Topic
Backslide
13 passages cited, from 2 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Proverbs 14:14Easton · ISBE
The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself.
- Jeremiah 3:8ISBE
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.
- Jeremiah 3:14ISBE
Turn, O backsliding children, saith the LORD; for I am married unto you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion:
- Jeremiah 14:7ISBE
¶ 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.
- Hosea 4:16ISBE
For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now the LORD will feed them as a lamb in a large place.
- Hosea 11:7ISBE
And my people are bent to backsliding from me: though they called them to the most High, none at all would exalt him.
- Hosea 14:4ISBE
¶ I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him.
- Acts 21:21Easton
And they are informed of thee, that thou teachest all the Jews which are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, saying that they ought not to circumcise their children, neither to walk after the customs.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:3Easton
Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
- 1 Timothy 4:1Easton
Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;
- Hebrews 6:4–6Easton
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 come, If they shall fall away, to renew them…
- Hebrews 10:38Easton
Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.
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- Hebrews 10:39 Easton
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 7 references
To draw back or apostatize in matters of religion (Acts 21:21; 2 Thess. 2:3; 1 Tim. 4:1). This may be either partial (Prov. 14:14) or complete (Heb. 6:4-6; 10:38, 39). The apostasy may be both doctrinal and moral.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 8 references
bak'-slid' (meshubhah; Ho 11:7; 14:4 and often in Ho and Jer, shobhabh; shobhebh, in Jer, 4 times: all meaning "turning back or away," "apostate," "rebellious." carar, in Ho 4:16 = "stubborn," "rebellious"; the Revised Version (British and American) "stubborn"): In all places the word is used of Israel forsaking Yahweh, and with a reference to the covenant relation between Yahweh and the nation, conceived as a marriage tie which Israel had violated. Yahweh was Israel's husband, and by her idolatries with other gods she had proved unfaithful (Jer 3:8,14; 14:7; Ho 14:4). It may be questioned whether Israel was guilty so much of apostasy and defection, as of failure to grow with the growing revelation of God. The prophets saw that their contemporaries fell far short of their own ideal, but they did not realize how far their predecessors also had fallen short of the rising prophetic standard in ideal and action. See APOSTASY.
Backslider bak'-slid-er cugh lebh: "The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways" (Pr 14:14). But the Revised Version (British and American) "backslider" conveys the wrong impression of an apostate. The Hebrew expression here implies simply non-adherence to the right, "The bad man reaps the fruits of his act" (Toy, Prov, in loc.).
T. Rees
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.