Leviticus 26:14-42; Deuteronomy 4:9; 8:11-14; 28:15-68; 29:18-28; 32:15-30; Joshua 24:20-27; 1 Kings 9:6-9; 2 Chronicles 15:2-4; Ezra 8:22; Job 34:26,27; Psalms 44:20,21; 73:27; 85:8; 125:5; Proverbs 2:17; 14:14; 24:16; 26:11; Jeremiah 17:13; Ezekiel 3:20; 18:24,26; 23:35; 33:12,13,18; Hosea 11:7,8; Jonah 2:4; Matthew 5:13; 12:45; 24:12; 26:31; Mark 4:7,15-19; 8:38; 9:50; Luke 9:62; 11:21-26; 17:32; John 6:67; 15:6; 1 Corinthians 10:1-13; 2 Corinthians 12:20,21; Galatians 1:6,7; 3:1; 4:9,11; 5:7; 1 Timothy 1:19; 5:15; 6:10,20,21; 2 Timothy 1:8; 2:12; 4:10; Hebrews 3:12,13; 4:1,11; 5:11,12; 6:4-8; 10:26-29,38,39; 11:14,15; 12:15; 2 Peter 1:9; 2:20,21; 2 John 1:9; Revelation 2:4,5,21; 3:2,3; 21:8

See APOSTASY

See BACKSLIDING OF ISRAEL, below

See CHURCH, BACKSLIDDEN

See REPROBACY

INSTANCES OF

Saul
1 Samuel 15:11,26-28
Solomon
1 Kings 11:4-40; Nehemiah 13:26
Amon
2 Kings 21:22,23
Rehoboam
2 Chronicles 12:1,2
Asa
2 Chronicles 16:7-9
Joash
2 Chronicles 24:24
Amaziah
2 Chronicles 25:27
Syrians
Isaiah 17:10,11
Jonah
Jonah 1:3
The disciples
Matthew 26:56; John 6:66
Peter
Matthew 26:69-75
Corinthian Christians
1 Corinthians 5:1-8; 2 Corinthians 12:20,21
Galatians
Galatians 1:6; 3:1; 4:9-11; 5:6,7
Hymenaeus and Alexander
1 Timothy 1:19,20
Phygellus and Hermogenes
2 Timothy 1:15
Demas
2 Timothy 4:10
Churches of Asia
1 Timothy 5:15; Revelation 2:4,14,15,20; 3:2,3,15-18

PROMISES TO
Leviticus 26:40-42; Deuteronomy 4:29,30; 30:1-10; 32:26,28,29; 1 Kings 8:33-53; 2 Chronicles 30:9; Job 22:23-30; Psalms 17:5; 56:13; 81:13,14; Isaiah 42:3; 57:18,19; Jeremiah 3:4-7,12-22; 4:1,2,14; 6:16; Hosea 14:4; Zechariah 10:6; Malachi 3:7; Matthew 23:37; Revelation 3:8,15-21

See PENITENCE
See PENITENT
See SEEKERS

RETURN OF
Psalms 80:3-7,14-19; Isaiah 17:7; 29:24; 31:6,7; Jeremiah 50:4-6; Hosea 3:5; 6:1-3

INSTANCES OF

Jews
Ezra 6:16-21; 10
Jonah
Jonah 2; 3
Peter
Matthew 26:75; Mark 14:72; Luke 22:62
Thomas
John 20:27-29

BACKSLIDING OF ISRAEL
Exodus 17:7; Numbers 14:43; Deuteronomy 4:25-31; 31:16-30; 32:5,6,15,18; Judges 2:12; 10:12-14; 2 Chronicles 24:20; 2 Kings 18:1,12; 2 Chronicles 13:11; 27:2; 29:6,8; Ezra 9:10,13,14; Nehemiah 9:26; Psalms 78:10,11,40-43,56-64; 106:13,14; Isaiah 1:4-7,21,22; 2:6; 5:12-30; 9:13-21; 17:10,11; 24:5,6; 30:9,15; 31:6; 43:22,24; 50:1; 51:17-20; 63:17; 65:2,3; Jeremiah 2:5,11-13,17,19,21,27,31,32; 3:1-25; 5:1-31; 6:30; 7:12-34; 8:1-22; 10:17-22; 11:9-17; 12:7; 13:24,25; 14:7,10; 15:1-14; 18:13-15; 19; 32:30,31; 50:6; Ezekiel 2:3-8; 5:1-17; 11:1-21; 15; 16:43; 22:18; 23; Hosea 1:1-9; 2; 3; 4:6,10,16; 5:1-15; 6:4-11; 8:14; 9:1-17; 11:2,7; 13:16; 14:1; Amos 2:4; Zephaniah 1:6; Malachi 1:6; 3:7; Hebrews 3:16-18

INSTANCES OF ISRAEL’S BACKSLIDING

At Meribah
Exodus 17:1-7
When Aaron made the golden calf
Exodus 32
After Joshua’s death
Judges 2
During Asa’s reign
2 Chronicles 15
Hezekiah’s reign
2 Chronicles 30:2-12

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