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Zeph. 1:6 KJV (With Strong’s)

And them that are turned backf from the Lord; and those that have not soughtg the Lord, nor inquired for him.

Heb. 10:38• ³⁸But the just shall live by faith; and if he draw back, my soul hath no pleasure in him. (Heb. 10:38)

Heb. 2:3• ³how shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation, which, having begun to be spoken by the Lord, was confirmed unto us by those that heard, (Heb. 2:3)

Cross References

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1 Sam. 15:11• ¹¹It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king: for he is turned back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments. And it grieved Samuel; and he cried unto Jehovah all night. (1 Sam. 15:11)

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Psa. 36:3• ³The words of his mouth [are] falsehood and deceit;{HR}He hath left off to be wise, to do well. (Psa. 36:3)

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Psa. 125:5• ⁵But those that turn to crooked ways{HR}Will Jehovah lead forth with the workers of iniquity.{HR}Peace [be] upon Israel. (Psa. 125:5)

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Isa. 1:4• ⁴Ah! sinful nation; a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evil-doers, children corrupting themselves. They have forsaken Jehovah; they have despised the Holy One of Israel; they are estranged backward. (Isa. 1:4)

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Jer. 2:13,17• ¹³{i}For my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, to hew them out cisterns, broken cisterns that hold no water.{/i}
¹⁷{i}Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken Jehovah thy God, at the time he was leading thee in the way?{/i} (Jer. 2:13,17)

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Jer. 3:10• ¹⁰{i}And even for all this her treacherous sister Judah hath not returned unto me with her whole heart, but with falsehood, saith Jehovah.{/i} (Jer. 3:10)

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Jer. 15:6• ⁶Thou hast forsaken me, saith Jehovah, thou art gone backward: therefore will I stretch out my hand against thee, and destroy thee; I am weary with repenting. (Jer. 15:6)

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Ezek. 3:20• ²⁰{i}And when a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, and do what is wrong, and I lay a stumbling-block before him, he shall die; because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteous acts which he hath done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at thy hand.{/i} (Ezek. 3:20)

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Hos. 4:15‑16• ¹⁵Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, yet let not Judah offend; and come not ye unto Gilgal, neither go ye up to Beth-aven, nor swear, Jehovah liveth!
¹⁶For Israel is refractory as an intractable heifer; now will Jehovah feed them as a lamb in a wide pasture. (Hos. 4:15‑16)

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Hos. 11:7• ⁷And my people are bent to backsliding from me: though they called them to the most High, none at all would exalt him. (Hos. 11:7)

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Heb. 10:38‑39• ³⁸But the just shall live by faith; and if he draw back, my soul hath no pleasure in him.
³⁹But we are not of drawing back unto perdition but of faith unto soul-saving. (Heb. 10:38‑39)

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2 Peter 2:18‑22• ¹⁸For uttering overswellings of vanity, they allure in lusts of the flesh, by dissolutenesses, those that are just escaping from them that walk in error,
¹⁹promising them liberty while they themselves are slaves of corruption; for by whom a man is worsted, by him is he also held in bondage.
²⁰For if after having escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, but again entangled and worsted thereby, the last for them is become worse than the first.
²¹For it were better for them not to have known well the way of righteousness than knowing well to have turned back from the holy commandment delivered to them.
²²[But] there hath happened to them the [saying] of the true proverb, A dog returned to his own vomit, and A sow washed into rolling in mire. (2 Peter 2:18‑22)

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Psa. 10:4• ⁴The wicked [man] according to the pride of his anger seeketh not;{HR}All his thoughts [are], There is no God. (Psa. 10:4)

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Psa. 14:2‑3• ²Jehovah hath looked down from heaven upon the sons of men{HR}To see if there were [one] acting wisely, seeking God.
³They all have turned aside, they have together been corrupted;{HR}There is none doing good, there is not even one. (Psa. 14:2‑3)

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Isa. 43:22• ²²Yet thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob; for thou hast been weary of me, O Israel. (Isa. 43:22)

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Hos. 7:7• ⁷They are all hot as an oven, and have devoured their judges; all their kings are fallen: there is none among them that calleth unto me. (Hos. 7:7)

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Rom. 3:11• ¹¹there is not the [man] that understandeth; there is not the [man] that seeketh out God. (Rom. 3:11)

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Heb. 2:3• ³how shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation, which, having begun to be spoken by the Lord, was confirmed unto us by those that heard, (Heb. 2:3)

J. N. Darby Translation

and them that turn back from after Jehovah, and that do not seek Jehovah, nor inquire for him.

W. Kelly Translation

And them that are turned back from Jehovah; and those that have not sought Jehovah, nor inquired for him.