Here we have collected several Bible verses about Backsliding from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, King James Version (KJV).
"The LORD said also unto me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen that which backsliding Israel hath done? she is gone up upon every high mountain and under every green tree, and there hath played the…
"For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning" - 2…
"For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins, But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries" - Hebrews…
"Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the LORD our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a…
"Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, and that my fear is not in thee,…
"Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces: because their transgressions…
"Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love. Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick…
"Again, When a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumbling-block before him, he shall die: because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which…
"For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to…
"And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also. And…
"But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage" - Galatians 4:9 KJV
"For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as was the heart of David his father" - 1…
"Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men" -…
"Holding faith, and a good conscience; which some having put away concerning faith have made shipwreck:" - 1 Timothy 1:19 KJV
"It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king: for he is turned back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments. And it grieved Samuel; and he cried unto the LORD all night" - 1…
"For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now the LORD will feed them as a lamb in a large place" - Hosea 4:16 KJV
"Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him. But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving…
"I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel:" - Galatians 1:6 KJV
"Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God" - Hebrews 3:12 KJV
"And my people are bent to backsliding from me: though they called them to the most High, none at all would exalt him" - Hosea 11:7 KJV
"Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return" - Jeremiah 8:5 KJV
"Return, ye backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come unto thee; for thou art the LORD our God" - Jeremiah 3:22 KJV
"For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is departed unto Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia" - 2 Timothy 4:10 KJV
"How long wilt thou go about, O thou backsliding daughter? for the LORD hath created a new thing in the earth, A woman shall compass a man" - Jeremiah 31:22 KJV
"I will hear what God the LORD will speak: for he will speak peace unto his people, and to his saints: but let them not turn again to folly" - Psalms 85:8 KJV
"O LORD, though our iniquities testify against us, do thou it for thy name's sake: for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against thee" - Jeremiah 14:7 KJV
"If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned" - John 15:6 KJV
"Wherefore gloriest thou in the valleys, thy flowing valley, O backsliding daughter? that trusted in her treasures, saying, Who shall come unto me" - Jeremiah 49:4 KJV
"I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him" - Hosea 14:4 KJV
"For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them" - Proverbs 1:32 KJV