Psalm 51:3-5

Create in Me a Clean Heart, O God

³ _b For I know my transgressions,
and my sin is ever before me.
⁴ _c Against you, you only, have I sinned
and done what is evil _d in your sight,
_e so that you may be justified in your words
and blameless in your judgment.
⁵ Behold, _f I was brought forth in iniquity,
and in sin did my mother conceive me.

1. Cross References
   Psalms 32:5
   I acknowledged my sin to you, and I did not cover my iniquity; I said, "I will confess my transgressions to the Lord," and you forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah
   Proverbs 28:13
   Whoever conceals his transgressions will not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes them will obtain mercy.
   
2. Cross References
   Genesis 20:6
   Then God said to him in the dream, "Yes, I know that you have done this in the integrity of your heart, and it was I who kept you from sinning against me. Therefore I did not let you touch her.
   Genesis 39:9
   He is not greater in this house than I am, nor has he kept back anything from me except yourself, because you are his wife. How then can I do this great wickedness and sin against God?
   2 Samuel 12:13
   David said to Nathan, "I have sinned against the Lord." And Nathan said to David, "The Lord also has put away your sin; you shall not die.
   1 Corinthians 8:12
   Thus, sinning against your brothers and wounding their conscience when it is weak, you sin against Christ.
   
3. Cross References
   Luke 15:18
   I will arise and go to my father, and I will say to him, "Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you.
   Luke 15:21
   And the son said to him, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.
   
4. Cross References
   Romans 3:4
   By no means! Let God be true though every one were a liar, as it is written, "That you may be justified in your words, and prevail when you are judged.
   
5. Cross References
   Romans 5:12
   Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned -
   Romans 5:19
   For as by the one man's disobedience the many were made sinners, so by the one man's obedience the many will be made righteous.
   Ephesians 2:3
   Among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.
   Job 14:4
   Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? There is not one.
   Job 15:14
   What is man, that he can be pure? Or he who is born of a woman, that he can be righteous?