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Bible Verses About Backsliding
Find Bible verses about backsliding — curated from 31,000+ verses with emotional and contextual scoring. What Scripture actually says.
What does the Bible say about backsliding?
The Bible addresses backsliding with deep compassion and clarity. From the Psalms to the words of Jesus, Scripture meets you in this exact feeling and offers comfort, strength, and direction. Here are the most powerful verses — each chosen because they speak directly to what you're going through.
Most Powerful Verses
Jeremiah 3:22
“Return, you backsliding children, I will heal your backsliding. "Behold, we have come to you; for you are Yahweh our God.”
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Proverbs 1:32
“For the backsliding of the simple will kill them. The careless ease of fools will destroy them.”
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Jeremiah 8:5
“Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.”
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Isaiah 57:17
“For the iniquity of his covetousness was I angry, and struck him; I hid my face and was angry; and he went on backsliding in the way of his heart.”
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Jeremiah 3:6
“Moreover, Yahweh said to me in the days of Josiah the king, "Have you seen that which backsliding Israel has done? She has gone up on every high mountain and under every green tree, and there has played the prostitute.”
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