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Leviticus 26:40

¶ 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;

If they shall confess {H3034} their iniquity {H5771}, and the iniquity {H5771} of their fathers {H1}, with their trespass {H4604} which they trespassed {H4603} against me, and that also they have walked {H1980} contrary {H7147} unto me;

Then they will confess their misdeeds and those of their ancestors which they committed against me in their rebellion; they will admit that they went against me.

But if they will confess their iniquity and that of their fathers in the unfaithfulness that they practiced against Me, by which they have also walked in hostility toward Me—

And they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, in their trespass which they trespassed against me, and also that, because they walked contrary unto me,

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Cross-References

  • Proverbs 28:13 (10 votes)

    ¶ He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh [them] shall have mercy.
  • 1 John 1:8 (8 votes)

    ¶ If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
  • 1 John 1:10 (8 votes)

    If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
  • Nehemiah 9:2 (7 votes)

    And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all strangers, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.
  • Nehemiah 9:5 (7 votes)

    Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah, Sherebiah, Hodijah, Shebaniah, [and] Pethahiah, said, Stand up [and] bless the LORD your God for ever and ever: and blessed be thy glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise.
  • Hosea 5:15 (5 votes)

    I will go [and] return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.
  • Hosea 6:2 (5 votes)

    After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.
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