Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself.
Backslider
General references
Bible References
Backslider
Proverbs 1:32
For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of the foolish shall cause them to perish.
Jeremiah 2:19
Thine own wickedness chastiseth thee, and thy backslidings reprove thee: know then and see that it is an evil thing and bitter that thou hast forsaken Jehovah thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts.
Jeremiah 8:5
Why hath this people of Jerusalem slidden back with a perpetual backsliding? They hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.
Jeremiah 17:5
Thus saith Jehovah: Cursed is the man that confideth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from Jehovah.
Hosea 4:16
For Israel is refractory as an untractable heifer; now will Jehovah feed them as a lamb in a wide pasture.
Zephaniah 1:6
and them that turn back from after Jehovah, and that do not seek Jehovah, nor inquire for him.
Hebrews 3:12
See, brethren, lest there be in any one of you a wicked heart of unbelief, in turning away from the living God.
2 Peter 2:20
For if after having escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, again entangled, they are subdued by these, their last state is worse than the first.
A good
Proverbs 14:10
The heart knoweth its own bitterness, and a stranger doth not intermeddle with its joy.
John 4:14
but whosoever drinks of the water which I shall give him shall never thirst for ever, but the water which I shall give him shall become in him a fountain of water, springing up into eternal life.
2 Corinthians 1:12
For our boasting is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and sincerity before God, (not in fleshly wisdom but in God's grace,) we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly towards you.
Galatians 6:4
but let each prove his own work, and then he will have his boast in what belongs to himself alone, and not in what belongs to another.
General references
Psalm 109:17
And he loved cursing; so let it come unto him. And he delighted not in blessing; and let it be far from him.
Proverbs 1:31
therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their way, and be filled with their own devices.