26 Bible Verses about Abandoning Things

A time to win, and a time to lose; A time to spare, and a time to spend;

And now, fear the LORD and serve him in pureness and truth: And put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the water, and in Egypt, and serve the LORD.

"Then put away," said he, "the strange gods which are among you, and bow your hearts unto the LORD God of Israel."

And they put away the strange gods from them and served the LORD. And the misery of Israel grieved his soul.

And she caught him by the garment, saying, "Come, sleep with me." And he left his garment in her hand and fled and got him out.

When she saw that he had left his garment in her hand, and was fled out,

And when he heard that I lift up my voice and cried, he left his garment with me and fled away and got him out."

But as soon as I lift up my voice and cried, he left his garment with me and fled out."

And he threw away his cloak, and rose and came to Jesus:

And they followed after them even unto Jordan: and see, all the way was full of clothes and vessels which the Syrians had cast from them for haste. And the messengers returned and told the king.

The next day when we were tossed with an exceeding tempest, they lightened the ship,

and the third day we cast out with our own hands the tackling of the ship.

And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship and cast out the wheat into the sea.

The enemies shall destroy him, and the mighty men of the Heathen shall so scatter him, that his branches shall lie upon all mountains and in all valleys: his boughs shall be broken down to the ground throughout the land. Then all the people of the land shall go from his shadow, and forsake him.

Therefore, hear the word of the LORD God, O ye mountains of Israel. Thus sayeth the LORD God unto the mountains, and hills; valleys and dales; to the void wilderness and desolate cities, which are spoiled and had in derision on every side among the residue of the Heathen.

leave there thine offering before the altar, and go thy way first, and be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.

and he left his linen and fled from them naked.

How think ye? If a man have a hundred sheep, and one of them should be gone astray, doth he not leave ninety and nine in the mountains, and go and seek that one which is gone astray?

"What man of you having a hundred sheep, if he lose one of them doth not leave ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find him?

And when they had taken up the anchors, they committed themselves unto the sea, and loosed the rudder bonds and hoisted up the main sail to the wind and drew to land.

And there they left their images, and David and his men took them up.

And they left their gods there, which David bade to be burnt with fire.

The woman then left her water pot behind her, and went her way into the city, and said to the men there,

For he seeth that wise men also die and perish together, as well as the ignorant and foolish, and leave their riches for others.

Ye shall be cast out also from the heritage, that I gave you. And I will subdue you under the heavy bondage of your enemies, in a land that ye know not. For ye have ministered fire to my indignation, which shall burn evermore."

Shall not the snow that melteth upon the stony rocks of Lebanon moisten the fields? Or may the springs of waters be so graven away, that they run no more, give moistness, nor make fruitful?