Luke 9:62
Jesus responded: No man, who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.
Psalm 78:8-9
They should not be like their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation that did not prepare its heart and whose spirit was not faithful to God.
Acts 15:37-38
Barnabas decided to take John, whose surname was Mark, with them.
Philippians 3:13
Brothers, I could not yet have obtained it. But one thing I do, I forget the things that are behind, and stretch forward to the things that are ahead.
Hebrews 10:38
My righteous people will live by faith. If any of them turn back, I will not be pleased with them.
Luke 17:31-32
A man will be on the housetop. He should not go down into the house to take his possessions. He that is in the field should likewise not return to the house.
2 Timothy 4:10
For Demas forsook me, having loved this present world, and went to Thessalonica. Crescens went to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia.
James 1:6-8
However he must ask in faith, not doubting: for he who doubts is like a surging wave of the sea driven by the wind and tossed.
2 Peter 2:20-22
After they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled and overcome; the last state is worse with them than the first.