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Proverbs 14
14 The faithless will be fully repaid for their ways,
and the good man rewarded for his.
Jeremiah 5
4 I thought, "These are only the poor;
they are foolish,
for they do not know the way of the LORD ,
the requirements of their God.
5 So I will go to the leaders
and speak to them;
surely they know the way of the LORD ,
the requirements of their God."
But with one accord they too had broken off the yoke
and torn off the bonds.
6 Therefore a lion from the forest will attack them,
a wolf from the desert will ravage them,
a leopard will lie in wait near their towns
to tear to pieces any who venture out,
for their rebellion is great
and their backslidings many.
Jeremiah 15
6 You have rejected me," declares the LORD .
"You keep on backsliding.
So I will lay hands on you and destroy you;
I can no longer show compassion.
7 I will winnow them with a winnowing fork
at the city gates of the land.
I will bring bereavement and destruction on my people,
for they have not changed their ways.
Psalm 78
41 Again and again they put God to the test; they vexed the
Holy One of Israel.
Revelation 2
4Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken your first
love. 5Remember the height from which you have fallen! Repent and
do the things you did at first. If you do not repent, I will come to you and
remove your lampstand from its place.
Ezekiel 37
23 They will no longer defile themselves with their idols and
vile images or with any of their offenses, for I will save them from all
their sinful backsliding, and I will cleanse them. They will be my people,
and I will be their God.