Psalms 51:3

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me.”

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BSBPD

“For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“For I know my transgressions; And my sin is ever before me.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“For my transgressions I do know, And my sin <FI>is<Fi> before me continually.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 51:3 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Leviticus 26:40But 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—
  2. Nehemiah 9:2Those of Israelite descent separated themselves from all the foreigners, and they stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers.
  3. Job 33:27Then he sings before men with these words: ‘I have sinned and perverted what was right; yet I did not get what I deserved.
  4. Psalms 32:5Then I acknowledged my sin to You and did not hide my iniquity. I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the LORD,” and You forgave the guilt of my sin. Selah
  5. Psalms 38:18Yes, I confess my iniquity; I am troubled by my sin.
  6. Psalms 40:12For evils without number surround me; my sins have overtaken me, so that I cannot see. They are more than the hairs of my head, and my heart has failed within me.
  7. Psalms 41:5My enemies say with malice: “When will he die and be forgotten?”
  8. Proverbs 28:13He who conceals his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy.
  9. Isaiah 43:25I, yes I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake and remembers your sins no more.
  10. Isaiah 59:12For our transgressions are multiplied before You, and our sins testify against us. Our transgressions are indeed with us, and we know our iniquities:
  11. Jeremiah 3:25Let us lie down in our shame; let our disgrace cover us. We have sinned against the LORD our God, both we and our fathers; from our youth even to this day we have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God.”
  12. Luke 15:18I will get up and go back to my father and say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.

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