26 Bible Verses about Abandoning Things

A time to search, and a time to give something up as lost; a time to keep, and a time to throw away;

Now obey the Lord and worship him with integrity and loyalty. Put aside the gods your ancestors worshiped beyond the Euphrates and in Egypt and worship the Lord.

Joshua said, "Now put aside the foreign gods that are among you and submit to the Lord God of Israel."

They threw away the foreign gods they owned and worshiped the Lord. Finally the Lord grew tired of seeing Israel suffer so much.

She grabbed him by his outer garment, saying, "Have sex with me!" But he left his outer garment in her hand and ran outside.

When she saw that he had left his outer garment in her hand and had run outside,

When he heard me raise my voice and scream, he left his outer garment beside me and ran outside."

but when I raised my voice and screamed, he left his outer garment and ran outside."

He threw off his cloak, jumped up, and came to Jesus.

So they tracked them as far as the Jordan. The road was filled with clothes and equipment that the Syrians had discarded in their haste. The scouts went back and told the king.

The next day, because we were violently battered by the storm, they began throwing the cargo overboard,

and on the third day they threw the ship's gear overboard with their own hands.

When they had eaten enough to be satisfied, they lightened the ship by throwing the wheat into the sea.

Foreigners from the most terrifying nations have cut it down and left it to lie there on the mountains. In all the valleys its branches have fallen, and its boughs lie broken in the ravines of the land. All the peoples of the land have departed from its shade and left it.

therefore, O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the sovereign Lord: This is what the sovereign Lord says to the mountains and hills, the ravines and valleys, and to the desolate ruins and the abandoned cities that have become prey and an object of derision to the rest of the nations round about --

leave your gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled to your brother and then come and present your gift.

but he ran off naked, leaving his linen cloth behind.

What do you think? If someone owns a hundred sheep and one of them goes astray, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go look for the one that went astray?

"Which one of you, if he has a hundred sheep and loses one of them, would not leave the ninety-nine in the open pasture and go look for the one that is lost until he finds it?

So they slipped the anchors and left them in the sea, at the same time loosening the linkage that bound the steering oars together. Then they hoisted the foresail to the wind and steered toward the beach.

The Philistines abandoned their idols there, and David and his men picked them up.

The Philistines left their idols there, so David ordered that they be burned.

Then the woman left her water jar, went off into the town and said to the people,

Surely one sees that even wise people die; fools and spiritually insensitive people all pass away and leave their wealth to others.

You will lose your hold on the land which I gave to you as a permanent possession. I will make you serve your enemies in a land that you know nothing about. For you have made my anger burn like a fire that will never be put out."

Does the snow ever completely vanish from the rocky slopes of Lebanon? Do the cool waters from those distant mountains ever cease to flow?