Leviticus 5:5And it shall be, when he shall be guilty in one of these things, that he shall confess that he has sinned in that thing:Physicians meeting with diseased bodies, when they find a general distemperature, they labour by all the art they can to draw the humour to another plac...
And I prayed to the LORD my God and confessed, “O, Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps His covenant of loving devotion to those who love Him and keep His commandments, / we have sinned and done wrong. We have acted wickedly and rebelled. We have turned away from Your comman...
"He that toucheth pitch shall be defiled therewith"Bible: Ecclesiasticus "If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us"Bible: I John "It is public scandal that constitutes offence, and to sin in secret is not to sin at all" [MolièreLe Tartuffe...
From Cookham Wood Prison in Kent, she wrote: "I believe suicide to be a mortal sin and one that cannot be forgiven, unlike the mortal sins I recently confessed to and received absolution from." Suicide too big a sin for Hindley THE Vatican has added to its list of mortal sins to brin...
most Protestants no longer agree that there is such a distinction. Mortal sins lead to death and must be absolved in the sacrament of reconciliation. Venial sins do not have to be confessed to a priest, but the pious Catholic practice is to do so in order to advance in our journey to ...
But humbly he confessed: "Lord, I give one-half of my belongings to the poor; and if I defrauded anyone, I pay him four times." Moved by his repentant spirit, Jesus replied: "Salvation has come to this house today."* * *"But the image of a God who forgives easily can be open ...
At this point you might want wonder: “Where is the love of Jesus? Where is forgiveness? Where is acceptance?” It’s pretty clear, from this text and many others, that love, forgiveness, and acceptance do not include tolerating unconfessed sin in Christian brothers and sisters. In our da...
be possible. Years ago, when he was researching some Chilean sea monster, he heard rumblings of a secret research facility off one of the Juan Fernández Islands that developed a synthetic bioactive compound that somehow allowed them to recreate extinct animals. Animals, presumably, like this ...
10Now when Ezra had prayed, and when he had confessed, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there assembled unto him out of Israel a very great congregation of men and women and children: for the people wept very sore. ...
He that hideth his sins, shall not prosper: but he that shall confess, and forsake them, shall obtain mercy. Catholic Public Domain VersionWhoever hides his crimes will not be guided. But whoever will have confessed and abandoned them shall overtake mercy.New American BibleThose who conceal ...