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Psa 32:5 — 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.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

acknowledged		Psa 38:18; Psa 51:3-5; Lev 26:39,40; Jos 7:19; 2Sa 12:13; 2Sa 24:10; Job 33:27; Pro 28:13; Jer 3:13; 1Jo 1:8-10
have		Job 31:33; Pro 30:20; Jer 2:23,35; Luk 16:15
I said		Isa 65:24; Hsa 6:1; Luk 15:17-19,21
forgavest		Psa 30:5; Psa 86:5,15; Psa 103:3; 2Sa 12:13; Isa 65:24; Jer 31:20; Luk 7:47; Luk 15:20-23; Eph 4:32
iniquity		Psa 51:4; 2Sa 12:9,13; Mal 3:8

Correlating Passages

acknowledged

	Psa 38:18	For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.
	Psa 51:3	For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin [is] ever before me.
	Psa 51:4	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.
	Psa 51:5	Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.
	Lev 26:39	And they that are left of you shall pine away in their iniquity in your enemies' lands; and also in the iniquities of their fathers shall they pine away with them.
	Lev 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;
	Jos 7:19	And Joshua said unto Achan, My son, give, I pray thee, glory to the LORD God of Israel, and make confession unto him; and tell me now what thou hast done; hide [it] not from me.
	2Sa 12:13	And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the LORD. And Nathan said unto David, The LORD also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die.
	2Sa 24:10	And David's heart smote him after that he had numbered the people. And David said unto the LORD, I have sinned greatly in that I have done: and now, I beseech thee, O LORD, take away the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly.
	Job 33:27	He looketh upon men, and [if any] say, I have sinned, and perverted [that which was] right, and it profited me not;
	Pro 28:13	He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh [them] shall have mercy.
	Jer 3:13	Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against the LORD thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to the strangers under every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice, saith the LORD.
	1Jo 1:8	If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
	1Jo 1:9	If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us [our] sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
	1Jo 1:10	If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.

have

	Job 31:33	If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom:
	Pro 30:20	Such [is] the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.
	Jer 2:23	How canst thou say, I am not polluted, I have not gone after Baalim? see thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: [thou art] a swift dromedary traversing her ways;
	Jer 2:35	Yet thou sayest, Because I am innocent, surely his anger shall turn from me. Behold, I will plead with thee, because thou sayest, I have not sinned.
	Luk 16:15	And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.

I said

	Isa 65:24	And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.
	Hsa 6:1	Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.
	Luk 15:17	And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!
	Luk 15:18	I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee,
	Luk 15:19	And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants.
	Luk 15:21	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.

forgavest

	Psa 30:5	For his anger [endureth but] a moment; in his favour [is] life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy [cometh] in the morning.
	Psa 86:5	For thou, Lord, [art] good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.
	Psa 86:15	But thou, O Lord, [art] a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.
	Psa 103:3	Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;
	2Sa 12:13	And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the LORD. And Nathan said unto David, The LORD also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die.
	Isa 65:24	And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.
	Jer 31:20	[Is] Ephraim my dear son? [is he] a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the LORD.
	Luk 7:47	Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, [the same] loveth little.
	Luk 15:20	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.
	Luk 15:21	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.
	Luk 15:22	But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put [it] on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on [his] feet:
	Luk 15:23	And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill [it]; and let us eat, and be merry:
	Eph 4:32	And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.

iniquity

	Psa 51:4	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.
	2Sa 12:9	Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the LORD, to do evil in his sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife [to be] thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.
	2Sa 12:13	And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the LORD. And Nathan said unto David, The LORD also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die.
	Mal 3:8	Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.

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Scott, Thomas. "Psalms 32:5," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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