Psalms 51:3

Authorized King James Version (1611)

For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin [is] ever before me.

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Referenced Verses

  • Isa 59:12 : 12 For our transgressions are multiplied before thee, and our sins testify against us: for our transgressions [are] with us; and [as for] our iniquities, we know them;
  • Prov 28:13 : 13 ¶ He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh [them] shall have mercy.
  • Ps 32:5 : 5 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.
  • Ps 38:18 : 18 For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.
  • Luke 15:18-21 : 18 ‹I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee,› 19 ‹And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants.› 20 ‹And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.› 21 ‹And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son.›
  • Jer 3:25 : 25 We lie down in our shame, and our confusion covereth us: for we have sinned against the LORD our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even unto this day, and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God.
  • Ps 40:12 : 12 For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me.
  • Lev 26:40-41 : 40 ¶ If they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, with their trespass which they trespassed against me, and that also they have walked contrary unto me; 41 And [that] I also have walked contrary unto them, and have brought them into the land of their enemies; if then their uncircumcised hearts be humbled, and they then accept of the punishment of their iniquity:
  • Neh 9:2 : 2 And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all strangers, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.
  • Job 33:27 : 27 He looketh upon men, and [if any] say, I have sinned, and perverted [that which was] right, and it profited me not;

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 51:1-2
    2 verses
    83%

    1 ¶ To the chief Musician, [A Psalm] of David, when Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba. Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.

    2 Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.

  • Ps 32:5
    83%

    5 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.

  • Ps 38:17-18
    2 verses
    82%

    17 For I [am] ready to halt, and my sorrow [is] continually before me.

    18 For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.

  • Ps 51:4-7
    4 verses
    82%

    4 Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done [this] evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, [and] be clear when thou judgest.

    5 Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.

    6 Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden [part] thou shalt make me to know wisdom.

    7 ¶ Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

  • Ps 51:9-10
    2 verses
    80%

    9 Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.

    10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.

  • Job 13:23
    79%

    23 ¶ How many [are] mine iniquities and sins? make me to know my transgression and my sin.

  • Isa 59:12
    77%

    12 For our transgressions are multiplied before thee, and our sins testify against us: for our transgressions [are] with us; and [as for] our iniquities, we know them;

  • Ps 65:3
    77%

    3 Iniquities prevail against me: [as for] our transgressions, thou shalt purge them away.

  • Ps 69:5
    76%

    5 O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from thee.

  • Ps 19:12-13
    2 verses
    75%

    12 Who can understand [his] errors? cleanse thou me from secret [faults].

    13 Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous [sins]; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression.

  • Job 10:14
    75%

    14 ¶ If I sin, then thou markest me, and thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity.

  • Ps 38:4-5
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    75%

    4 For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.

    5 My wounds stink [and] are corrupt because of my foolishness.

  • Ps 25:18
    74%

    18 Look upon mine affliction and my pain; and forgive all my sins.

  • Jer 14:20
    74%

    20 We acknowledge, O LORD, our wickedness, [and] the iniquity of our fathers: for we have sinned against thee.

  • Ps 41:4
    74%

    4 I said, LORD, be merciful unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee.

  • Ps 25:11
    74%

    11 For thy name's sake, O LORD, pardon mine iniquity; for it [is] great.

  • Job 10:6
    74%

    6 That thou enquirest after mine iniquity, and searchest after my sin?

  • Job 7:20-21
    2 verses
    73%

    20 I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself?

    21 And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I [shall] not [be].

  • Ps 139:23
    73%

    23 Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:

  • Ps 130:3
    73%

    3 If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?

  • Ps 90:8
    73%

    8 Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret [sins] in the light of thy countenance.

  • 1 Chr 21:8
    73%

    8 And David said unto God, I have sinned greatly, because I have done this thing: but now, I beseech thee, do away the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly.

  • Job 14:16-17
    2 verses
    73%

    16 ¶ For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin?

    17 My transgression [is] sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up mine iniquity.

  • Job 31:33
    73%

    33 ¶ If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom:

  • Job 31:7
    72%

    7 If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart walked after mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands;

  • Ps 119:11
    72%

    11 ¶ Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.

  • Ps 7:3
    72%

    3 O LORD my God, if I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands;

  • Job 33:9
    72%

    9 I am clean without transgression, I [am] innocent; neither [is there] iniquity in me.

  • Lam 1:22
    72%

    22 Let all their wickedness come before thee; and do unto them, as thou hast done unto me for all my transgressions: for my sighs [are] many, and my heart [is] faint.

  • Job 34:32
    72%

    32 [That which] I see not teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more.

  • Lam 3:20
    72%

    20 My soul hath [them] still in remembrance, and is humbled in me.

  • Ps 51:14
    72%

    14 ¶ Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: [and] my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.

  • Ps 32:1
    72%

    1 ¶ [A] Psalm of David, Maschil. Blessed [is he whose] transgression [is] forgiven, [whose] sin [is] covered.

  • Job 35:3
    72%

    3 For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? [and], What profit shall I have, [if I be cleansed] from my sin?

  • Job 19:4
    71%

    4 And be it indeed [that] I have erred, mine error remaineth with myself.

  • Job 9:28
    71%

    28 I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.

  • Ps 25:7
    71%

    7 Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness' sake, O LORD.

  • Prov 20:9
    71%

    9 ¶ Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?

  • Dan 9:5
    71%

    5 We have sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even by departing from thy precepts and from thy judgments:

  • Job 33:27
    71%

    27 He looketh upon men, and [if any] say, I have sinned, and perverted [that which was] right, and it profited me not;