12 Bible Verses about Desertion

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2 Timothy 4:16

At my first trial no one came to my defense. Everyone abandoned me. May it not be held against them!

Judges 7:3

That's why you're to ask in full view of the soldiers, "Whoever is afraid or is trembling may go back from Mount Gilead and return home." So 22,000 soldiers left and 10,000 remained.

1 Samuel 17:24

When all the Israelis saw the man, they fled from him and were very frightened.

2 Samuel 15:14

So David told all of his staff who were with him in Jerusalem, "Let's get up and get out of here! Otherwise, none of us will escape from Absalom. Hurry, or he'll overtake us quickly, bring disaster on all of us, and execute the inhabitants of the city!"

Psalm 78:9

The descendants of Ephraim were sharp shooters with the bow, but they retreated in the day of battle.

Jeremiah 41:11-14

Kareah's son Jonathan and all the military leaders who were with him heard about all the terrible things that Nethaniah's son Ishmael had done. So they took all the men and went to fight Nethaniah's son Ishmael, and they found him at the large pool that is at Gibeon. When all the people who were with Ishmael saw Kareah's son Jonathan and all the military leaders who were with him, they were glad. read more.
All the people whom Ishmael had taken captive from Mizpah turned around and went back to Kareah's son Jonathan.

Ezekiel 7:14

"They've sounded the alarm, and everyone is prepared, but no one is marching for battle, since I'm angry at the entire multitude.

2 Timothy 4:9-10

Do your best to come to me soon, because Demas, having fallen in love with this present world, has abandoned me and has gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia.

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