolish behaviour.

  • Ps 25:18
    74%

    18 Give thought to my grief and my pain; and take away all my sins.

  • Jer 14:20
    74%

    20 We are conscious, O Lord, of our sin and of the wrongdoing of our fathers: we have done evil against you.

  • Ps 41:4
    74%

    4 I said, Lord, have mercy on me; make my soul well, because my faith is in you.

  • Ps 25:11
    74%

    11 Because of your name, O Lord, let me have forgiveness for my sin, which is very great.

  • Job 10:6
    74%

    6 That you take note of my sin, searching after my wrongdoing,

  • Job 7:20-21
    2 verses
    73%

    20 If I have done wrong, what have I done to you, O keeper of men? why have you made me a mark for your blows, so that I am a weariness to myself?

    21 And why do you not take away my sin, and let my wrongdoing be ended? for now I go down to the dust, and you will be searching for me with care, but I will be gone.

  • Ps 139:23
    73%

    23 O God, let the secrets of my heart be uncovered, and let my wandering thoughts be tested:

  • Ps 130:3
    73%

    3 O Jah, if you took note of every sin, who would go free?

  • Ps 90:8
    73%

    8 You have put our evil doings before you, our secret sins in the light of your face.

  • 1 Chr 21:8
    73%

    8 Then David said to God, Great has been my sin in doing this; but now, be pleased to take away the sin of your servant, for I have done very foolishly.

  • Job 14:16-17
    2 verses
    73%

    16 For now my steps are numbered by you, and my sin is not overlooked.

    17 My wrongdoing is corded up in a bag, and my sin is shut up safe.

  • Job 31:33
    73%

    33 If I kept my evil doings covered, and my sin in the secret of my breast,

  • Job 31:7
    72%

    7 If my steps have been turned out of the way, or if my heart went after my eyes, or if the property of another is in my hands;

  • Ps 119:11
    72%

    11 I have kept your sayings secretly in my heart, so that I might do no sin against you.

  • Ps 7:3
    72%

    3 O Lord my God, if I have done this; if my hands have done any wrong;

  • Job 33:9
    72%

    9 I am clean, without sin; I am washed, and there is no evil in me:

  • Lam 1:22
    72%

    22 Let all their evil-doing come before you; do to them as you have done to me for all my sins: for loud is the sound of my grief, and the strength of my heart is gone.

  • Job 34:32
    72%

    32 ...

  • Lam 3:20
    72%

    20 My soul still keeps the memory of them; and is bent down in me.

  • Ps 51:14
    72%

    14 Be my saviour from violent death, O God, the God of my salvation; and my tongue will give praise to your righteousness.

  • Ps 32:1
    72%

    1 <Of David. Maschil.> Happy is he who has forgiveness for his wrongdoing, and whose sin is covered.

  • Job 35:3
    72%

    3 What profit is it to me, and how am I better off than if I had done wrong?

  • Job 19:4
    71%

    4 And, truly, if I have been in error, the effect of my error is only on myself.

  • Job 9:28
    71%

    28 I go in fear of all my pains; I am certain that I will not be free from sin in your eyes.

  • Ps 25:7
    71%

    7 Do not keep in mind my sins when I was young, or my wrongdoing: let your memory of me be full of mercy, O Lord, because of your righteousness.

  • Prov 20:9
    71%

    9 Who is able to say, I have made my heart clean, I am free from my sin?

  • Dan 9:5
    71%

    5 We are sinners, acting wrongly and doing evil; we have gone against you, turning away from your orders and from your laws:

  • Job 33:27
    71%

    27 He makes a song, saying, I did wrong, turning from the straight way, but he did not give me the reward of my sin.