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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1.0;"/><title>Topical Bible: Decline</title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/topical/d/decline.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/newtopical.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/topical/vmenus/luke/9-12.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/bmcde/d/decline.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/topical/">Topical</a> > Decline</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="/topical/d/declaring_god's_works.htm" title="Declaring God's Works">◄</a> Decline <a href="/topical/d/declined.htm" title="Declined">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="topverse">Jump to: <a href="#isb" title="International Standard Bible Encyclopedia">ISBE</a> • <a href="#web" title="Webster's Dictionary">Webster's</a> • <a href="#cnc" title="Multiversion Concordance">Concordance</a> • <a href="#thes" title="Bible Thesaurus">Thesaurus</a> • <a href="#grk" title="Strong's Greek Concordance">Greek</a> • <a href="#heb" title="Strong's Hebrew Concordance">Hebrew</a> • <a href="#lib" title="Library">Library</a> • <a href="#sub" title="Subtopics">Subtopics</a> • <a href="#rel" title="Related Terms">Terms</a></div><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><a name="te" id="te"></a><div class="vheading2">Topical Encyclopedia</div>In the context of the Bible, "decline" often refers to a spiritual or moral deterioration, a turning away from God's commandments, or a decrease in faithfulness and devotion. This concept is illustrated throughout Scripture, where individuals, nations, or even the people of God experience periods of decline due to disobedience, idolatry, or neglect of their covenant relationship with God. Old Testament Examples 1. Israel's Spiritual Decline: The history of Israel is marked by cycles of faithfulness and decline. After the death of Joshua, the Israelites repeatedly fell into idolatry and disobedience, leading to periods of oppression by surrounding nations. <a href="/judges/2-19.htm">Judges 2:19</a> states, "But when the judge died, the people returned to ways even more corrupt than those of their fathers, following other gods, serving and worshiping them. They refused to give up their evil practices and stubborn ways." 2. The Kingdom of Judah: The decline of Judah is vividly depicted in the reigns of its kings. Despite moments of reform under kings like Hezekiah and Josiah, the nation ultimately fell into idolatry and injustice, leading to its exile. <a href="/2_chronicles/36-14.htm">2 Chronicles 36:14-16</a> describes this decline: "Furthermore, all the leaders of the priests and the people became more and more unfaithful, following all the abominations of the nations, and they defiled the house of the LORD, which He had consecrated in Jerusalem." 3. The Prophets' Warnings: Prophets like Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel warned of the consequences of spiritual decline. <a href="/isaiah/1-4.htm">Isaiah 1:4</a> laments, "Oh, sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a brood of evildoers, children of corruption! They have forsaken the LORD; they have despised the Holy One of Israel and turned their backs on Him." New Testament Insights 1. The Church in Ephesus: In Revelation, Jesus addresses the church in Ephesus, commending their deeds but warning of their decline in love. <a href="/revelation/2-4.htm">Revelation 2:4-5</a> states, "But I have this against you: You have abandoned your first love. Therefore, keep in mind how far you have fallen. Repent and perform the deeds you did at first." 2. Warnings Against Apostasy: The New Testament contains numerous warnings against falling away from the faith. <a href="/hebrews/3-12.htm">Hebrews 3:12</a> cautions, "See to it, brothers, that none of you has a wicked heart of unbelief that turns away from the living God." 3. The Parable of the Sower: Jesus' parable of the sower illustrates how spiritual decline can occur when the word of God is choked by life's worries, riches, and pleasures. <a href="/luke/8-14.htm">Luke 8:14</a> explains, "The seeds that fell among the thorns are those who hear, but as they go on their way, they are choked by the worries, riches, and pleasures of this life, and their fruit does not mature." Theological Implications The concept of decline in the Bible underscores the importance of vigilance in maintaining one's faith and devotion to God. It serves as a reminder of the human tendency to drift away from God and the need for continual repentance and renewal. The biblical narrative consistently points to God's desire for His people to return to Him, offering forgiveness and restoration to those who repent and seek His face.<a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>1. (v. i.) To bend, or lean downward; to take a downward direction; to bend over or hang down, as from weakness, weariness, despondency, etc.; to condescend.2. (v. i.) To tend or draw towards a close, decay, or extinction; to tend to a less perfect state; to become diminished or impaired; to fail; to sink; to diminish; to lessen; as, the day declines; virtue declines; religion declines; business declines.3. (v. i.) To turn or bend aside; to deviate; to stray; to withdraw; as, a line that declines from straightness; conduct that declines from sound morals.4. (v. i.) To turn away; to shun; to refuse; -- the opposite of accept or consent; as, he declined, upon principle.5. (v. t.) To bend downward; to bring down; to depress; to cause to bend, or fall.6. (v. t.) To cause to decrease or diminish.7. (v. t.) To put or turn aside; to turn off or away from; to refuse to undertake or comply with; reject; to shun; to avoid; as, to decline an offer; to decline a contest; he declined any participation with them.8. (v. t.) To inflect, or rehearse in order the changes of grammatical form of; as, to decline a noun or an adjective.9. (v. t.) To run through from first to last; to repeat like a schoolboy declining a noun.10. (n.) A falling off; a tendency to a worse state; diminution or decay; deterioration; also, the period when a thing is tending toward extinction or a less perfect state; as, the decline of life; the decline of strength; the decline of virtue and religion.11. (v. i.) That period of a disorder or paroxysm when the symptoms begin to abate in violence; as, the decline of a fever.12. (n.) A gradual sinking and wasting away of the physical faculties; any wasting disease, esp. pulmonary consumption; as, to die of a decline.<a name="isb" id="isb"></a><div class="vheading2">International Standard Bible Encyclopedia</div>DECLINEde-klin' [(cur], or sur, naTah): In the King James Version this word occurs 9 times in its original sense (now obsolete) of "turn aside." the Revised Version (British and American) substitutes "turn aside" in <a href="/exodus/23-2.htm">Exodus 23:2</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/17-11.htm">Deuteronomy 17:11</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/34-2.htm">2 Chronicles 34:2</a>; <a href="/job/23-11.htm">Job 23:11</a>. In <a href="/psalms/102-11.htm">Psalm 102:11</a>; <a href="/psalms/109-23.htm">Psalm 109:23</a>, the lengthening shadows of afternoon are said to "decline," and the Revised Version (British and American) introduces the word in the same general sense in <a href="/judges/19-8.htm">Judges 19:8</a> <a href="/2_kings/20-10.htm">2 Kings 20:10</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/6-4.htm">Jeremiah 6:4</a>. See <a href="../a/afternoon.htm">AFTERNOON</a>.<a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/3868.htm">3868. paraiteomai -- to beg from, to beg off</a> ... par-ahee-teh'-om-ahee) Short Definition: I make excuse, refuse, reject Definition: I beg off, make excuse, deprecate, refuse, reject, decline, shun, avoid. ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3868.htm - 7k<a href="/greek/2827.htm">2827. klino -- to cause to bend</a> ... I rest, recline, make to yield Definition: trans: I rest, recline; I bend, incline; I cause to give ground, make to yield; intrans: I decline, approach my end. ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2827.htm - 6k<a href="/greek/1578.htm">1578. ekklino -- to deviate, to turn away (from someone or ...</a> ... From ek and klino; to deviate, ie (absolutely) to shun (literally or figuratively), or (relatively) to decline (from piety) -- avoid, eschew, go out of the way ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1578.htm - 7k<a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/2583.htm">2583. chanah -- to decline, bend down, encamp</a> ... 2582, 2583. chanah. 2584 . to decline, bend down, encamp. Transliteration: chanah Phonetic Spelling: (khaw-naw') Short Definition: camped. Word Origin a prim ... /hebrew/2583.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/5186.htm">5186. natah -- to stretch out, spread out, extend, incline, bend</a> ... bend NASB Word Usage afternoon* (1), bend down (1), bent (1), bent down (1), bow (1), bowed (3), came to stumbling (1), cast down (1), decline (1), defraud (1 ... /hebrew/5186.htm - 7k <a href="/hebrew/5493.htm">5493. sur -- to turn aside</a> ... behead, bring, call back, decline, depart, eschew, get you, go aside,. Or suwr (Hosea 9:12) {soor}; a primitive root; to turn off ... /hebrew/5493.htm - 7k <a href="/hebrew/7847.htm">7847. satah -- to turn aside</a> ... decline, go aside, turn. A primitive root; to deviate from duty -- decline, go aside, turn. 7846, 7847. satah. 7848 . Strong's Numbers. /hebrew/7847.htm - 6k<a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><a href="/library/peabody/mornings_in_the_college_chapel/xxxvii_the_decline_of_enthusiasm.htm">The Decline of Enthusiasm</a> ... XXXVII THE DECLINE OF ENTHUSIASM. Revelation ii.1-7. I do not propose to consider the character or intention of this mystical Book of Revelation. ... /.../peabody/mornings in the college chapel/xxxvii the decline of enthusiasm.htm<a href="/library/aquinas/summa_theologica/whether_to_decline_from_evil.htm">Whether to Decline from Evil and to do Good are Parts of Justice?</a> ... OF THE QUASI-INTEGRAL PARTS OF JUSTICE (FOUR ARTICLES) Whether to decline from evil and to do good are parts of justice? Objection ... /.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether to decline from evil.htm<a href="/library/athanasius/select_works_and_letters_or_athanasius/section_3_the_decline_of.htm">The Decline of Man from the Above Condition, Owing to his ...</a> ... Against the Heathen. Section 3. The decline of man from the above condition, owing to his absorption in material things. Thus then ... /.../athanasius/select works and letters or athanasius/section 3 the decline of.htm<a href="/library/bacon/a_history_of_american_christianity/chapter_v_the_puritan_beginnings.htm">The Puritan Beginnings of the Church in virginia ---Its Decline ...</a> ... A HISTORY OF AMERICAN CHRISTIANITY. CHAPTER V. THE PURITAN BEGINNINGS OF THE CHURCH IN VIRGINIA"-ITS DECLINE ALMOST TO EXTINCTION. ... /.../bacon/a history of american christianity/chapter v the puritan beginnings.htm<a href="/library/leo/writings_of_leo_the_great/chapter_xxv_how_those_are.htm">How those are to be Admonished who Decline the Office of Preaching ...</a> ... How those are to be admonished who decline the office of preaching out of too great humility, and those who seize on it with precipitate haste. ... /.../leo/writings of leo the great/chapter xxv how those are.htm<a href="/library/cassian/the_works_of_john_cassian_/chapter_xi_the_words_of.htm">The Words of Abbot Serapion on the Decline of Thoughts that are ...</a> ... Chapter XI. The words of Abbot Serapion on the decline of thoughts that are exposed to others, and also on the danger of self-confidence. ... /.../cassian/the works of john cassian /chapter xi the words of.htm<a href="/library/augustine/city_of_god/chapter_16_whether_it_is_reasonable.htm">Whether it is Reasonable in the Platonists to Determine that the ...</a> ... Chapter 16."Whether It is Reasonable in the Platonists to Determine that the Celestial Gods Decline Contact with Earthly Things and Intercourse with Men, Who ... /.../augustine/city of god/chapter 16 whether it is reasonable.htm<a href="/library/augustine/anti-pelagian_writings/27_who_may_be_said.htm">Who May be Said to Keep the Ways of the Lord; what it is to ...</a> ... and Paulus. (27.) Who May Be Said to Keep the Ways of the Lord; What It is to Decline and Depart from the Ways of the Lord. Then ... /...//christianbookshelf.org/augustine/anti-pelagian writings/27 who may be said.htm<a href="/library/arminius/the_works_of_james_arminius_vol_2/on_the_assurance_of_salvation.htm">On the Assurance of Salvation</a> ... QUERIES. " Is it possible for any believer, without a special revelation, to be certain or assured that he will not decline or fall away from the faith, 2 ... /.../arminius/the works of james arminius vol 2/on the assurance of salvation.htm<a href="/library/arminius/the_works_of_james_arminius_vol_1/articles_i_&_ii_i.htm">Articles I and ii i. Faith, that Is, Justifying Faith, is not ...</a> ... to the elect. II. It is possible for believers finally to decline and fall away from faith and salvation. ANSWER. The connection ... /.../arminius/the works of james arminius vol 1/articles i & ii i.htm<a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/d/decline.htm">Decline (10 Occurrences)</a> ... 7. (vt) To put or turn aside; to turn off or away from; to refuse to undertake or comply with; reject; to shun; to avoid; as, to decline an offer; to decline a ... /d/decline.htm - 12k<a href="/topical/w/wane.htm">Wane (2 Occurrences)</a> ... 1. (vi) To be diminished; to decline; to decrease; -- contrasted with wax, applied to moon phases. 2. (vi) To decline; to fail; to sink. ... /w/wane.htm - 7k<a href="/topical/d/decay.htm">Decay (18 Occurrences)</a> ... 1. (vi) To pass gradually from a sound, prosperous, or perfect state, to one of imperfection, adversity, or dissolution; to waste away; to decline; to fail; to ... /d/decay.htm - 13k<a href="/topical/p/pass.htm">Pass (1172 Occurrences)</a> ... (vi) To decline to take an optional action when it is one's turn, as to decline to bid, or to bet, or to play a card; in euchre, to decline to make the trump. ... /p/pass.htm - 44k<a href="/topical/s/sink.htm">Sink (16 Occurrences)</a> ... 1. (vi) To fall by, or as by, the force of gravity; to descend lower and lower; to decline gradually; to subside; as, a stone sinks in water; waves rise and ... /s/sink.htm - 12k<a href="/topical/r/renounce.htm">Renounce (12 Occurrences)</a> ... 1. (vt) To declare against; to reject or decline formally; to refuse to own or acknowledge as belonging to one; to disclaim; as, to renounce a title to land or ... /r/renounce.htm - 10k<a href="/topical/r/refuse.htm">Refuse (103 Occurrences)</a> ... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vt) To deny, as a request, demand, invitation, or command; to decline to do or grant. 2. (vt) To throw ... /r/refuse.htm - 36k<a href="/topical/e/ebb.htm">Ebb (1 Occurrence)</a> ... ebb. 3. (n.) The state or time of passing away; a falling from a better to a worse state; low state or condition; decline; decay. 4 ... /e/ebb.htm - 7k<a href="/topical/d/daphne.htm">Daphne</a> ... The decline of Daphne dates from the days of Christian ascendancy in the reign of Julian. ... See ANTIOCH; Gibbon, Decline and Fall, chapter xxiii. W. Ewing. ... /d/daphne.htm - 8k<a href="/topical/d/declined.htm">Declined (11 Occurrences)</a> ... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (imp. & pp) of Decline. 2. (a.) Declinate. Multi-Version Concordance Declined (11 Occurrences). Acts ... /d/declined.htm - 9k<a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Carolingian-dynasty.html">What was the Carolingian Dynasty? What was its influence on church history? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Branhamism.html">What is Branhamism? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Conservative-Judaism.html">What is Conservative Judaism? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://clyx.com/term/decline.htm">Decline: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com</a> <a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div>Decline (10 Occurrences)<a href="/luke/9-12.htm">Luke 9:12</a> Now when the day began to decline, the Twelve came to Him and said, "Send the people away, that they may go to the villages and farms round about and find lodging and a supply of food; because here we are in an uninhabited district." (WEY DBY WBS YLT)<a href="/luke/24-29.htm">Luke 24:29</a> and they constrained him, saying, 'Remain with us, for it is toward evening,' and the day did decline, and he went in to remain with them. (YLT)<a href="/1_timothy/5-11.htm">1 Timothy 5:11</a> But younger widows decline; for when they grow wanton against Christ, they desire to marry, (DBY)<a href="/exodus/23-2.htm">Exodus 23:2</a> Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment: (KJV WBS)<a href="/deuteronomy/17-11.htm">Deuteronomy 17:11</a> According to the sentence of the law which they shall teach thee, and according to the judgment which they shall tell thee, thou shalt do: thou shalt not decline from the sentence which they shall show thee, to the right hand, nor to the left. (KJV DBY WBS)<a href="/2_kings/20-10.htm">2 Kings 20:10</a> And Hezekiah answered, It is a light thing for the shadow to decline ten steps: nay, but let the shadow return backward ten steps. (ASV JPS NAS)<a href="/psalms/119-157.htm">Psalms 119:157</a> Many are my persecutors and mine enemies; yet do I not decline from thy testimonies. (KJV DBY WBS)<a href="/proverbs/4-5.htm">Proverbs 4:5</a> Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth. (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)<a href="/proverbs/7-25.htm">Proverbs 7:25</a> Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths. (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)<a href="/isaiah/30-11.htm">Isaiah 30:11</a> Turn aside from the way, decline from the path, Cause to cease from before us the Holy One of Israel.' (YLT)<a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><a href="/topical/d/decline.htm">Decline</a><a name="rel" id="rel"></a><div class="vheading2">Related Terms</div><a href="/topical/d/decline.htm">Decline (10 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/n/night.htm">Night (3322 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/a/ahab.htm">Ahab (85 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/p/period.htm">Period (43 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/p/persecution.htm">Persecution (22 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/t/tyre.htm">Tyre (59 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/n/naaman.htm">Naaman (19 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/n/nero.htm">Nero</a><a href="/topical/o/oppressors.htm">Oppressors (31 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/j/jotham.htm">Jotham (26 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/l/lengthen.htm">Lengthen (9 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/l/lengthening.htm">Lengthening (5 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/g/gadara.htm">Gadara</a><a href="/topical/t/trumpet's.htm">Trumpet's (1 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