Bible Verses about “apostates”
The Bible contains 13 verses about apostates across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“But the Spirit says expressly that in later times some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to seducing spirits and doctrines of demons,”
“But as it is, I wrote to you not to associate with anyone who is called a brother who is a sexual sinner, or covetous, or an idolater, or a slanderer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner. Don't even eat with such a person.”
“If anyone comes to you, and doesn't bring this teaching, don't receive him into your house, and don't welcome him,”
“for he who welcomes him participates in his evil works.”
“looking carefully lest there be any man who falls short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and many be defiled by it;”
“Beware, brothers, lest perhaps there be in any one of you an evil heart of unbelief, in falling away from the living God;”
“Those on the rock are they who, when they hear, receive the word with joy; but these have no root, who believe for a while, then fall away in time of temptation.”
“It happened, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took as wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshiped him.”
“lest there be any sexually immoral person, or profane person, like Esau, who sold his birthright for one meal.”
“For you know that even when he afterward desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no place for a change of mind though he sought it diligently with tears.”
“He reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he had built in Samaria.”
“Ahab the son of Omri did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh above all that were before him.”
“Ahab made the Asherah; and Ahab did yet more to provoke Yahweh, the God of Israel, to anger than all the kings of Israel who were before him.”