confessing sin
Proverbs Chapter 28:13
He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.
Romans Chapter 10:9
That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
Romans Chapter 10:10
For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
Hebrews Chapter 8:12
For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.
Hebrews Chapter 9:14
How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
James Chapter 1:13
Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:
James Chapter 1:14
But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.
James Chapter 1:15
Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.
James Chapter 5:16
Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
1 John Chapter 1:9
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.