I regret that I have set up Saul as king, for he has turned back from following Me, and has not carried out My words. And it angered Samuel, and he cried out to Jehovah all night.

As for such as turn aside to their crooked ways, Jehovah shall lead them away with the workers of iniquity. Peace be upon Israel!

and those drawing back from following Jehovah, and who have not sought Jehovah, nor inquired of Him.

In that day, he who will be on the housetop, and his goods are in the house, let him not come down to take them away. And likewise the one who is in the field, let him not return back.

Remember Lot's wife.

But Paul insisted that they should not take with them the one who had departed from them in Pamphylia, and had not gone with them to the work.

for Demas has deserted me, having loved this present world, and has departed for Thessalonica; Crescens for Galatia, Titus for Dalmatia.

But we are not of those who draw back to destruction, but of those who believe to the preserving of the soul.

Because they do not consider the works of Jehovah nor the works of His hands, He shall destroy them and not build them up.

Whoever is wise will observe these things, and they shall understand the goodness of Jehovah.

Because they hated knowledge and chose not the fear of Jehovah.

They did not desire my counsel; they despised all my reproof.

The ox knows his owner, and the ass his master's manger, but Israel does not know; My people have not discerned.

And the lute, and the harp, the tambourine, and pipe, and wine, are at their feasts; but they do not regard the work of Jehovah, neither do they give attention to the work of His hands.

And now set your heart on it, from this day and onward: before the placing of a stone on a stone in the temple of Jehovah;

I struck you with blight, and with mildew, and with hail, in all the labors of your hands; yet you did not turn to Me, says Jehovah.

Is the seed still in the barn? As yet the vine, and the fig tree, and the pomegranate, and the olive tree have not brought forth. From this day I will bless them.