A. Example of Lot going astray & losing all:

GEN 13:5. And Lot also, which went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents.

GEN 13:6. And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together: for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together.

GEN 13:8. And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be brethren.

GEN 13:9. Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.

GEN 13:10. And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.

GEN 13:11. Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the other.

GEN 13:12. Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom.

GEN 13:13. But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the LORD exceedingly.

GEN 14:11. And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their victuals, and went their way.

GEN 14:12. And they took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.

GEN 14:13. And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew; for he dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner: and these were confederate with Abram.

GEN 14:14. And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his trained servants, born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them unto Dan.

GEN 14:15. And he divided himself against them, he and his servants, by night, and smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus.

GEN 14:16. And he brought back all the goods, and also brought again his brother Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people.

GEN 19:1. And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground;

GEN 19:2. And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant's house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your ways. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night.

GEN 19:24. Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven;

GEN 19:25. And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.

GEN 19:26. But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.

GEN 19:27. And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood before the LORD:

GEN 19:28. And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace.

GEN 19:29. And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt.

GEN 19:30. And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he feared to dwell in Zoar: and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters.

EZE 3:20. Again, When a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumbling-block before him, he shall die: because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he hath done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at thine hand.

REV 3:11. Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.

B. Example of Balaam the prophet:

NUM 22:1. And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in the plains of Moab on this side Jordan by Jericho.

NUM 22:2. And Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites.

NUM 22:3. And Moab was sore afraid of the people, because they were many: and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel.

NUM 22:4. And Moab said unto the elders of Midian, Now shall this company lick up all that are round about us, as the ox licketh up the grass of the field. And Balak the son of Zippor was king of the Moabites at that time.

NUM 22:5. He sent messengers therefore unto Balaam the son of Beor to Pethor, which is by the river of the land of the children of his people, to call him, saying, Behold, there is a people come out from Egypt: behold, they cover the face of the earth, and they abide over against me:

NUM 22:6. Come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they are too mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail, that we may smite them, and that I may drive them out of the land: for I wot that he whom thou blessest is blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed.

NUM 22:7. And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the rewards of divination in their hand; and they came unto Balaam, and spake unto him the words of Balak.

NUM 22:8. And he said unto them, Lodge here this night, and I will bring you word again, as the LORD shall speak unto me: and the princes of Moab abode with Balaam.

NUM 22:9. And God came unto Balaam, and said, What men are these with thee?

NUM 22:10. And Balaam said unto God, Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, hath sent unto me, saying,

NUM 22:11. Behold, there is a people come out of Egypt, which covereth the face of the earth: come now, curse me them; peradventure I shall be able to overcome them, and drive them out.

NUM 22:12. And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt not curse the people: for they are blessed.

NUM 22:13. And Balaam rose up in the morning, and said unto the princes of Balak, Get you into your land: for the LORD refuseth to give me leave to go with you.

NUM 22:14. And the princes of Moab rose up, and they went unto Balak, and said, Balaam refuseth to come with us.

NUM 22:15. And Balak sent yet again princes, more, and more honourable than they.

NUM 22:16. And they came to Balaam, and said to him, Thus saith Balak the son of Zippor, Let nothing, I pray thee, hinder thee from coming unto me:

NUM 22:17. For I will promote thee unto very great honour, and I will do whatsoever thou sayest unto me: come therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people.

NUM 22:18. And Balaam answered and said unto the servants of Balak, If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of the LORD my God, to do less or more.

NUM 22:19. Now therefore, I pray you, tarry ye also here this night, that I may know what the LORD will say unto me more.

NUM 22:20. And God came unto Balaam at night, and said unto him, If the men come to call thee, rise up, and go with them; but yet the word which I shall say unto thee, that shalt thou do.

NUM 22:21. And Balaam rose up in the morning, and saddled his ass, and went with the princes of Moab.

NUM 24:2. And Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he saw Israel abiding in his tents according to their tribes; and the spirit of God came upon him.

NUM 24:10. And Balak's anger was kindled against Balaam, and he smote his hands together: and Balak said unto Balaam, I called thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast altogether blessed them these three times.

NUM 24:11. Therefore now flee thou to thy place: I thought to promote thee unto great honour; but, lo, the LORD hath kept thee back from honour.

NUM 24:15. And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:

NUM 24:19. Out of Jacob shall come he that shall have dominion, and shall destroy him that remaineth of the city.

NUM 25:1. And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab.

NUM 25:2. And they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods: and the people did eat, and bowed down to their gods.

NUM 25:3. And Israel joined himself unto Baalpeor: and the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel.

JOS 13:22. Balaam also the son of Beor, the soothsayer, did the children of Israel slay with the sword among them that were slain by them.

2PE 2:15. Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;

JUD 1:11. Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core.

REV 2:14. But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication.

C. The fall of King Solomon:

2SA 12:24. And David comforted Bathsheba his wife, and went in unto her, and lay with her: and she bare a son, and he called his name Solomon: and the LORD loved him.

NEH 13:26. Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? yet among many nations was there no king like him, who was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel: nevertheless even him did outlandish women cause to sin.

1KI 11:1. But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites:

1KI 11:2. Of the nations concerning which the LORD said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in unto you: for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods: Solomon clave unto these in love.

1KI 11:3. And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart.

1KI 11:4. For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as was the heart of David his father.

1KI 11:5. For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.

1KI 11:6. And Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD, and went not fully after the LORD, as did David his father.

1KI 11:7. Then did Solomon build an high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, in the hill that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abomination of the children of Ammon.

1KI 11:8. And likewise did he for all his strange wives, which burnt incense and sacrificed unto their gods.

1KI 11:9. And the LORD was angry with Solomon, because his heart was turned from the LORD God of Israel, which had appeared unto him twice,

1KI 11:10. And had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go after other gods: but he kept not that which the LORD commanded.

1KI 11:11. Wherefore the LORD said unto Solomon, Forasmuch as this is done of thee, and thou hast not kept my covenant and my statutes, which I have commanded thee, I will surely rend the kingdom from thee, and will give it to thy servant.

D. Other examples of people falling through temptation:

GEN 3:1. Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?

GEN 3:2. And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:

GEN 3:3. But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.

GEN 3:4. And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:

GEN 3:5. For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.

GEN 3:6. And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.

GEN 25:29. And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he was faint:

GEN 25:30. And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red pottage; for I am faint: therefore was his name called Edom.

GEN 25:31. And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright.

GEN 25:32. And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me?

GEN 25:33. And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob.

GEN 25:34. Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised his birthright.

JOS 7:1. But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the accursed thing: for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the accursed thing: and the anger of the LORD was kindled against the children of Israel.

JOS 7:20. And Achan answered Joshua, and said, Indeed I have sinned against the LORD God of Israel, and thus and thus have I done:

JOS 7:21. When I saw among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them; and, behold, they are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it.

1KI 13:1. And, behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word of the LORD unto Bethel: and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense.

1KI 13:2. And he cried against the altar in the word of the LORD, and said, O altar, altar, thus saith the LORD; Behold, a child shall be born unto the house of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall he offer the priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and men's bones shall be burnt upon thee.

1KI 13:3. And he gave a sign the same day, saying, This is the sign which the LORD hath spoken; Behold, the altar shall be rent, and the ashes that are upon it shall be poured out.

1KI 13:4. And it came to pass, when king Jeroboam heard the saying of the man of God, which had cried against the altar in Bethel, that he put forth his hand from the altar, saying, Lay hold on him. And his hand, which he put forth against him, dried up, so that he could not pull it in again to him.

1KI 13:5. The altar also was rent, and the ashes poured out from the altar, according to the sign which the man of God had given by the word of the LORD.

1KI 13:6. And the king answered and said unto the man of God, Intreat now the face of the LORD thy God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored me again. And the man of God besought the LORD, and the king's hand was restored him again, and became as it was before.

1KI 13:7. And the king said unto the man of God, Come home with me, and refresh thyself, and I will give thee a reward.

1KI 13:8. And the man of God said unto the king, If thou wilt give me half thine house, I will not go in with thee, neither will I eat bread nor drink water in this place:

1KI 13:9. For so was it charged me by the word of the LORD, saying, Eat no bread, nor drink water, nor turn again by the same way that thou camest.

1KI 13:10. So he went another way, and returned not by the way that he came to Bethel.

1KI 13:11. Now there dwelt an old prophet in Bethel; and his sons came and told him all the works that the man of God had done that day in Bethel: the words which he had spoken unto the king, them they told also to their father.

1KI 13:12. And their father said unto them, What way went he? For his sons had seen what way the man of God went, which came from Judah.

1KI 13:13. And he said unto his sons, Saddle me the ass. So they saddled him the ass: and he rode thereon,

1KI 13:14. And went after the man of God, and found him sitting under an oak: and he said unto him, Art thou the man of God that camest from Judah? And he said, I am.

1KI 13:15. Then he said unto him, Come home with me, and eat bread.

1KI 13:16. And he said, I may not return with thee, nor go in with thee: neither will I eat bread nor drink water with thee in this place:

1KI 13:17. For it was said to me by the word of the LORD, Thou shalt eat no bread nor drink water there, nor turn again to go by the way that thou camest.

1KI 13:18. He said unto him, I am a prophet also as thou art; and an angel spake unto me by the word of the LORD, saying, Bring him back with thee into thine house, that he may eat bread and drink water. But he lied unto him.

1KI 13:19. So he went back with him, and did eat bread in his house, and drank water.

1KI 13:20. And it came to pass, as they sat at the table, that the word of the LORD came unto the prophet that brought him back:

1KI 13:21. And he cried unto the man of God that came from Judah, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Forasmuch as thou hast disobeyed the mouth of the LORD, and hast not kept the commandment which the LORD thy God commanded thee,

1KI 13:22. But camest back, and hast eaten bread and drunk water in the place, of the which the Lord did say to thee, Eat no bread, and drink no water; thy carcase shall not come unto the sepulchre of thy fathers.

1KI 13:23. And it came to pass, after he had eaten bread, and after he had drunk, that he saddled for him the ass, to wit, for the prophet whom he had brought back.

1KI 13:24. And when he was gone, a lion met him by the way, and slew him: and his carcase was cast in the way, and the ass stood by it, the lion also stood by the carcase.

1KI 13:25. And, behold, men passed by, and saw the carcase cast in the way, and the lion standing by the carcase: and they came and told it in the city where the old prophet dwelt.

1KI 13:26. And when the prophet that brought him back from the way heard thereof, he said, It is the man of God, who was disobedient unto the word of the LORD: therefore the LORD hath delivered him unto the lion, which hath torn him, and slain him, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake unto him.

1KI 13:27. And he spake to his sons, saying, Saddle me the ass. And they saddled him.

1KI 13:28. And he went and found his carcase cast in the way, and the ass and the lion standing by the carcase: the lion had not eaten the carcase, nor torn the ass.

2KI 5:20. But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold, my master hath spared Naaman this Syrian, in not receiving at his hands that which he brought: but, as the LORD liveth, I will run after him, and take somewhat of him.

2KI 5:21. So Gehazi followed after Naaman. And when Naaman saw him running after him, he lighted down from the chariot to meet him, and said, Is all well?

2KI 5:22. And he said, All is well. My master hath sent me, saying, Behold, even now there be come to me from mount Ephraim two young men of the sons of the prophets: give them, I pray thee, a talent of silver, and two changes of garments.

2KI 5:23. And Naaman said, Be content, take two talents. And he urged him, and bound two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of garments, and laid them upon two of his servants; and they bare them before him.

2KI 5:24. And when he came to the tower, he took them from their hand, and bestowed them in the house: and he let the men go, and they departed.

2KI 5:25. But he went in, and stood before his master. And Elisha said unto him, Whence comest thou, Gehazi? And he said, Thy servant went no whither.

2KI 5:26. And he said unto him, Went not mine heart with thee, when the man turned again from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and oliveyards, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and maidservants?