Bible Verses About Backsliders
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for backsliders, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 6,452 votes, led by Revelation 2:5. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Backsliders
Revelation 2:5326 votes
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 out of his place, except thou repent.
Luke 9:62309 votes
And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.
2 Peter 2:21279 votes
For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.
Proverbs 14:14244 votes
The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself.
Hebrews 10:26-29228 votes
For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,
Revelation 2:4212 votes
Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love.
Galatians 6:1204 votes
Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.
James 4:8189 votes
Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.
Jeremiah 3:22186 votes
Return, ye backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come unto thee; for thou art the Lord our God.
Galatians 4:9182 votes
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?
Jeremiah 14:7170 votes
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.
2 Peter 2:20-22164 votes
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.
James 4:17156 votes
Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.
Galatians 5:7154 votes
Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth?
Hebrews 10:38-39142 votes
Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.
Revelation 2:4-5133 votes
Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love.
Hosea 14:4128 votes
I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him.
Malachi 3:7125 votes
Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the Lord of hosts. But ye said, Wherein shall we return?
Revelation 3:3125 votes
Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.
Revelation 3:2118 votes
Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God.
2 Peter 2:20114 votes
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.
Ezekiel 18:24107 votes
But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked man doeth, shall he live? All his righteousness that he hath done shall not be mentioned: in his trespass that he hath trespassed, and in his sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he die.
Hebrews 6:4-8107 votes
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,
1 Timothy 1:1996 votes
Holding faith, and a good conscience; which some having put away concerning faith have made shipwreck:
2 Chronicles 7:1484 votes
If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
What does the Bible say about backsliders?
Readers most often cite Revelation 2:5 on the subject of backsliders. Across 6,452 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Luke 9:62, 2 Peter 2:21, Proverbs 14:14. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.