26 Bible Verses about Abandoning Things

A time for search and a time for loss; a time to keep and a time to give away;

So now, go in fear of the Lord, and be his servants with true hearts: put away the gods worshipped by your fathers across the River and in Egypt, and be servants of the Lord.

Then, he said, put away the strange gods among you, turning your hearts to the Lord, the God of Israel.

So they put away the strange gods from among them, and became the Lord's servants; and his soul was angry because of the sorrows of Israel.

And pulling at his coat, she said, Come to my bed; but slipping out of his coat, he went running away.

And when she saw that he had got away, letting her keep his coat,

And hearing it he went running out without his coat.

And when I gave a loud cry he went running out without his coat.

And he, putting off his coat, got up quickly, and came to Jesus.

And they went after them as far as Jordan; and all the road was covered with clothing and vessels dropped by the Aramaeans in their flight. So those who were sent went back and gave the news to the king.

And, still fighting the storm with all our strength, the day after they made a start at getting the goods out of the ship;

And on the third day, they let all the sailing apparatus go over the side.

And when they had had enough food, they made the weight of the ship less, turning the grain out into the sea.

And men from strange lands, who are to be feared among the nations, after cutting him off, have let him be: on the mountains and in all the valleys his branches have come down; his arms are broken by all the waterways of the land; all the peoples of the earth have gone from his shade, and have let him be.

For this reason, you mountains of Israel, give ear to the word of the Lord; this is what the Lord has said to the mountains and to the hills, to the streams and to the valleys, to the unpeopled wastes and to the towns where no one is living, from which the goods have been taken and which have been put to shame by the rest of the nations who are round about:

While your offering is still before the altar, first go and make peace with your brother, then come and make your offering.

But he got away unclothed, without the linen cloth.

What would you say now? if a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them has gone wandering away, will he not let the ninety-nine be, and go to the mountains in search of the wandering one?

What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if one of them gets loose and goes away, will not let the ninety-nine be in the waste land by themselves, and go after the wandering one, till he sees where it is?

So cutting away the hooks, and letting them go into the sea, and freeing the cords of the guiding-blades, and lifting up the sail to the wind, they went in the direction of the inlet.

And the Philistines, when they went in flight, did not take their images with them, and David and his men took them away.

And the Philistines did not take their images with them in their flight; and at David's orders they were burned with fire.

Then the woman put down her water-pot and went into the town, and said to the people,

For he sees that wise men come to their end, and foolish persons of low behaviour come to destruction together, letting their wealth go to others.

And your hand will have to let go your heritage which I gave you; and I will make you a servant to your haters in a land which is strange to you: for you have put my wrath on fire with a flame which will go on burning for ever.

Will the white snow go away from the top of Sirion? will the cold waters flowing from the mountains become dry?