Leviticus 26:40

40“But if ^athey confess their iniquity and the iniquity of their fathers in their treachery that they ^bcommitted against me, and also in walking contrary to me,

Ezra 10:1

The People Confess Their Sin

1 ^cWhile Ezra prayed and ^dmade confession, weeping and ^ecasting himself down ^fbefore the house of God, a very great assembly of men, women, and children, gathered to him out of Israel, for the people wept bitterly.

Nehemiah 1:6-7

6 ^glet your ear be attentive and your eyes open, to hear the prayer of your servant that I now pray before you day and night for the people of Israel your servants, ^hconfessing the sins of the people of Israel, which we have sinned against you. Even ⁱI and my father’s house have sinned. 7 ^jWe have acted very corruptly against you and have not kept the commandments, the statutes, and the rules ^kthat you commanded your servant Moses.

Nehemiah 9:3-5

3 ^lAnd they stood up in their place and read from the Book of the Law of the Lord their God for a quarter of the day; for another quarter of it they made confession and worshiped the Lord their God. 4On the stairs of the Levites stood ^mJeshua, Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani; and they cried with a loud voice to the Lord their God. 5Then the Levites, Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, “Stand up and bless the Lord your God from everlasting to everlasting. ⁿBlessed be your glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise.

Psalms 32:5

5 I ^oacknowledged my sin to you,
and I did not cover my iniquity;
I said, “I ^pwill confess my transgressions to the Lord,”
and you forgave the iniquity of my sin.  Selah

Psalms 51:3

3 ^qFor I know my transgressions,
and my sin is ever before me.

Proverbs 28:13

13Whoever ^rconceals his transgressions will not prosper,
but he who ^sconfesses and forsakes them will obtain mercy.

Daniel 9:3-20

3Then I turned my face to the Lord God, seeking him by ^tprayer and pleas for mercy with fasting and sackcloth and ashes. 4I prayed to the Lord my God and ^umade confession, saying, ^v“O Lord, the ^wgreat and awesome God, who ^xkeeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments, 5 ^ywe have sinned and done wrong and acted wickedly ^zand rebelled, turning aside from your commandments and rules. 6 ^aaWe have not listened to ^abyour servants the prophets, who spoke in your name to ^acour kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land. 7To you, ^adO Lord, belongs righteousness, but to us open shame, as at this day, to the men of Judah, to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to all Israel, ^aethose who are near and ^afthose who are far away, in ^agall the lands to which you have driven them, because of ^ahthe treachery that they have committed against you. 8To us, O Lord, belongs open shame, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because ^aiwe have sinned against you. 9 ^ajTo the Lord our God belong mercy and forgiveness, for we have rebelled against him 10 ^akand have not obeyed the voice of the Lord our God by walking in his laws, which he set before us by ^alhis servants the prophets. 11 ^amAll Israel has transgressed your law and turned aside, ^anrefusing to obey your voice. ^aoAnd the curse and oath ^apthat are written in the Law of ^aqMoses the servant of God have been poured out upon us, because ^arwe have sinned against him. 12He has confirmed his words, which he spoke against us and against ^asour rulers who ruled us, ▼

▼Or  our judges who judged us

by ^aubringing upon us a great calamity. ^avFor under the whole heaven there has not been done anything like what has been done against Jerusalem. 13 ^awAs it is written in the Law of Moses, all this calamity has come upon us; yet we have not entreated the favor of the Lord our God, ^axturning from our iniquities and gaining insight by your truth. 14 ^ayTherefore the Lord has kept ready the calamity and has brought it upon us, ^azfor the Lord our God is righteous in all the works that he has done, and ^bawe have not obeyed his voice. 15And now, O Lord our God, who brought your people out of the land of Egypt ^bbwith a mighty hand, and ^bchave made a name for yourself, as at this day, ^bdwe have sinned, we have done wickedly.

16“O Lord, ^beaccording to all your righteous acts, let your anger and your wrath turn away from your city Jerusalem, ^bfyour holy hill, ^bgbecause for our sins, and for ^bhthe iniquities of our fathers, ^biJerusalem and your people have become ^bja byword among all who are around us. 17Now therefore, O our God, listen to the prayer of your servant and to his pleas for mercy, and for your own sake, O Lord, ▼

▼Hebrew  for the Lord’s sake

^blmake your face to shine upon ^bmyour sanctuary, which is desolate. 18 ^bnO my God, incline your ear and hear. Open your eyes and see ^boour desolations, and ^bpthe city that is called by your name. For we do not present our pleas before you because of our righteousness, but because of your great mercy. 19O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive. O Lord, pay attention and act. ^bqDelay not, ^brfor your own sake, O my God, because ^bsyour city and ^btyour people are called by your name.”

Gabriel Brings an Answer

20 ^buWhile I was speaking and praying, confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my plea before the Lord my God for ^bvthe holy hill of my God,