26 Bible Verses about Abandoning Things

a time to seek and a time to lose; a time to keep and a time to throw away;

"So now, revere Yahweh and serve him in sincerity and faithfulness; remove the gods that your ancestors served beyond the river and in Egypt, and serve Yahweh.

He said, "Remove the foreign gods that [are] in your midst, and incline your hearts to Yahweh the God of Israel."

So they removed the foreign gods from their midst and served Yahweh; and {he could no longer bear} the misery of Israel.

she seized him by his garment [and] said, "Lie with me!" And he left his garment in her hand and fled, and he went outside.

And it happened [that] when she saw that he left his garment in her hand and fled outside,

And when he heard [me], that I raised my voice and called out, he left his garment beside me and fled, and he went outside."

And it happened [that] as I raised my voice and called out, he left his garment beside me and fled outside."

And he threw off his cloak, jumped up, [and] came to Jesus.

and they went after them to the Jordan. Look, all of the way [was] littered with clothes and equipment which [the] Arameans had thrown away in their haste. Then the messengers returned and told the king.

And [because] we were violently battered by the storm, on the next [day] {they began} jettisoning [the cargo],

and on the third [day] they threw overboard the gear of the ship with their own hands.

And [when they] had eaten their fill of food, they lightened the ship [by] throwing the wheat into the sea.

And strangers cut it off, [the most] ruthless of nations, and they abandoned it. On the mountains and in all [of the] valleys its branches fell, and its branches were broken in all the river channels of the land, and all the peoples of the world went out from its shadow, and they abandoned it.

Therefore, mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord Yahweh; thus says the Lord Yahweh to the mountains and to the hills, to the river channels and to the valleys and to the ruins that [are] desolate and to the cities that [are] abandoned [and] that have become as plunder and as scorn for the remainder of the nations that [are] from all around.

leave your gift there before the altar and first go be reconciled to your brother, and then come [and] present your gift.

but he left behind the linen cloth [and] fled naked.

What do you think? If {a certain man has} a hundred sheep, and one of them wanders away, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go [and] look for the one that wandered away?

"What man of you, having a hundred sheep and losing one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the grassland and go after the one that was lost until he finds it?

And slipping the anchors, they left [them] in the sea, at the same time loosening the ropes of the steering oars. And hoisting the foresail to the [wind] that was blowing, they held course for the beach.

They had left their idols there, so David and his men carried them away.

And they abandoned their gods there. And David commanded, and they were burnt with fire.

So the woman left her water jar and went away into the town and said to the people,

For he sees [that] the wise die, together [with the] fool and brute they perish, and leave their wealth to the next [generation].

And {you will let go your hand from your inheritance} that I gave to you, and I will make you serve your enemies in the land that you do not know, for you kindled a fire in my anger, until eternity it will be kindled."

Does the snow of Lebanon leave from [the] crags of Sirion? Or are [the] cold waters flowing from distant mountains dried up?