Psalm 106:18 Fire blazed among their followers; a flame consumed the wicked.
When we turn our backs on our friends we should not expect any help of support from them; the same could be said about God as well.
And yet we still find so many more places in our bibles which talk about God’s forgiveness and mercy rather than His wrath and fire (as in this verse).
God continues to try and turn us away from our evil ways and place more faith and trust in His righteous ways – but in order to benefit from those ways we do have to turn toward them!