20 Bible Verses about People Going Astray

My people have been wandering sheep: their keepers have made them go out of the right way, turning them loose on the mountains: they have gone from mountain to hill, having no memory of their resting-place.

They will be questioning about the way to Zion, with their faces turned in its direction, saying, Come, and be united to the Lord in an eternal agreement which will be kept in mind for ever.

Because, like sheep, you had gone out of the way; but now you have come back to him who keeps watch over your souls.

Whose ways are not straight, and whose footsteps are turned to evil:

He who takes note of teaching is a way of life, but he who gives up training is a cause of error.

A son who no longer gives attention to teaching is turned away from the words of knowledge.

So that the children of Israel may no longer go wandering away from me, or make themselves unclean with all their wrongdoing; but they will be my people, and I will be their God, says the Lord.

The wanderer from the way of knowledge will have his resting-place among the shades.

But as for the Levites, who went far from me, when Israel went out of the right way, turning away from me to go after their images; their punishment will come on them.

But as for the priests, the sons of Zadok, who took care of my holy place when the children of Israel were turned away from me, they are to come near me to do my work, they will take their places before me, offering to me the fat and the blood, says the Lord;

For the priests who have been made holy, those of the sons of Zadok who kept the orders I gave them, who did not go out of the right way when the children of Israel went from the way, as the Levites did,

May trouble be theirs! for they have gone far away from me; and destruction, for they have been sinning against me; I was ready to be their saviour, but they said false words against me.

When I sent for them, then they went away from me; they made offerings to the Baals, burning perfumes to images.

Before I was in trouble I went out of the way; but now I keep your word.

Let not your heart be turned to her ways, do not go wandering in her footsteps.

So that I was angry with this generation, and I said, Their hearts are in error at all times, and they have no knowledge of my ways;

But you are turned out of the way; you have made the law hard for numbers of people; you have made the agreement of Levi of no value, says the Lord of armies.

They have all gone out of the way, there is no profit in any of them; there is not one who does good, not so much as one:

My brothers, if one of you has gone out of the way of the true faith and another has made him see his error,

We all went wandering like sheep; going every one of us after his desire; and the Lord put on him the punishment of us all.