Hosea 11:7 directly states God's people are 'bent on turning away'—the exact rebellion as the turning back mentioned here.

Jeremiah 15:6 reinforces the image of going backward from God, leading to the same divine judgment.

Ezekiel 3:20 describes a righteous person turning from righteousness—parallel to the turning away from the Lord here, with similar consequences.

Jeremiah 2:17 identifies the same forsaking of God as the cause of their own suffering, echoing the turning away here.

Jeremiah 2:13 condemns forsaking God, the spring of living water, for broken cisterns — the same turning away from seeking the LORD.

Isaiah 43:22 charges Israel with not calling on God — the same neglect of seeking Him condemned here.

Isaiah 1:4 accuses Israel of turning their backs on the LORD — the exact same sin of forsaking and not seeking Him.

Hosea 4:16 pictures Israel's stubborn rebellion as a heifer—vividly illustrating the refusal to follow the Lord seen here.

Hosea 7:7 says none calls upon God — the same failure to seek the Lord as here.

Psalm 125:5 warns that those who turn to crooked ways will be banished — matching the judgment on those who turn back from the LORD.

Romans 3:11 quotes the Psalm that none seeks God — reinforcing the universal problem of not seeking Him seen here.

Psalm 14:3 declares all have turned aside and none does good — directly echoing the turning back and not seeking here.

Psalm 10:4 shows the wicked do not seek God because of pride — the same failure to seek condemned here.

Hebrews 10:38 warns against shrinking back in faith—a direct parallel to the turning away from the Lord condemned here.

Hebrews 10:39 contrasts believers who do not shrink back with those who do—opposing the turning away described here.

2 Peter 2:18-22 describes those who turn back after knowing Christ—a clear NT parallel to the turning away from the Lord here.

1 Samuel 15:11 shows Saul turning back from God — the same ‘turning back from following the LORD’ that Zephaniah condemns.

John 6:66 records disciples turning back and no longer walking with Jesus — an exact New Testament counterpart to turning from following the Lord.

Ruth 1:15 describes Orpah going back to her gods — a concrete example of turning back from the Lord like here.

Colossians 1:23 urges believers to continue in faith, not shifting from hope — the opposite response to the turning back described here.

In 2 Thessalonians 1:8, God's vengeance on those who do not know Him parallels the turning back from seeking the LORD.

Hosea 4:10 says they have forsaken the Lord to cherish idolatry — matching the turning away from seeking God in Zephaniah.

Ezekiel 18:24 depicts a righteous person turning away to sin — a clear parallel to those who turn back from following the Lord.

In 2 Peter 2:21, turning from the known way of righteousness mirrors the apostasy described here.

Jeremiah 11:10 describes Israel turning back to ancestral sins and going after other gods — a direct match to turning from following the Lord.

Joshua 23:12 warns against turning back from the Lord — the same phrase and warning as here.

2 Samuel 22:22 declares David did not depart from God — a contrast to those who turn away here.

In Job 23:11, Job declares he has not turned aside — directly opposite of those who turn back in Zephaniah.

In Job 34:27, the same accusation: they turned aside from following him and had no regard for his ways — matching Zephaniah's description.

In Psalm 44:18, the psalmist affirms their heart has not turned back — contrasting those who turn back in Zephaniah.

In Psalm 119:10, the psalmist seeks God with whole heart and prays not to wander — opposite of those who neither seek nor inquire in Zephaniah.

In Proverbs 2:13, those who forsake upright paths to walk in darkness parallel the turning back from following the Lord in Zephaniah.

In Proverbs 14:14, the backslider in heart is filled with fruit of his ways — directly corresponds to those who turn back in Zephaniah.

In Psalm 101:3, the psalmist hates the work of those who fall away — the same group as those who turn back in Zephaniah.

In Psalm 53:3, all have fallen away — a broader parallel to the specific apostasy of turning back in Zephaniah.

Psalm 14:2 describes God looking for those who seek Him — highlighting the absence of seeking seen here.

Hebrews 2:3 warns against neglecting salvation — a New Testament parallel to turning away from the Lord here.

Hosea 4:15 warns Judah not to follow Israel's idolatry—a specific case of the unfaithfulness condemned here.

Jeremiah 10:25 prays for judgment on nations that do not call on God's name — an external parallel to those who turn back from seeking the Lord.

Jeremiah 18:10 warns that a nation doing evil and not listening will face reversed blessing — similar conditional turning away.

Amos 5:7 condemns those who turn justice to bitterness — a different sort of turning away, but still rebellion against God's ways.

Jeremiah 3:10 shows Judah's insincere return—contrasting with outright turning away here, yet both reveal unfaithfulness.