Zephaniah 1:6

Judah's Impending Judgment

⁵ those who bow in worship on the rooftops
to the heavenly host;
those who bow and pledge loyalty to the Lord
but also pledge loyalty to Milcom;
⁶ and those who turn back from following the Lord,
who do not seek the Lord or inquire of Him.
⁷ Be silent in the presence of the Lord God,
for the Day of the Lord is near.
Indeed, the Lord has prepared a sacrifice;
He has consecrated His guests.

Following the Lord

From the Lord

Seek the Lord

Sought the Lord

To the Lord

Away From The Lord

Seek After The Lord

Jehovah

Isaiah 1:4

Oh sinful nation,
people weighed down with iniquity,
brood of evildoers,
depraved children!
They have abandoned the Lord;
they have despised the Holy One of Israel;
they have turned their backs on Him.

Jeremiah 2:13

For My people have committed a double evil:
They have abandoned Me,
the fountain of living water,
and dug cisterns for themselves,
cracked cisterns that cannot hold water.

Jeremiah 2:17

Have you not brought this on yourself
by abandoning the Lord your God
while He was leading you along the way?

Jeremiah 15:6

You have left Me.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
You have turned your back,
so I have stretched out My hand against you
and destroyed you.
I am tired of showing compassion.

Hosea 7:7

All of them are as hot as an oven,
and they consume their rulers.
All their kings fall;
not one of them calls on Me.

1 Samuel 15:11

“I regret that I made Saul king, for he has turned away from following Me and has not carried out My instructions.” So Samuel became angry and cried out to the Lord all night.

Psalm 10:4

In all his scheming,
the wicked arrogantly thinks:
“There is no accountability,
since God does not exist.”

Psalm 14:2-3

The Lord looks down from heaven on the human race
to see if there is one who is wise,
one who seeks God.

Psalm 36:3

The words of his mouth are malicious and deceptive;
he has stopped acting wisely and doing good.

Psalm 125:5

But as for those who turn aside to crooked ways,
the Lord will banish them with the evildoers.

Peace be with Israel.

Isaiah 9:13

The people did not turn to Him who struck them;
they did not seek the Lord of Hosts.

Isaiah 43:22

“But Jacob, you have not called on Me,
because, Israel, you have become weary of Me.

Jeremiah 3:10

Yet in spite of all this, her treacherous sister Judah didn’t return to Me with all her heart—only in pretense.”

This is the Lord’s declaration.

Ezekiel 3:20

Now if a righteous person turns from his righteousness and practices iniquity, and I put a stumbling block in front of him, he will die. If you did not warn him, he will die because of his sin and the righteous acts he did will not be remembered. Yet I will hold you responsible for his blood.

Hosea 4:15-16

Israel, if you act promiscuously,
don’t let Judah become guilty!
Do not go to Gilgal
or make a pilgrimage to Beth-aven,
and do not swear an oath: As the Lord lives!

Hosea 11:7

My people are bent on turning from Me.
Though they call to Him on high,
He will not exalt them at all.

Romans 3:11

There is no one who understands;
there is no one who seeks God.

Hebrews 2:3

how will we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? It was first spoken by the Lord and was confirmed to us by those who heard Him.

Hebrews 10:38-39

But My righteous one will live by faith;
and if he draws back,
I have no pleasure in him.

2 Peter 2:18-22

For by uttering boastful, empty words, they seduce, with fleshly desires and debauchery, people who have barely escaped from those who live in error.