When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.
When I kept silence, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long.
Psalms 32:3
“When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.”
— Psalms 32:3
Psalm 32 describes unconfessed guilt physically — bones waxing old, moisture turned to drought — and then describes confession's relief just as concretely. These verses move from the weight to the lifting. The fifteen verses below are the Bible's direct address to that situation, shown in full KJV text from Psalms 32:3 to Hebrews 10:22.
Quick answer: The best-known verse about guilt here is Psalms 32:3: "When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long." Psalms 32:5 follows close behind: "I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the LORD; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah." Both are public-domain translations, shown in full on the cards below with a modern-English toggle.
When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.
When I kept silence, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long.
Psalms 32:3
I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the LORD; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.
I acknowledged my sin to you. I didn’t hide my iniquity. I said, I will confess my transgressions to Yahweh, and you forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah.
Psalms 32:5
For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
For my iniquities have gone over my head. As a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me.
Psalms 38:4
Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.
Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity. Cleanse me from my sin.
Psalms 51:2
For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me.
For I know my transgressions. My sin is constantly before me.
Psalms 51:3
Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean. Wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
Psalms 51:7
Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
Create in me a clean heart, O God. Renew a right spirit within me.
Psalms 51:10
He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.
He has not dealt with us according to our sins, nor repaid us for our iniquities.
Psalms 103:10
As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.
As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.
Psalms 103:12
He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.
He who conceals his sins doesn’t prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them finds mercy.
Proverbs 28:13
Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
“Come now, and let’s reason together,” says Yahweh: “Though your sins are as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow. Though they are red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
Isaiah 1:18
I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.
I, even I, am he who blots out your transgressions for my own sake; and I will not remember your sins.
Isaiah 43:25
Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.
Who is a God like you, who pardons iniquity, and passes over the disobedience of the remnant of his heritage? He doesn’t retain his anger forever, because he delights in loving kindness.
Micah 7:18
If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.
If therefore the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed.
John 8:36
Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.
let’s draw near with a true heart in fullness of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and having our body washed with pure water,
Hebrews 10:22
These verses are read in the middle of the feeling — not after it has been explained away. That is their design: guilt is named honestly in Scripture before it is redirected, and reading the name is usually the relief. Many readers keep one verse visible during the day and return to the list at night; others read all fifteen slowly, once, and then sit with the one that moved.
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