Psalms 51:3

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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 osper: 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 humbd, 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
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    83%

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

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

  • Ps 32:5
    83%

    5I 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%

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

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

  • Ps 51:4-7
    4 verses
    82%

    4Against 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.

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

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

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

  • Ps 51:9-10
    2 verses
    80%

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

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

  • Job 13:23
    79%

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

  • Isa 59:12
    77%

    12For 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%

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

  • Ps 69:5
    76%

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

  • Ps 19:12-13
    2 verses
    75%

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

    13Keep 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%

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

  • Ps 38:4-5
    2 verses
    75%

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

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

  • Ps 25:18
    74%

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

  • Jer 14:20
    74%

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

  • Ps 41:4
    74%

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

  • Ps 25:11
    74%

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

  • Job 10:6
    74%

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

  • Job 7:20-21
    2 verses
    73%

    20I 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?

    21And 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%

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

  • Ps 130:3
    73%

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

  • Ps 90:8
    73%

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

  • 1 Chr 21:8
    73%

    8And 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%

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

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

  • Job 31:33
    73%

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

  • Job 31:7
    72%

    7If 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%

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

  • Ps 7:3
    72%

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

  • Job 33:9
    72%

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

  • Lam 1:22
    72%

    22Let 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%

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

  • Lam 3:20
    72%

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

  • Ps 51:14
    72%

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

  • Ps 32:1
    72%

    1A alm of David, Maschil. Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.

  • Job 35:3
    72%

    3For 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%

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

  • Job 9:28
    71%

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

  • Ps 25:7
    71%

    7Remember 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%

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

  • Dan 9:5
    71%

    5We 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%

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