Mat 5:13, 12:31-32, 45, Luk 11:24-26, Joh 15:6, Heb 10:26-29, 12:15-17 | ESV | STEP | You are the salt of the earth , but if salt has lost its taste , how shall its saltiness be restored ? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled under people’s feet .

13 “You are the salt of the earth, ^abut if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled under people’s feet.

Matthew 12:31-32

31 ^bTherefore I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven people, but ^cthe blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven. 32 And whoever speaks a word ^dagainst the Son of Man ^ewill be forgiven, but ^fwhoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in ^gthis age or in the age to come.

Matthew 12:45

45 Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they enter and dwell there, and ^hthe last state of that person is worse than the first. So also will it be with this ⁱevil generation.”

Luke 11:24-26

Return of an Unclean Spirit

24 ^j“When the unclean spirit has gone out of a person, it passes through ^kwaterless places seeking rest, and finding none it says, ‘I will return to my house from which I came.’ 25 And when it comes, it finds the house swept and put in order. 26 Then it goes and brings seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they enter and dwell there. And ^lthe last state of that person is worse than the first.”

John 15:6

6 If anyone does not abide in me ^mhe is thrown away like a branch and withers; ⁿand the branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned.

Hebrews 10:26-29

26 For ^oif we go on sinning deliberately ^pafter receiving the knowledge of the truth, ^qthere no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, 27 ^rbut a fearful expectation of judgment, and ^sa fury of fire that will consume the adversaries. 28 ^tAnyone who has set aside the law of Moses dies without mercy ^uon the evidence of two or three witnesses. 29 How much worse punishment, do you think, will be deserved by the one ^vwho has trampled underfoot the Son of God, and has profaned ^wthe blood of the covenant ^xby which he was sanctified, and has ^youtraged the Spirit of grace?

Hebrews 12:15-17

15 See to it that no one ^zfails to obtain the grace of God; that no ^aa“root of bitterness” springs up and causes trouble, and by it many become defiled; 16 that no one is ^absexually immoral or unholy like Esau, who sold his birthright for a single meal. 17 For you know that ^acafterward, when he desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no chance to repent, though he sought it with tears.