32 Bible Verses about Leaving
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The frogs will leave you and your houses and leave your servants and your people; they will remain only in the Nile.”
So Isaac left that region and camped in the Valley of Gerar, and settled there.
But when Simon Peter saw this, he fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying, “Go away from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord!”
And the whole city came out to meet Jesus; and as soon as they saw Him, they begged Him to leave their region.
so they came [to the prison] and appealed to them [with apologies], and when they brought them out, they kept begging them to leave the city.
Leave the presence of a [shortsighted] fool,
For you will not find knowledge or hear godly wisdom from his lips.
Even though they bring up their children,
Yet I will bereave them until not one is left.
Indeed, woe (judgment is coming) to them when I look away and withdraw [My blessing] from them!
Please do not depart from here until I come back to You, and bring my offering and place it before You.” And He said, “I will wait until you return.”
After placing His hands on them [for a blessing], He went on from there.
But they paid no attention [they disregarded the invitation, treating it with contempt] and went away, one to his farm, another to his business.
When they heard this, they were caught off guard, and they left Him and went away.
Jesus left the temple area and was going on His way when His disciples came up to Him to call His attention to the [magnificent and massive] buildings of the temple.
When the devil had finished every temptation, he [temporarily] left Him until a more opportune time.
When daybreak came, Jesus left [Simon Peter’s house] and went to a secluded place; and the crowds were searching for Him, and [they] came to Him and tried to keep Him from leaving them.
So Jesus said to the twelve [disciples], “You do not want to leave too, do you?”
They listened [to His reply], and they began to go out one by one, starting with the oldest ones, until He was left alone, with the woman [standing there before Him] in the center of the court.
Then He said again to them, “I am going away, and you will look for Me, and you will die [unforgiven and condemned] in your sin. Where I am going, you cannot come.”
You heard Me tell you, ‘I am going away, and I am coming back to you.’ If you [really] loved Me, you would have rejoiced, because I am going [back] to the Father, for the Father is greater than I.
But I tell you the truth, it is to your advantage that I go away; for if I do not go away, the Helper (Comforter, Advocate, Intercessor—Counselor, Strengthener, Standby) will not come to you; but if I go, I will send Him (the Holy Spirit) to you [to be in close fellowship with you].
I came from the Father and have come into the world; again, I am leaving the world and going to the Father.”
Then Mary said, “Behold, I am the servant of the Lord; may it be done to me according to your word.” And the angel left her.
When the angels had gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds began saying one to another, “Let us go straight to Bethlehem, and see this [wonderful] thing that has happened which the Lord has made known to us.”
When they had passed the first guard and the second, they came to the iron gate that leads into the city. Of its own accord it swung open for them; and they went out and went along one street, and at once the angel left him.
From Thematic Bible
Israel » Leaving » Shittim » Going » Jordan river
Joshua got up early in the morning; then he and all the children of Israel set out from Shittim and came to the Jordan, and they spent the night there before they crossed [the river].
Topics on Leaving
Leaving Egypt
Deuteronomy 4:45these are the testimonies (legal provisions) and the statutes and the judgments which Moses spoke to the sons of Israel when they came out of Egypt,
Leaving God's Presence
Genesis 4:16So Cain went away from the [manifested] presence of the Lord, and lived in the land of Nod [wandering in exile], east of Eden.
Leaving Parents For Spouse
Ephesians 5:31For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother and shall be joined [and be faithfully devoted] to his wife, and the two shall become
Leaving People Alone
Nahum 3:7
“And it will come about that all who see you
Will shrink back and run from you and say,
‘Nineveh is completely ruined!
Who will grieve for her?’
Where will I seek comforters for you?”
Leaving The Past Behind
2 Corinthians 5:17Therefore if anyone is in Christ [that is, grafted in, joined to Him by faith in Him as Savior], he is a new creature [reborn and renewed by the Holy Spirit]; the old things [the previous moral and spiritual condition] have passed away. Behold, new things have come [because spiritual awakening brings a new life].