Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD.

If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

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.

And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as {his} eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.

For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin {is} ever before me.

For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:

In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together, going and weeping: they shall go, and seek the LORD their God.

Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths. {make...: Heb. wall a wall}

When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.

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

But I said, How shall I put thee among the children, and give thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of nations? and I said, Thou shalt call me, My father; and shalt not turn away from me. {from me: Heb. from after me} {a goodly...: Heb. an heritage of glory, or, beauty} {pleasant...: Heb. land of desire}

Doubtless thou {art} our father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not: thou, O LORD, {art} our father, our redeemer; thy name {is} from everlasting. {our redeemer...: or, our redeemer from everlasting is thy name}

{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. {are...: Heb. sound}

Withhold not correction from the child: for {if} thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.

And were baptized of him in Jordan, confessing their sins.

He looketh upon men, and {if any} say, I have sinned, and perverted {that which was} right, and it profited me not; {He...: or, He shall look upon men, and say}

After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.

And if {they be} bound in fetters, {and} be holden in cords of affliction;

O Israel, return unto the LORD thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.

For there shall be a day, {that} the watchmen upon the mount Ephraim shall cry, Arise ye, and let us go up to Zion unto the LORD our God.

{Yet} if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they were carried captives, and repent, and make supplication unto thee in the land of them that carried them captives, saying, We have sinned, and have done perversely, we have committed wickedness; {bethink...: Heb. bring back to their heart}

But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and {there} a wall fell upon twenty and seven thousand of the men {that were} left. And Benhadad fled, and came into the city, into an inner chamber. {into an...: or, from chamber to chamber: Heb. into a chamber within a chamber}

His prayer also, and {how God} was intreated of him, and all his sin, and his trespass, and the places wherein he built high places, and set up groves and graven images, before he was humbled: behold, they {are} written among the sayings of the seers. {the seers: or, Hosai}

And when he was in affliction, he besought the LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,

If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?

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;

The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow. {gat...: Heb. found me}

Who can tell {if} God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?

And there were four leprous men at the entering in of the gate: and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die?

And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the LORD:

He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.

And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth.

Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple.

And whereas they commanded to leave the stump of the tree roots; thy kingdom shall be sure unto thee, after that thou shalt have known that the heavens do rule.

He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh {them} shall have mercy.

And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.

After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.

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!

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.

For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin {is} ever before me.

He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves {with him}. {precious...: or, seed basket}

And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table.

Therefore say thou unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Turn ye unto me, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will turn unto you, saith the LORD of hosts.

For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged.

And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as {his} eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.

Who can tell {if} God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?

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

Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.

Wherefore I abhor {myself}, and repent in dust and ashes.

We have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast not pardoned.

And they gathered together to Mizpeh, and drew water, and poured {it} out before the LORD, and fasted on that day, and said there, We have sinned against the LORD. And Samuel judged the children of Israel in Mizpeh.

He looketh upon men, and {if any} say, I have sinned, and perverted {that which was} right, and it profited me not; {He...: or, He shall look upon men, and say}

And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!

The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or of men?

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.

And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses said unto the people, Ye have sinned a great sin: and now I will go up unto the LORD; peradventure I shall make an atonement for your sin.

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;

Do ye thus requite the LORD, O foolish people and unwise? {is} not he thy father {that} hath bought thee? hath he not made thee, and established thee?

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.

And when the LORD saw that they humbled themselves, the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah, saying, They have humbled themselves; {therefore} I will not destroy them, but I will grant them some deliverance; and my wrath shall not be poured out upon Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak. {some: or, a little while}

Behold, O LORD; for I {am} in distress: my bowels are troubled; mine heart is turned within me; for I have grievously rebelled: abroad the sword bereaveth, at home {there is} as death.

He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.

And whereas they commanded to leave the stump of the tree roots; thy kingdom shall be sure unto thee, after that thou shalt have known that the heavens do rule.

And now, O Lord our God, that hast brought thy people forth out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and hast gotten thee renown, as at this day; we have sinned, we have done wickedly. {gotten...: Heb. made thee a name}

I will bear the indignation of the LORD, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light, {and} I shall behold his righteousness.

And were baptized of him in Jordan, confessing their sins.

And we indeed justly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds: but this man hath done nothing amiss.

And if any man obey not our word by this epistle, note that man, and have no company with him, that he may be ashamed. {by...: or, signify that man by an epistle}