31 Bible Verses about goodbyes

And another man said, I will come with you, Lord, but first let me say a last good-day to those who are at my house.

And went from them, saying, I will come back to you if God lets me; and he took ship from Ephesus.

May the Lord give you rest in the houses of your husbands. Then she gave them a kiss; and they were weeping bitterly.

And when he had said this, he sent the meeting away.

If anyone comes to you not having this teaching, do not take him into your house or give him words of love:

We said our last words to one another, and got into the ship, and they went back to their houses.

Let this be my last word, brothers; be glad; be complete; be comforted; be of the same mind; be at peace with one another: and the God of love and peace will be with you.

And letting the oxen be where they were, he came running after Elijah, and said, Only let me give a kiss to my father and mother, and then I will come after you. But he said to him, Go back again; for what have I done to you?

And another of the disciples said to him, Lord, let me first go and give the last honours to my father.

And they were all weeping, falling on Paul's neck and kissing him,

And so whoever is not ready to give up all he has may not be my disciple.

And one of you says to them, Go in peace, be warm and full of food; but you do not give them the things of which their bodies have need, what profit is there in this?

Then again they were weeping; and Orpah gave her mother-in-law a kiss, but Ruth would not be parted from her.

And after parting from them, we put out to sea and came straight to Cos, and the day after to Rhodes, and from there to Patara:

And in those days Peter got up among the brothers (there were about one hundred and twenty of them), and said,

And after he had sent them away, he went up into a mountain for prayer.

You did not even let me give a kiss to my sons and my daughters. This was a foolish thing to do.

I had no rest in my spirit because Titus my brother was not there: so I went away from them, and came into Macedonia.

And when the boy had gone, David came from his secret place by the hill, and falling to the earth went down on his face three times: and they gave one another a kiss, weeping together, till David's grief was the greater.

After a little time you will see me no longer; and then again, after a little time, you will see me.

And Paul, after waiting some days, went away from the brothers and went by ship to Syria, Priscilla and Aquila being with him; and he had had his hair cut off in Cenchrea, for he had taken an oath.

And early in the morning Laban, after kissing and blessing his daughters, went on his way back to his country.

Desiring to see you, keeping in my memory your weeping, so that I may be full of joy;

And after the noise had come to an end, Paul, having sent for the disciples and given them comfort, went away from them to Macedonia.

But Jesus said to him, Come after me; and let the dead take care of their dead.

Give words of love from me to those who are rulers over you, and to all the saints. Those who are in Italy send you their love.

And now, I give you into the care of God and the word of his grace, which is able to make you strong and to give you your heritage among all the saints.

To keep from things offered to false gods, and from blood, and from things put to death in ways which are against the law, and from the evil desires of the body; if you keep yourselves from these, you will do well. May you be happy.

And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus for the rulers of the church.

But he said to him, Let the dead take care of their dead; it is for you to go and give news of the kingdom of God.

And when these days came to an end, we went on our journey; and they all, with their wives and children, came with us on our way till we were out of the town: and after going on our knees in prayer by the sea,