“How many are mine iniquities and sins? Make me to know my transgression and my sin. Wherefore hidest thou thy face and holdest me for Your enemy? For You write bitter things against me, and make me to possess the iniquities of my youth” - Job 13:23-24, 26.

“He that covereth his sins shall not prosper; but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy” - Proverbs 28:13

“Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another that you may be healed” - James 5:16.

“Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God” - II Cor 7:1.