30 Bible Verses about Renunciation
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And they forsook LORD, the God of their fathers, who brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods of the peoples that were round about them, and bowed themselves down to them. And they provoked LORD t
But the destruction of transgressors and sinners shall be together, and those who forsake LORD shall be consumed.
The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his Boy Jesus, whom ye actually delivered up and denied him in the presence of Pilate who preferred to release that man.
They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them. They have made for them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed to it, and said, These are thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of th
Thus says the whole congregation of LORD, What trespass is this that ye have committed against the God of Israel, to turn away this day from following LORD, in that ye have built for you an altar, to rebel this day against LORD?
Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense to other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the work of their hands, therefore my wrath shall be kindled against this place, and it shall not be quenched.
And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind, for LORD searches all hearts, and understands all the imaginations of the thoughts. If thou seek him, he will be
And it shall come to pass, when ye shall say, Why has LORD our God done all these things to us? Then thou shall say to them, Just as ye have forsaken me, and served foreign gods in your land, so ye shall serve strangers in a land t
And then many will be caused to stumble, and they will betray each other and will hate each other.
If we endure, we will also reign together. If we renounce him, that man will also renounce us.
Depart from evil, and do good, and dwell for evermore.
I have also sent to you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, Return ye now every man from his evil way, and amend your doings, and go not after other gods to serve them, and ye shall dwell in the
Therefore say to the house of Israel, Thus says lord LORD: Return ye, and turn yourselves from your idols, and turn away your faces from all your abominations.
Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by showing mercy to the poor, if there may be a lengthening of thy tranquility.
But we have renounced the covert things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor misrepresenting the word of God, but by the disclosure of the truth, commending ourselves to every conscience of men before God.
O Timothy, keep the entrustment, avoiding the profane babblings and objections of the falsely-called knowledge,
if my people, who are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
He who covers his transgressions shall not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes them shall obtain mercy.
But if a wicked man turns from all his sins that he has committed, and keeps all my statutes, and does that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live. He shall not die.
And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way. And God relented of the evil which he said he would do to them, and he did not do it.
Then Jesus said to his disciples, If any man wants to come behind me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
And having called in the multitude with his disciples, he said to them, Whoever wants to follow behind me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
And he said to all, If any man wants to come behind me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
Peter began to say to him, Lo, we have left all, and have followed thee.
So therefore every man of you who does not renounce all things being possessed by him, cannot be my disciple.
But indeed therefore I even consider all things to be loss because of the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, because of whom I suffered the loss of all things, and consider them to be rubbish, so that I may gain C
For the Son of man also came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many.
Because of this the Father loves me, because I lay down my life, so that I may take it again.
But he emptied himself, having taken a form of a bondman, having become in a likeness of men. And having been found in a form like a man, he lowered himself, having become obedient until death, even of death from a cross.
From Thematic Bible
Discipleship » Conditions of » Renunciation
If any man comes to me, and does not regard as inferior his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, and besides his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
Renunciation » Renunciations of all things for Christ » Leaving home and friends
Peter began to say to him, Lo, we have left all, and have followed thee.
And when they brought their boats to land, after forsaking all, they followed him.
Renunciation » Renunciations of all things for Christ » Paul's renunciation
But indeed therefore I even consider all things to be loss because of the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, because of whom I suffered the loss of all things, and consider them to be rubbish, so that I may gain C
Renunciation » Renunciations of all things for Christ » Reward promised
And he said to them, Truly I say to you, that there is no man who has left house, or parents, or brothers, or wife, or children for the sake of the kingdom of God, who will, no, not receive back manifold more in this time, and in the coming age eternal life.
Renunciation » Renunciations of all things for Christ » Leaving business
And after these things he went forth and saw a tax collector, named Levi, sitting at the tax office. And he said to him, Follow me. And after leaving behind all, having risen up, he followed him.
Renunciation » Renunciations of all things for Christ » A condition of discipleship
So therefore every man of you who does not renounce all things being possessed by him, cannot be my disciple.
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