9 Bible Verses about Backsliding, Causes

And those that are sown as among thorns, are these: such as hear the word indeed, but the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and inordinate desires after other things entering in choke the word, and so it becometh unfruitful.

For the love of money is the root of all evils, which some coveting after have been led astray from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

But he, that hath not these, is blind, or short-sighted, having forgot his baptismal purification from his former sins.

For this reason we ought the more earnestly to attend to what we have heard, least by any means we should be found deficient.

Take heed, my brethren, least there be in any of you a wicked heart of unbelief in departing from the living God:

Yet I have somewhat against thee; for thou hast left thy first love.

For some are already turned aside after Satan.

through love of this world, and is gone to Thessalonica; as is Crescens to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia: Luke only is with me.

I wonder that ye are so soon removed from him who called you by the grace of Christ to another gospel: which is not another; but there be some that disturb you, and would subvert the gospel of Christ.