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'Away From The Lord' in the Bible

And let them make no more offerings to evil spirits, after which they have gone, turning away from the Lord. Let this be a law to them for ever, through all their generations.

Verse ConceptsApostasy in OTFalse ReligionThey Committed ImmoralityOccultism Being Forbidden

For the Amalekites and the Canaanites are there before you, and ye shall fall by the sword: because ye are turned away from the LORD, therefore the LORD will not be with you.

Verse ConceptsConversion, God's demands forKilled With The Sword

Then take care that you are not turned away from the Lord your God and from keeping his orders and decisions and laws which I give you this day:

And it is certain that if at any time you are turned away from the Lord your God, and go after other gods, to be their servants and to give them worship, destruction will overtake you.

Verse ConceptsWarningIdolatry Consists OfDifferent GodsDo Not Have Other godsHinduism

And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death; because he hath spoken to turn you away from the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, to thrust thee out of the way which the LORD thy God commanded thee to walk in. So shalt thou put the evil away from the midst of thee.

Verse ConceptsGod, As RedeemerBad InfluenceGod's WaysPurity, Moral And SpiritualRebellion, Against GodSatan, Agents OfSatan, As DeceiverMisleading DreamsFalse Prophets DenouncedGroups Of SlavesWalking In God's WayDeath Penalty For HeresyGod Bringing Israel Out Of EgyptDreams And False Prophets

And thou shalt stone him with stones, that he die; because he hath sought to thrust thee away from the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.

Verse ConceptsPunishment, Legal Aspects OfGroups Of SlavesInstructions About StoningGod Bringing Israel Out Of Egypt

Be sure there is no man, woman, clan, or tribe among you today whose heart turns away from the Lord our God to go and worship the gods of those nations. Be sure there is no root among you bearing poisonous and bitter fruit.

Verse ConceptsHuman WillFamilies, Nature OfFalse ConfidenceHeart, HumanParticipation, In SinPoisonRootsFruits Of SinBitter FoodBitterness

“This is what the Lord’s entire community says: ‘What is this treachery you have committed today against the God of Israel by turning away from the Lord and building an altar for yourselves, so that you are in rebellion against the Lord today?

Verse ConceptsRenunciationBuilding AltarsIf You Turn From GodUnfaithful

and now, you would turn away from the Lord? If you rebel against the Lord today, tomorrow He will be angry with the entire community of Israel.

Verse ConceptsGod Will Be AngryIf You Turn From God

If you are turned away from the Lord and become the servants of strange gods, then turning against you he will do you evil, cutting you off, after he has done you good.

Verse ConceptsServanthood, And Worship Of GodConsequences Of Forsaking GodGod Will Bring HarmForgiving Others Who Hurt YouServing God

Then crying out to the Lord, they said, We have done evil, because we have been turned away from the Lord, worshipping the Baals and the Astartes: but now, make us safe from those who are against us and we will be your servants.

Verse ConceptsFalse GodsForsaking God, Illustrated ByBaal Worship, HistoryServing AsherahWe Have Sinned

Then Samuel said to the people, Have no fear: truly you have done evil, but do not be turned away from the Lord; be his servants with all your heart;

Verse ConceptsHeart, And Holy SpiritWhole HeartednessServingServing Godreassurance

Now, don't let my blood fall to the ground away from the LORD's presence. Indeed, the king of Israel has come out to seek a single flea, like someone hunts a partridge in the mountains."

Verse ConceptsHuntingInsectsBirds, Types Of BirdsRestraints From KillingFleasPartridges

And their answer will be, Because they were turned away from the Lord their God, who took their fathers out of the land of Egypt; they took for themselves other gods and gave them worship and became their servants: that is why the Lord has sent all this evil on them.

Verse ConceptsDifferent GodsGod Bringing Israel Out Of Egypt

The Lord was angry with Solomon, because his heart had turned away from Yahweh, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice.

Verse ConceptsConversion, God's demands forDoing Things TwiceGod AppearingGod Angry With Individualsrehabilitation

He tore Israel away from David's dynasty, and Jeroboam son of Nebat became their king. Jeroboam drove Israel away from the Lord and encouraged them to commit a serious sin.

Verse ConceptsList Of Kings Of Israellegacy

Turning away from the Lord, the God of his fathers, and not walking in his ways.

Verse ConceptsFeetGod's Ways

And their answer will be, Because they were turned away from the Lord, the God of their fathers, who took them out of the land of Egypt, and took for themselves other gods and gave them worship and became their servants: that is why he has sent all this evil on them.

Verse ConceptsFreedom, Acts Of In OtAbandonment

So Edom made themselves free from the rule of Judah, to this day: and at the same time Libnah made itself free from his rule; because he was turned away from the Lord, the God of his fathers.

He also built high places on the hills of Judah; he encouraged the residents of Jerusalem to be unfaithful to the Lord and led Judah away from the Lord.

Verse ConceptsGuidance, Need For God'sSpiritual Harlotry

Now from the time that Amaziah turned away from following the Lord, they conspired against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish; but they sent men after him to Lachish and killed him there.

Verse ConceptsConversion, God's demands forTwelve Beings

For our fathers were unfaithful and did what is evil in the sight of the Lord our God. They abandoned Him, turned their faces away from the Lord’s tabernacle, and turned their backs on Him.

And he took up arms against King Nebuchadnezzar, though he had made him take an oath by God; but he made his neck stiff and his heart hard, turning away from the Lord, the God of Israel.

Verse ConceptsRebellion, Against Human AuthorityStiffnecked People

Did not Solomon king of Israel sin [greatly against God] regarding these things? Yet among the many nations there was no king like him. He was loved by his God, and God made him king over all Israel; nevertheless the foreign women caused even him to sin [by turning to other gods and so, judged by God, he lost his kingdom].

Verse ConceptsBacksliding, Israel ExanplesSolomon, Character OfUnique Individuals

O nation full of sin, a people weighted down with crime, a generation of evil-doers, false-hearted children: they have gone away from the Lord, they have no respect for the Holy One of Israel, their hearts are turned back from him.

Verse ConceptsCorruption, Of HumanityAbandonmentForsaking God, Illustrated ByImpenitence, Warnings AgainstNationalismRejection Of GodEvildoersGod's People Sinningcorruption

But a common destruction will overtake sinners and evil-doers together, and those who have gone away from the Lord will be cut off.

Verse ConceptsBrokennessForsaking GodRejection Of GodRenunciationSinnersConsequences Of Forsaking God

“Son of man, your own relatives, those who have the right to redeem you, and the entire house of Israel, all of them, are those that the residents of Jerusalem have said this to, ‘Stay away from the Lord; this land has been given to us as a possession.’

And Jonah got up to go in flight to Tarshish, away from the Lord; and he went down to Joppa, and saw there a ship going to Tarshish: so he gave them the price of the journey and went down into it to go with them to Tarshish, away from the Lord.

Verse ConceptsEscapingBoatsdelay, humanSeafaringHarborsShipsThe NavyCommerceSea TravelFleeing From GodDirectionsailingjonah

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