Backsliding

The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself.

For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning. — read the full passage →

For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, — read the full passage →

And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.

O Lord, though our iniquities testify against us, do thou it for thy name’s sake: for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against thee.

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

Return, ye backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come unto thee; for thou art the Lord our God.

And my people are bent to backsliding from me: though they called them to the most High, none at all would exalt him.

Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.

I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him.

Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him. — read the full passage →

Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love. — read the full passage →

For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.

Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?

If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man’s, shall he return unto her again? shall not that land be greatly polluted? but thou hast played the harlot with many lovers; yet return again to me, saith the Lord. — read the full passage →

Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the Lord thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord God of hosts.

But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage?

Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.

Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.

I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. — read the full passage →

O Israel, return unto the Lord thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity. — read the full passage →

Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him; — read the full passage →

And I will give them an heart to know me, that I am the Lord: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God: for they shall return unto me with their whole heart.

Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks; — read the full passage →

For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is departed unto Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia.

For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now the Lord will feed them as a lamb in a large place.

When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he saith, I will return unto my house whence I came out. — read the full passage →

As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly.

And Jesus saith unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered. — read the full passage →

Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace.

Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip. — read the full passage →

Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, That this night, before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. — read the full passage →

When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none. — read the full passage →

For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins, — read the full passage →

For thus saith the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel; In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength: and ye would not.

But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked man doeth, shall he live? All his righteousness that he hath done shall not be mentioned: in his trespass that he hath trespassed, and in his sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he die.

And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.

Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the Lord, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward.

If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles. — read the full passage →

Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise.

And the Lord was angry with Solomon, because his heart was turned from the Lord God of Israel, which had appeared unto him twice,

I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. — read the full passage →

Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth: — read the full passage →

How long wilt thou go about, O thou backsliding daughter? for the Lord hath created a new thing in the earth, A woman shall compass a man.

It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.

But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.

Then drew near unto him all the publicans and sinners for to hear him. — read the full passage →

And he said, A certain man had two sons: — read the full passage →

From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.

Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.

For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces: because their transgressions are many, and their backslidings are increased.

But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.

Come, and let us return unto the Lord: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.

And Jehoshaphat dwelt at Jerusalem: and he went out again through the people from Beer–sheba to mount Ephraim, and brought them back unto the Lord God of their fathers.

Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.

Turn ye unto him from whom the children of Israel have deeply revolted.

I will hear what God the Lord will speak: for he will speak peace unto his people, and to his saints: but let them not turn again to folly.

From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members? — read the full passage →

For some are already turned aside after Satan.

Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth?

And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; — read the full passage →

Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance: — read the full passage →

Therefore will I also deal in fury: mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: and though they cry in mine ears with a loud voice, yet will I not hear them. — read the full passage →

Thou hast forsaken me, saith the Lord, thou art gone backward: therefore will I stretch out my hand against thee, and destroy thee; I am weary with repenting.

Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, and called: — read the full passage →

Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him. — read the full passage →

But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.

Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, — read the full passage →

My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation. — read the full passage →

Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered; — read the full passage →

For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. — read the full passage →

Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God. — read the full passage →

Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; — read the full passage →

Let as many servants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honour, that the name of God and his doctrine be not blasphemed. — read the full passage →

Of whom is Hymeneus and Alexander; whom I have delivered unto Satan, that they may learn not to blaspheme. — read the full passage →

Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him, — read the full passage →

Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son: — read the full passage →

Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage. — read the full passage →

Who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. — read the full passage →

Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,) how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth? — read the full passage →

And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind. — read the full passage →

But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea. — read the full passage →

And I said, Let them set a fair mitre upon his head. So they set a fair mitre upon his head, and clothed him with garments. And the angel of the Lord stood by. — read the full passage →

I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.

And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, — read the full passage →

Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil. — read the full passage →

Turn, O backsliding children, saith the Lord; for I am married unto you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion:

Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the Lord; and I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you: for I am merciful, saith the Lord, and I will not keep anger for ever.

Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour: so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honour.

My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined. — read the full passage →

Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the Lord our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood; — read the full passage →

Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people. — read the full passage →

Thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet. For in that he put all in subjection under him, he left nothing that is not put under him. But now we see not yet all things put under him. — read the full passage →

Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations. — read the full passage →

And the Lord shall bring thee into Egypt again with ships, by the way whereof I spake unto thee, Thou shalt see it no more again: and there ye shall be sold unto your enemies for bondmen and bondwomen, and no man shall buy you. — read the full passage →

And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity. — read the full passage →