36 Bible Verses about apostasy

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Hebrews 10:26

For if we do evil on purpose after we have had the knowledge of what is true, there is no more offering for sins,

Hebrews 6:6

And then let themselves be turned away, it is not possible for their hearts to be made new a second time; because they themselves put the Son of God on the cross again, openly shaming him.

Jeremiah 2:19

The evil you yourselves have done will be your punishment, your errors will be your judge: be certain then, and see that it is an evil and a bitter thing to give up the Lord your God, and no longer to be moved by fear of me, says the Lord, the Lord of armies.

Psalm 78:8

And not be like their fathers, a stiff-necked and uncontrolled generation; a generation whose heart was hard, whose spirit was not true to God.

Jeremiah 5:23

But the heart of this people is uncontrolled and turned away from me; they are broken loose and gone.

Hebrews 6:8

But if it sends up thorns and evil plants, it is of no use and is ready to be cursed; its only end is to be burned.

Deuteronomy 19:16

If a false witness makes a statement against a man, saying that he has done wrong,

Acts 21:21

And they have had news of you, how you have been teaching all the Jews among the Gentiles to give up the law of Moses, and not to give circumcision to their children, and not to keep the old rules.

Jeremiah 8:5

Why do these people of Jerusalem go back, for ever turning away? they will not give up their deceit, they will not come back.

Jeremiah 6:28

All of them are turned away, going about with false stories; they are brass and iron: they are all workers of deceit.

Proverbs 1:32

For the turning back of the simple from teaching will be the cause of their death, and the peace of the foolish will be their destruction.

Ezekiel 8:16

And he took me into the inner square of the Lord's house, and at the door of the Temple of the Lord, between the covered way and the altar, there were about twenty-five men with their backs turned to the Temple of the Lord and their faces turned to the east; and they were worshipping the sun, turning to the east.

Psalm 18:21

For I have kept the ways of the Lord; I have not been turned away in sin from my God.

Proverbs 28:2

Because of the sin of the land, its troubles are increased; but by a man of wisdom and knowledge they will be put out like a fire.

1 John 2:19

They went out from us but they were not of us; if they had been of us they would still be with us: but they went out from us so that it might be made clear that they were not of us.

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Apostasy » Warnings concerning

2 Peter 3:17

For this reason, my loved ones, having knowledge of these things before they take place, take care that you are not turned away by the error of the uncontrolled, so falling from your true faith.

Apostasy » Instances of » Judas

Matthew 26:14-16

Then one of the twelve, who was named Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests and said, What will you give me, if I give him up to you? And the price was fixed at thirty bits of silver. And from that time he was watching for a chance to give him into their hands.

Matthew 27:3-5

Then Judas, who was false to him, seeing that he was to be put to death, in his regret took back the thirty bits of silver to the chief priests and those in authority, Saying, I have done wrong in giving into your hands an upright man. But they said, What is that to us? it is your business. And he put down the silver in the Temple and went out, and put himself to death by hanging.

Mark 14:10-11

And Judas Iscariot, who was one of the twelve, went away to the chief priests, so that he might give him up to them. And hearing what he said, they were glad, and gave him their word to make him a payment of money. And he took thought how he might best give him up to them.

Luke 22:3-6

And Satan came into Judas Iscariot, who was one of the twelve. And he went away and had a discussion with the chief priests and the rulers, about how he might give him up to them. And they were glad, and undertook to give him money. read more.
And he made an agreement with them to give him up to them, if he got a chance, when the people were not present.

Luke 22:47-48

And while he was saying these words, there came a band of people, and Judas, one of the twelve, was in front of them, and he came near to Jesus to give him a kiss. But Jesus said to him, Judas, will you be false to the Son of man with a kiss?

More verses: Acts 1:16-18

Apostasy » Guilt and punishment of

Zephaniah 1:4-6

And my hand will be stretched out on Judah and on all the people of Jerusalem, cutting off the name of the Baal from this place, and the name of the false priests, And the worshippers of the army of heaven on the house-tops, and the Lord's worshippers who take oaths by Milcom, And those who are turned back from going after the Lord, and those who have not made prayer to the Lord or got directions from him.

Hebrews 10:25-31

Not giving up our meetings, as is the way of some, but keeping one another strong in faith; and all the more because you see the day coming near. For if we do evil on purpose after we have had the knowledge of what is true, there is no more offering for sins, But only a great fear of being judged, and of the fire of wrath which will be the destruction of the haters of God. read more.
A man who has gone against the law of Moses is put to death without pity on the word of two or three witnesses: But will not the man by whom the Son of God has been crushed under foot, and the blood of the agreement with which he was washed clean has been taken as an unholy thing, and who has had no respect for the Spirit of grace, be judged bad enough for a very much worse punishment? For we have had experience of him who says, Punishment is mine, I will give reward. And again, The Lord will be judge of his people. We may well go in fear of falling into the hands of the living God.

Hebrews 10:39

But we are not of those who go back to destruction; but of those who have faith even to the salvation of the soul.

2 Peter 2:20-22

For if, after they have got free from the unclean things of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again taken in the net and overcome, their last condition is worse than their first. For it would have been better for them to have had no knowledge of the way of righteousness, than to go back again from the holy law which was given to them, after having knowledge of it. They are an example of that true saying, The dog has gone back to the food it had put out, and the pig which had been washed to its rolling in the dirty earth.

Apostasy » Instances of » saul

1 Samuel 28:18

Because you did not do what the Lord said, and did not give effect to his burning wrath against Amalek. So the Lord has done this thing to you today.

1 Samuel 15:26-29

And Samuel said to Saul, I will not go back with you: for you have put away from you the word of the Lord, and the Lord has put you from your place as king over Israel. And when Samuel was turning round to go away, Saul took the skirt of his robe in his hand, and the cloth came away. And Samuel said to him, The Lord has taken away the kingdom of Israel from you this day by force, and has given it to a neighbour of yours who is better than you. read more.
And further, the Glory of Israel will not say what is false, and his purpose may not be changed: for he is not a man, whose purpose may be changed.

1 Samuel 18:12

And Saul went in fear of David, because the Lord was with David and had gone away from Saul.

1 Samuel 28:15

And Samuel said to Saul, Why have you made me come up, troubling my rest? And Saul in answer said, I am in great danger; for the Philistines are making war on me, and God has gone away from me and will no longer give me any answer, by the prophets or by dreams: so I have sent for you to make clear to me what I am to do.

Apostasy » Shall abound in the latter days

1 Timothy 4:1-3

But the Spirit says clearly that in later times some will be turned away from the faith, giving their minds to spirits of deceit, and the teachings of evil spirits, Through the false ways of men whose words are untrue, whose hearts are burned as with a heated iron; Who keep men from being married and from taking food which God made to be taken with praise by those who have faith and true knowledge.

Apostasy » Caused by persecution

Luke 8:13

And those on the rock are those who with joy give hearing to the word; but having no root, they have faith for a time, and when the test comes they give up.

Matthew 24:9-10

Then they will be cruel to you, and will put you to death: and you will be hated by all nations because of my name. And numbers of people will be turned from the right way, and will give one another up and have hate for one another.

Apostasy » Cautions against

2 Peter 3:17

For this reason, my loved ones, having knowledge of these things before they take place, take care that you are not turned away by the error of the uncontrolled, so falling from your true faith.

Apostasy » Described

Deuteronomy 13:13

That good-for-nothing persons have gone out from among you, turning the people of their town from the right way and saying, Let us go and give worship to other gods, of whom you have no knowledge;

Apostasy » Instances of » israelites

Apostasy » Instances of » Amaziah

2 Chronicles 25:14

Now when Amaziah came back from the destruction of the Edomites, he took the gods of the children of Seir and made them his gods, worshipping them and burning offerings before them.

2 Chronicles 25:27

Now from the time when Amaziah gave up worshipping the Lord, they made secret designs against him in Jerusalem; and he went in flight to Lachish: but they sent to Lachish after him and put him to death there.

Apostasy » Instances of » Hymenaeus and alexander

1 Timothy 1:19-20

Keeping faith, and being conscious of well-doing; for some, by not doing these things, have gone wrong in relation to the faith: Such are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I have given up to Satan, so that they may say no more evil words against God.

Apostasy » Instances of » Phygellus and hermogenes

Apostasy » Instances of » Disciples

Apostasy » Caused by worldliness

Evil » Associations » Results of » Apostasy

1 Kings 11:2

The nations of which the Lord had said to the children of Israel, You are not to take wives from them and they are not to take wives from you; or they will certainly make you go after their gods: to these Solomon was united in love.

greed » Results of » Apostasy

Topics on Apostasy

Apostasy in OT

Jeremiah 3:1-25

They say, If a man puts away his wife and she goes from him and becomes another man's, will he go back to her again? will not that land have been made unclean? but though you have been acting like a loose woman with a number of lovers, will you now come back to me? says the Lord.

Apostasy Of Judas

Matthew 26:14-16

Then one of the twelve, who was named Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests and said,

Apostasy Of Saul

1 Samuel 15:26-29

And Samuel said to Saul, I will not go back with you: for you have put away from you the word of the Lord, and the Lord has put you from your place as king over Israel.

Apostasy, Nt Examples

Matthew 26:14-16

Then one of the twelve, who was named Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests and said,

Apostasy, Ot Examples

Deuteronomy 13:1-11

If ever you have among you a prophet or a dreamer of dreams and he gives you a sign or a wonder,

Apostasy, Personal Warnings

2 Corinthians 11:2-3

For I have a very great care for you: because you have been married by me to one husband, and it is my desire to give you completely holy to Christ.

Warnings Against Apostasy

Hebrews 6:4-8

As for those who at one time saw the light, tasting the good things from heaven, and having their part in the Holy Spirit,

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