Psa 36:3, 125:5, Zep 1:6, Mat 13:20-21, Heb 10:38, 1Jo 2:19 | ESV | STEP | The words of his mouth are trouble and deceit ; he has ceased to act wisely and do good .

Psalms 36:3

3 The words of his mouth are ^atrouble and deceit;
^bhe has ceased to act wisely and do good.

Psalms 125:5

5 But those who ^cturn aside to their ^dcrooked ways
the Lord will lead away with ^eevildoers!
^fPeace be upon Israel!

Zephaniah 1:6

6 ^gthose who have turned back from following the Lord,
^hwho do not seek the Lord or inquire of him.”

Matthew 13:20-21

20 As for what was sown on rocky ground, this is the one who hears the word and immediately ⁱreceives it with joy, 21 yet he has no root in himself, but ^jendures for a while, and when tribulation or persecution arises on account of the word, immediately ^khe falls away. ^{▼▼Or stumbles}

Hebrews 10:38

38 ^mbut my righteous one shall live by faith,
and if he shrinks back,
my soul has no pleasure in him.”

1 John 2:19

19 ⁿThey went out from us, but they were not of us; for ^oif they had been of us, they would have continued with us. But they went out, ^pthat it might become plain that they all are not of us.