'Following' in the Bible

For the Amalekites and the Canaanites will be there in front of you, and you will fall by the sword, because you have turned away from following the Lord; therefore the Lord will not be with you.”

Then it came about in the morning that Balak took Balaam and brought him up to the high places of Baal; from there he saw a portion of the Israelites.

For if you turn back from following Him [completely], He will once again leave them in the wilderness, and you will destroy all these people.”