26 Bible Verses about Abandoning Things

A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;

Now therefore fear the LORD, and serve him in sincerity and in truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the River, and in Egypt; and serve you the LORD.

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

And they put away the foreign gods from among them, and served the LORD: 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 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 with me, and fled, and got out.

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

And he, casting away his garment, rose, 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 we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest, the next day they lightened the ship;

And the third day we cast out with our own hands the tackling of the ship.

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

And strangers, the most terrible of the nations, have cut it off, and have left it: upon the mountains and in all the valleys its branches are fallen, and its boughs are broken by all the rivers of the land; and all the people of the earth have gone down from its shadow, and have left it.

Therefore, you mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus says the Lord GOD to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, to the desolate wastes, and to the cities that are forsaken, which became a prey and derision to the rest of the nations that are round about;

Leave there your gift before the altar, and go your way; first be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift.

And he left the linen cloth, and fled from them naked.

How think you? if a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, does he not leave the ninety and nine, and go into the mountains, and seek that which is gone astray?

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

And when they had taken up the anchors, they committed themselves unto the sea, and released the rudder bands, and hoisted up the foresail to the wind, and made toward shore.

And there they left their images, and David and his men burned them.

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

The woman then left her water pot, and went her way into the city, and said to the men,

For he sees that wise men die, likewise the fool and the senseless person perish, and leave their wealth to others.

And you, even yourself, shall let go of your heritage that I gave you; and I will cause you to serve your enemies in the land which you know not: for you have kindled a fire in my anger, which shall burn forever.

Will a man leave the snow of Lebanon which comes from the rock of the field? or shall the cold flowing waters that come from another place be forsaken?