23 Bible Verses about apostasy

Ye, therefore, beloved, knowing these things beforehand, be on your guard, lest, being carried away with error of the wicked, ye fall from your own steadfastness.

holding faith, and a good conscience, which some having thrust from them made shipwreck concerning the faith;

But the Spirit expressly saith, that in later times, some will fall away from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and to teachings of demons,

and will turn away their ears from the truth, and will turn aside to the fables.

Take heed, brethren, lest at any time there shall be in anyone of you an evil heart of unbelief, in falling away from the living God;

Then one of the twelve, the one called Judas Iscariot, going to the high priests, said, "What are ye willing to give me, and I will deliver Him up to you?" And they paid him thirty pieces of silver. And from that time he was seeking an opportunity to deliver Him up.

Then Judas, who betrayed Him, seeing that He was condemned, repenting, brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the high priests and the elders, saying, "I sinned, having betrayed innocent blood." But they said, "What is that to us? You may see to that." And, throwing the pieces of silver into the temple, he withdrew; and, going away, he hanged himself.

And Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went away to the high priests, that he might deliver Him up to them. And they, hearing it, rejoiced, and promised to give him money. And he was seeking how he might conveniently deliver Him up.

And Satan entered into Judas, the one called Iscariot, being of the number of the twelve; and, departing, he consulted with the high priests and captains, how he might deliver Him up to them. And they were glad, and covenanted to give him money. read more.
And he agreed, and was seeking an opportunity to deliver Him up to them, in the absence of a multitude.

While He was yet speaking, behold, a multitude, and he who is called Judas, one of the twelve, was coming before them; and he drew near to Jesus to kiss Him. And Jesus said to him, "Judas, do ye betray the Son of Man with a kiss?"

not forsaking the gathering of ourselves together, as is the custom of some, but exhorting, and so much the more as ye see the day approaching. For, if we sin wilfully after we received the full knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, but a certain fearful expectation of judgment and fierceness of fire about to devour the opposers. read more.
Anyone, having set aside Moses' law, dies without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses; of how much worse punishment, think ye, shall he be accounted worthy, who trampled under foot the Son of God, and accounted the blood of the covenant with which He was sanctified an unholy thing, and treated with contempt the Spirit of grace? For we know Him Who said, To Me belongs vengeance; I will recompense," saith the Lord; and again, "The Lord will judge His people." It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God!

But we are not of those who draw back to destruction; but of those who believe to the saving of the soul.

These are fountains without water, and mists driven by a storm, for whom the blackness of darkness has been reserved.

For if, after having escaped the defilements of the world in a full knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, but, having again become entangled with these, they are overcome, the last state has become worse with them than the first. For it were better for them not to have fully known the way of righteousness, than, having known it, to turn back from the holy commandment delivered to them. It has happened to them according to the true proverb, "A dog having returned to his own vomit"; and "A sow that was washed, to her wallowing in mire."

and, because lawlessness abounds, the love of many will grow cold.

Let no one deceive you in any manner; because that day will not come, unless the falling away come first, and the man of lawlessness be revealed??he son of perdition;

But the Spirit expressly saith, that in later times, some will fall away from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and to teachings of demons, in hypocrisy of men speaking lies, branded in their own conscience with a hot iron; forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from foods, which God created for reception with thanksgiving by those who believe and have full knowledge of the truth.

"And those on the rock are those who, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root; who, for a season, believe, and in time of temptation fall away.

Then will they deliver you up to tribulation, and will slay you; and ye will be hated by all the nations for My name's sake. And then will many be caused to stumble, and will deliver up one another, and hate one another;

Ye, therefore, beloved, knowing these things beforehand, be on your guard, lest, being carried away with error of the wicked, ye fall from your own steadfastness.

Take heed, brethren, lest at any time there shall be in anyone of you an evil heart of unbelief, in falling away from the living God;

Take heed, brethren, lest at any time there shall be in anyone of you an evil heart of unbelief, in falling away from the living God;

holding faith, and a good conscience, which some having thrust from them made shipwreck concerning the faith; of whom is Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I delivered up to Satan, that they might be taught not to blaspheme.

You know this, that all in Asia turned away from me; of whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes.

From this time many of His disciples went back, and walked no more with Him.

for Demas forsook me, having loved this present age, and went to Thessalonica; Crescens, to Galatia; Titus, to Dalmatia.

For the love of money is a root of all the evils; which some reaching after wandered away from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.