But Jesus told him, Anyone who puts a hand to the plow and then looks back is not fit for the Kingdom of God.
Mark 8: 36 - 38
And what do you benefit if you gain the whole world but lose your own soul? 37 Is anything worth more than your soul? 38 If anyone is ashamed of me and my message in these adulterous and sinful days, the Son of Man will be ashamed of that person when he returns in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.
Luke 17: 32
Remember what happened to Lot's wife!
2 Pet 2: 20, 21
And when people escape from the wickedness of the world by knowing our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and then get tangled up and enslaved by sin again, they are worse off than before. 21 It would be better if they had never known the way to righteousness than to know it and then reject the command they were given to live a holy life.
Ezra 8: 22 b
Our God's hand of protection is on all who worship him, but his fierce anger rages against those who abandon him.
Gal 5: 1
So Christ has truly set us free. Now make sure that you stay free, and don't get tied up again in slavery to the law.
Rev 3: 11 b
Hold on to what you have, so that no one will take away your crown.
Heb 11: 15, 16
If they had longed for the country they came from, they could have gone back. 16 But they were looking for a better place, a heavenly homeland. That is why God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them.
Dan 12: 2
Many of those whose bodies lie dead and buried will rise up, some to everlasting life and some to shame and everlasting disgrace.
