because they turned aside from following him and had no regard for any of his ways,
“I regret that I have made Saul king, for he has turned back from following me and has not performed my commandments.” And Samuel was angry, and he cried to the Lord all night.
They have lyre and harp, tambourine and flute and wine at their feasts, but they do not regard the deeds of the Lord, or see the work of his hands.
Because they do not regard the works of the Lord or the work of his hands, he will tear them down and build them up no more.
But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and preserve their souls.
For Demas, in love with this present world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia.
But Paul thought best not to take with them one who had withdrawn from them in Pamphylia and had not gone with them to the work.
On that day, let the one who is on the housetop, with his goods in the house, not come down to take them away, and likewise let the one who is in the field not turn back. Remember Lot's wife.
Now then, consider from this day onward. Before stone was placed upon stone in the temple of the Lord, how did you fare? When one came to a heap of twenty measures, there were but ten. When one came to the wine vat to draw fifty measures, there were but twenty. I struck you and all the products of your toil with blight and with mildew and with hail, yet you did not turn to me, declares the Lord. Consider from this day onward, from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month. Since the day that the foundation of the Lord's temple was laid, consider: Is the seed yet in the barn? Indeed, the vine, the fig tree, the pomegranate, and the olive tree have yielded nothing. But from this day on I will bless you.”
those who have turned back from following the Lord, who do not seek the Lord or inquire of him.”
The ox knows its owner, and the donkey its master's crib, but Israel does not know, my people do not understand.”
Because they hated knowledge and did not choose the fear of the Lord, would have none of my counsel and despised all my reproof,
But those who turn aside to their crooked ways the Lord will lead away with evildoers! Peace be upon Israel!
Whoever is wise, let him attend to these things; let them consider the steadfast love of the Lord.
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