Genesis 3:12-13
12The man said, a“The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me fruit of the tree, and I ate.” 13Then the Lord God said to the woman, “What is this that you have done?” The woman said, b“The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”Genesis 4:9
9Then the Lord said to Cain, “Where is Abel your brother?” He said, c“I do not know; am I my brother’s keeper?”1 Samuel 15:13
13And Samuel came to Saul, and Saul said to him, d“Blessed be you to the Lord. I have performed the commandment of the Lord.”1 Samuel 15:24
24Saul said to Samuel, e“I have sinned, for I have transgressed the commandment of the Lord and your words, because I feared the people and obeyed their voice.Job 31:33
33if I fhave concealed my transgressions gas others do ▼▼Or as Adam did
by hiding my iniquity in my heart,
Psalms 32:3-5
3 For when I kept silent, my ibones wasted awaythrough my jgroaning all day long.
4For day and night your khand was heavy upon me;
my strength was dried up ▼
▼Hebrew my vitality was changed
as by the heat of summer. Selah 5 I macknowledged my sin to you,
and I did not cover my iniquity;
I said, “I nwill confess my transgressions to the Lord,”
and you forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah
Proverbs 10:12
12Hatred stirs up strife,but olove covers all offenses.
Proverbs 17:9
9Whoever pcovers an offense seeks love,but he who repeats a matter qseparates close friends.
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