The Bible is full of the wickedness of people not confessing their sins.
If she might confess her sin withoutconfessing it, and get her aunt and father to say that, whatever she had done in the past, she was forgiven now!
The king, instead of confessing his wrong at once, answered the prophet haughtily.
He went up on the roof to smoke and to be alone; and he paced the stones, drawing nervously upon the amber stem and confessing to himself that he was alarmed.
He smiled grimly, confessing to himself that grave doubts (and, deeper than doubts, an ache that was not physical) had arisen from this new development.
Philip answereth, that if he believed with all his heart, he might; the eunuch thereupon confessing Christ, was baptized.
There must then be this holy mixture of things in the heart of a truly confessing Publican.
Yes; By confessing of sin, thou showest how little thou deservest the least mercy from God.
He shook his head, as though openly confessing his inability to answer that question.
Denial is useless; the king prostrates himself at her feet, confessing his guilt and begging her not to be angry at her slave.
Her love for you must have been something terrible when she came to you knowing and confessing herself guilty, risking rebuff and contempt at your hands.
Amour propre', the shame ofconfessing my weakness before witnesses induced me, however, to make the effort.
I am bluffing now, and have no intention of flogging or branding Standish, but only of scaring him into confessing that he is willing to give you to me to save himself.
You love me, Myra darling, and it is only pride that prevents you from confessing yourself conquered," went on the caressing voice.
The lady, however, protested against this doctrine, and concluded by confessing that she always did and always should prefer nature to art.
I told him I was almost sure I should be ashamed of confessing such naughty things to a person of high rank, who writes like an angel.
We don't want to give her up, we keep on praying for her, but there have been so many hardening influences since those early days, and she never took the definite step of openly confessing Christ.
Confessing all my manifold transgression, Weeping, to cast myself before His throne, Praying His Spirit to take full possession, And seal me all His own.
Here passion, with renewed power, seized the man, to whom the woman he loved was confessing so many blissful memories.
Whenever we turn to Him with broken hearts, confessing our sins, when in shame we hide our faces and tell Him all our failures, we find Him still the same loving Lord as He was when His loving eyes rested upon Peter.
By Him, therefore, let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is the fruit of our lips, confessing His Name.
Gif it wald please Authorities to put at our housse, for confessing of Goddis word, or for mantenance of his law, God is mychtie yneuch in his awin caus: He should be rather obeyed nor man.
What steps, indeed, could he take withoutconfessing that Horace Pendyce had gone too far, that Horace Pendyce was in the wrong?
If he didn't, it would be confessing himself distasteful; however true, you can't expect a man to consider himself that.
And, not confessing that she was afraid to meet his eyes, but afraid all the same, she looked out of the window.
She did not notice Thyme appraising her from head to foot, with a stare hostile and jealous, but pathetic, too, as though confessing that this girl was her superior.
As to thee—O thou who art confessing the Oneness of God!
If you have been unrighteous, bring friends back to you, as the steward did, by being just and fair, by confessing your faults freely, by doing your best to atone for them.
A sweeter song shall then be heard,-- The music of the world's accord Confessing Christ, the Inward Word!
I have no pride of opinion which would prevent me from confessingwith thankfulness my error of judgment.
For us, confessing all our need, We trust nor rite nor word nor deed, Nor yet the broken staff of creed.
In the depths of his soul he believed in her innocence, yet he avoided confessing it.
So she poured out her whole soul to the saint, confessing everything which grieved and oppressed her, until the early mass began.
We shall have you confessing next that you like sugar in your tea, and prefer a rose to a sunflower!
He was not one to neglect old friends," said they, candidly confessing at the same time that it was more than they should have expected of him.
The people around them gaze in moved wonder, confessing an emotion at sight of the wonnigliche Mann beyond natural, suggesting magic.
If not, no confessing with the mouth will be unto salvation, for how can a man be saved in his sins?
We have been confessing in these four petitions what God's goodwill to man is; what God wishes man to be, how man ought to live and believe.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "confessing" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
