26 Bible Verses about Abandoning Things

a time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;

Now therefore fear Jehovah, and serve him in sincerity and in truth; and put away the gods which your fathers served beyond the River, and in Egypt; and serve ye Jehovah.

Now therefore put away,'said he , the foreign gods which are among you, and incline your heart unto Jehovah, the God of Israel.

And they put away the foreign gods from among them, and served Jehovah; and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.

And she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me: and he left his garment in her hand, and fled, and got him out.

And it came to pass, when she saw that he had left his garment in her hand, and was fled forth,

and it came to pass, when he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment by me, and fled, and got him out.

and it came to pass, as I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment by me, and fled out.

And he, casting away his garment, sprang up, and came to Jesus.

And they went after them unto the Jordan: and, lo, all the way was full of garments and vessels, which the Syrians had cast away in their haste. And the messengers returned, and told the king.

And as we labored exceedingly with the storm, the next day they began to throw the the freight overboard;

and the third day they cast out with their own hands the tackling of the ship.

And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, throwing out the wheat into the sea.

And strangers, the terrible of the nations, have cut him off, and have left him: upon the mountains and in all the valleys his branches are fallen, and his boughs are broken by all the watercourses of the land; and all the peoples of the earth are gone down from his shadow, and have left him.

therefore, ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord Jehovah: Thus saith the Lord Jehovah to the mountains and to the hills, to the watercourses and to the valleys, to the desolate wastes and to the cities that are forsaken, which are become a prey and derision to the residue of the nations that are round about;

leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way, first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.

but he left the linen cloth, and fled naked.

How think ye? if any man have a hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and go unto the mountains, and seek that which goeth astray?

What man of you, having a hundred sheep, and having lost one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it?

And casting off the anchors, they left them in the sea, at the same time loosing the bands of the rudders; and hoisting up the foresail to the wind, they made for the beach.

And they left their images there; and David and his men took them away.

And they left their gods there; and David gave commandment, and they were burned with fire.

So the woman left her waterpot, and went away into the city, and saith to the people,

For he shall see it. Wise men die; The fool and the brutish alike perish, And leave their wealth to others.

And thou, even of thyself, shalt discontinue from thy heritage that I gave thee; and I will cause thee to serve thine enemies in the land which thou knowest not: for ye have kindled a fire in mine anger which shall burn for ever.

Shall the snow of Lebanon fail from the rock of the field? or'shall the cold waters that flow down from afar be dried up?