Willful disobedience to God’s commandments.

He that covereth his sins shall not prosper, Prov. 28: 13. Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow, Isa. 1: 18. Sinners shall die, and the righteous shall be saved, Ezek. 18. The Lamb of God taketh away the sins of the world, John 1: 29. Be baptized, and wash away thy sins, Acts 22: 16. The wages of sin is death, Rom. 6: 23. To him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin, James 4: 17. Wilt thou make me that I may shake at the appearance of sin, 2 Ne. 4: 31. Wo unto all those who die in their sins, 2 Ne. 9: 38. They could not look upon sin save it were with abhorrence, Alma 13: 12. Do not suppose ye will be restored from sin to happiness, Alma 41: 9-10. The Lord cannot look upon sin with the least degree of allowance, Alma 45: 16 (D&C 1: 31). Little children are not capable of committing sin, Moro. 8: 8. To repent, men must confess and forsake their sins, D&C 58: 42-43. The greater sin remains in him who forgives not, D&C 64: 9. He who sins against the greater light shall receive the greater condemnation, D&C 82: 3. Unto that soul who sinneth shall the former sins return, D&C 82: 7. When we undertake to cover our sins, the heavens withdraw themselves, D&C 121: 37.