Zep 1:6, Mat 12:45, Joh 5:14, Heb 6:4-8, 10:26-31, 2Pe 2:20-22 | ESV | STEP | those who have turned back from following the Lord , who do not seek the Lord or inquire of him.

Zephaniah 1:6

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

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 ^cthe last state of that person is worse than the first. So also will it be with this ^devil generation.”

John 5:14

14 Afterward Jesus found him in the temple and said to him, “See, you are well! ^eSin no more, ^fthat nothing worse may happen to you.”

Hebrews 6:4-8

4 For it is impossible, in the case of those ^gwho have once been enlightened, who have tasted ^hthe heavenly gift, and ⁱhave shared in the Holy Spirit, 5 and ^jhave tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the age to come, 6 and ^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. 7 For ^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. 8 But ⁿif it bears thorns and thistles, it is worthless and near to being cursed, ^oand its end is to be burned.

Hebrews 10:26-31

26 For ^pif we go on sinning deliberately ^qafter receiving the knowledge of the truth, ^rthere no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, 27 ^sbut a fearful expectation of judgment, and ^ta fury of fire that will consume the adversaries. 28 ^uAnyone who has set aside the law of Moses dies without mercy ^von the evidence of two or three witnesses. 29 How much worse punishment, do you think, will be deserved by the one ^wwho has trampled underfoot the Son of God, and has profaned ^xthe blood of the covenant ^yby which he was sanctified, and has ^zoutraged the Spirit of grace? 30 For we know him who said, ^aa“Vengeance is mine; I will repay.” And again, ^ab“The Lord will judge his people.” 31 ^acIt is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

2 Peter 2:20-22

20 For if, ^adafter they have escaped the defilements of the world ^aethrough the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome, ^afthe last state has become worse for them than the first. 21 For ^agit would have been better for them never to have known the way of righteousness than after knowing it to turn back from ^ahthe holy commandment delivered to them. 22 What the true proverb says has happened to them: “The ^aidog returns to its own vomit, and the sow, after washing herself, returns to wallow in the mire.”