Backsliding
Jeremiah 8:4 BSB
So you are to tell them this is what the LORD says: “Do men fall and not get up again? Does one turn away and not return?
Isaiah 37:7 BSB
Behold, I will put a spirit in him so that he will hear a rumor and return to his own land, where I will cause him to fall by the sword.’”
Isaiah 55:10 BSB
For just as rain and snow fall from heaven and do not return without watering the earth, making it bud and sprout, and providing seed to sow and food to eat,
Jeremiah 8:5 BSB
Why then have these people turned away? Why does Jerusalem always turn away? They cling to deceit; they refuse to return.
Ezekiel 14:6 BSB
Therefore tell the house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Repent and turn away from your idols; turn your faces away from all your abominations.
Hosea 11:5 BSB
Will they not return to the land of Egypt and be ruled by Assyria because they refused to repent?
2 Kings 19:7 BSB
Behold, I will put a spirit in him so that he will hear a rumor and return to his own land, where I will cause him to fall by the sword.’”
Proverbs 29:8 BSB
Mockers inflame a city, but the wise turn away anger.
Psalm 34:14 BSB
Turn away from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.
Psalm 119:39 BSB
Turn away the disgrace I dread, for Your judgments are good.
Psalm 37:27 BSB
Turn away from evil and do good, so that you will abide forever.
Proverbs 3:7 BSB
Be not wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD and turn away from evil.
Psalm 80:18 BSB
Then we will not turn away from You; revive us, and we will call on Your name.
Matthew 5:42 BSB
Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you.
Ephesians 6:11 BSB
Put on the full armor of God, so that you can make your stand against the devil’s schemes.
James 4:7 BSB
Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
1 Corinthians 10:13 BSB
No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, He will also provide an escape, so that you can stand up under it.
Hebrews 11:1 BSB
Now faith is the assurance of what we hope for and the certainty of what we do not see.
Hebrews 11:6 BSB
And without faith it is impossible to please God. For anyone who approaches Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.
Romans 10:17 BSB
Consequently, faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.