Bible Verses About Losing Your Salvation
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for losing your salvation, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 9,569 votes, led by Hebrews 6:4-6. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Losing Your Salvation
Hebrews 6:4-6463 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,
Matthew 7:21-23272 votes
Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
2 Peter 2:20-22257 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 18:24-26229 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.
Romans 11:29202 votes
For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.
1 John 3:6-9189 votes
Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him.
John 10:28-29177 votes
And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.
Hebrews 10:26-28174 votes
For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,
Romans 8:38-39165 votes
For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,
2 Timothy 2:11-12150 votes
It is a faithful saying: For if we be dead with him, we shall also live with him:
James 5:19-20149 votes
Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him;
1 John 2:3-4148 votes
And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
John 3:36130 votes
He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.
Ephesians 1:13-14121 votes
In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,
Revelation 3:5121 votes
He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.
John 5:24119 votes
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.
Colossians 1:21-23118 votes
And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled
Romans 11:22111 votes
Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.
Romans 11:23111 votes
And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be graffed in: for God is able to graff them in again.
Psalms 37:24103 votes
Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the Lord upholdeth him with his hand.
2 Corinthians 1:22103 votes
Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.
2 Corinthians 5:17101 votes
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
Philippians 1:6101 votes
Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:
1 Peter 1:3-5101 votes
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
1 John 5:4-18101 votes
For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.
What does the Bible say about losing your salvation?
Readers most often cite Hebrews 6:4-6 on the subject of losing your salvation. Across 9,569 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Matthew 7:21-23, 2 Peter 2:20-22, Ezekiel 18:24-26. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.