9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

• Obedience and Disobedience
• Repentance
• Sin

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

• Amos 5:4 — For thus saith the LORD unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live:
• Amos 5:14 — Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so the LORD, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye have spoken.
• Hos 7:16 — They return, but not to the most High: they are like a deceitful bow: their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue: this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.
• Hos 11:2 — As they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed unto Baalim, and burned incense to graven images.
• Hos 11:2 — As they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed unto Baalim, and burned incense to graven images.
• Hos 14:4 — I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him.
• Hos 14:4 — I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him.
• Isa 26:10 — Let favour be shewed to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteousness: in the land of uprightness will he deal unjustly, and will not behold the majesty of the LORD.
• Isa 50:2 — Wherefore, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the
• Jer 2:19 — Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, and that my fear
• Jer 3:6 — The LORD said also unto me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen that which backsliding Israel hath done? she is gone up upon every high mountain and under every green tree, and there hath pl
• Jer 3:11 — And the LORD said unto me, The backsliding Israel hath justified herself more than treacherous Judah.
• Jer 3:11 — And the LORD said unto me, The backsliding Israel hath justified herself more than treacherous Judah.
• Jer 5:23 — But this people hath a revolting and a rebellious heart; they are revolted and gone.
• Jer 7:13 — And now, because ye have done all these works, saith the LORD, and I spake unto you, rising up early and speaking, but ye heard not; and I called you, but ye answered not;
• Jer 8:5 — Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.
• Jer 8:5 — Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.
• Jer 15:6 — Thou hast forsaken me, saith the LORD, thou art gone backward: therefore will I stretch out my hand against thee, and destroy thee; I am weary with repenting.
• Jer 31:22 — How long wilt thou go about, O thou backsliding daughter? for the LORD hath created a new thing in the earth, A woman shall compass a man.
• Luke 13:34 — O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and
• Matt 22:3 — And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come.
• Matt 23:37 — O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her
• Prov 14:14 — The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself.
• Ps 78:57 — But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow.
• Ps 81:11 — But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me.
• Zeph 1:6 — And them that are turned back from the LORD; and those that have not sought the LORD, nor enquired for him.