Hebrews 6:4­6 ­ For [it is] impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, ( please see bible for verses
5­6)

Jeremiah 3:12 ­ Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the LORD; [and] I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you: for I [am] merciful, saith the LORD, [and] I will not keep [anger] for ever. 2 Corinthians 13:5 ­ Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves.
Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates? Jeremiah 3:22 ­ Return, ye backsliding children, [and] I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come unto thee; for thou [art] the LORD our God. Jeremiah 8:5 ­ Why [then] is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return. Proverbs 14:14 ­ The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man
[shall be satisfied] from himself. Proverbs 24:16 ­ For a just [man] falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief. Ephesians 2:8­9 ­ For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: [it is] the gift of God: ( please see bible for verse 9) Jeremiah 14:7 ­ O LORD, though our iniquities testify against us, do thou [it] for thy name's sake: for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against thee. Hosea 14:1 ­ O Israel, return unto the LORD thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity. Revelation 2:1 ­ 4:11 ­ Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks; (please see Revelation for the other chapters and verses) 2 Peter 2:20­22 ­ For if after