8 Bible Verses about Forsaking Sin

He who covers his sins shall not be blessed; but whoever confesses and leaves them shall have mercy.

if iniquity is in your hand, put it far away, and do not let wickedness dwell in your tents;

Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return to Jehovah, and He will have mercy on him; and to our God, for He will abundantly pardon.

For you ought to put off the old man (according to your way of living before) who is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts,

in whom also you are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ,

Therefore since we also are surrounded with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily besets us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

Dearly beloved, I exhort you as temporary residents and pilgrims to abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the soul,

If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.