And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned: for I have transgressed the commandment of the LORD, and your words: because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice.

Then he said, I have sinned: yet honor me now, I pray you, before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD your God.

And he said to David, you are more righteous than I: for you have rewarded me with good, whereas I have rewarded you with evil.

And Pharaoh sent, and called for Moses and Aaron, and said unto them, I have sinned this time: the LORD is righteous, and I and my people are wicked.

And Balaam said unto the angel of the LORD, I have sinned; for I knew not that you stood in the way against me: now therefore, if it displease you, I will go back again.

Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? see you to that.

And it was told Saul that David was fled to Gath: and he sought no more again for him.

And, behold, as your life was precious this day in my eyes, so let my life be precious in the eyes of the LORD, and let him deliver me out of all tribulation.

Then the princes of the Philistines went forth: and it came to pass, after they went forth, that David behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of Saul; so that his name was much esteemed.

(For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceases forever:)

Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints.