1 Samuel 15:11

11 a“I regret
See also verses 29, 35
that I have made Saul king, for he has turned back from following me and chas not performed my commandments.” And Samuel was angry, and he cried to the Lord all night.

Psalms 44:18

18Our heart has not turned back,
nor have our dsteps edeparted from your way;

Proverbs 1:32

32For the simple are killed by ftheir turning away,
and gthe complacency of fools destroys them;

Proverbs 14:14

14The backslider in heart will be hfilled with the fruit of his ways,
and ia good man will be filled with the fruit of his ways.

Luke 11:26

26Then it goes and brings seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they enter and dwell there. And jthe last state of that person is worse than the first.”

Hebrews 6:6-9

6and kthen have fallen away, to restore them again to repentance, since lthey are crucifying once again the Son of God to their own harm and holding him up to contempt. 7For mland that has drunk the rain that often falls on it, and produces a crop useful to those for whose sake it is cultivated, receives a blessing from God. 8But nif it bears thorns and thistles, it is worthless and near to being cursed, oand its end is to be burned.

9Though we speak in this way, yet in your case, beloved, we feel sure of better thingsthings that belong to salvation.

1 John 5:16

16If anyone sees his brother committing a sin not leading to death, he shall ask, and pGod
Greek he
will give him life—to those who commit sins that do not lead to death. rThere is sin that leads to death; sI do not say that one should pray for that.
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