Things Men Can Do

Be bent on backsliding

Hosea 11:7  

My people are determined to turn from me. Even if they call to the Most High, he will by no means exalt them.

Be healed of backsliding if they will return

Jeremiah 3:22  

“Return, faithless people; I will cure you of backsliding.” “Yes, we will come to you, for you are the LORD our God.

Hosea 14:4  

“I will heal their waywardness and love them freely, for my anger has turned away from them.

Have increased backsliding

Jeremiah 5:6  

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.

Have many backslidings

Jeremiah 14:7  

Although our sins testify against us, O LORD, do something for the sake of your name. For our backsliding is great; we have sinned against you.

Go backward, not forward

Jeremiah 7:24  

But they did not listen or pay attention; instead, they followed the stubborn inclinations of their evil hearts. They went backward and not forward.

Be assured that God will not forsake them

Deuteronomy 4:31  

For the LORD your God is a merciful God; he will not abandon or destroy you or forget the covenant with your forefathers, which he confirmed to them by oath.

Hebrews 13:5  

Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, “Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.”