Then the wine steward said to the king, "I must confess today that I have done wrong.

But if you do not keep your promise, I warn you that you will be sinning against the LORD. Make no mistake about it; you will be punished for your sin.

"I have sinned against the LORD," David said. Nathan replied, "The LORD forgives you; you will not die.

She said to Elijah, "Man of God, why did you do this to me? Did you come here to remind God of my sins and so cause my son's death?"

Each one will say in public, "I have sinned. I have not done right, but God spared me.

He kept me from going to the world of the dead, and I am still alive."

Job, have you confessed your sins to God and promised not to sin again?

Have you asked God to show you your faults, and have you agreed to stop doing evil?

But if people are bound in chains, suffering for what they have done,

God shows them their sins and their pride.

"I will abandon my people until they have suffered enough for their sins and come looking for me. Perhaps in their suffering they will try to find me."

When Judas, the traitor, learned that Jesus had been condemned, he repented and took back the thirty silver coins to the chief priests and the elders.

"I have sinned by betraying an innocent man to death!" he said. "What do we care about that?" they answered. "That is your business!"

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There 'the worms that eat them never die, and the fire that burns them is never put out.'

where I have five brothers. Let him go and warn them so that they, at least, will not come to this place of pain.'

Many of the believers came, publicly admitting and revealing what they had done.

When Joseph came up to his brothers, they ripped off his long robe with full sleeves.

While they were eating, they suddenly saw a group of Ishmaelites traveling from Gilead to Egypt. Their camels were loaded with spices and resins.

Let's sell him to these Ishmaelites. Then we won't have to hurt him; after all, he is our brother, our own flesh and blood." His brothers agreed,

Adonibezek said, "Seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off have picked up scraps under my table. God has now done to me what I did to them." He was taken to Jerusalem, where he died.

If you refuse to listen to the cry of the poor, your own cry for help will not be heard.

Don't hesitate to rescue someone who is about to be executed unjustly.

You may say that it is none of your business, but God knows and judges your motives. He keeps watch on you; he knows. And he will reward you according to what you do.

Someone guilty of murder is digging his own grave as fast as he can. Don't try to stop him.

Israel, you brought this on yourself ! You deserted me, the LORD your God, while I was leading you along the way.

Your own evil will punish you, and your turning from me will condemn you. You will learn how bitter and wrong it is to abandon me, the LORD your God, and no longer to remain faithful to me. I, the Sovereign LORD Almighty, have spoken."

Judah, you have brought this on yourself by the way you have lived and by the things you have done. Your sin has caused this suffering; it has stabbed you through the heart.

So now, I, the LORD, say that you have disobeyed me; you have not given all Israelites their freedom. Very well, then, I will give you freedom: the freedom to die by war, disease, and starvation. I will make every nation in the world horrified at what I do to you.

for God will judge you in the same way you judge others, and he will apply to you the same rules you apply to others.

But if we confess our sins to God, he will keep his promise and do what is right: he will forgive us our sins and purify us from all our wrongdoing.

For God will not show mercy when he judges the person who has not been merciful; but mercy triumphs over judgment.

when it comes on you like a storm, bringing fierce winds of trouble, and you are in pain and misery.

Then you will call for wisdom, but I will not answer. You may look for me everywhere, but you will not find me.