32 Bible Verses about Leaving

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Exodus 8:11

The frogs will leave you and your houses and leave your servants and your people; they will remain only in the Nile.”

Genesis 26:17

So Isaac left that region and camped in the Valley of Gerar, and settled there.

Exodus 35:20

Then all the congregation of the Israelites left Moses’ presence.

Matthew 8:34

And the whole city came out to meet Jesus; and as soon as they saw Him, they begged Him to leave their region.

Mark 5:17

So the people began to beg with Jesus to leave their region.

Acts 16:39

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.

Proverbs 14:7


Leave the presence of a [shortsighted] fool,
For you will not find knowledge or hear godly wisdom from his lips.

Hosea 9:12


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!

Judges 6:18

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.”

Matthew 19:15

After placing His hands on them [for a blessing], He went on from there.

Matthew 22:5

But they paid no attention [they disregarded the invitation, treating it with contempt] and went away, one to his farm, another to his business.

Matthew 22:22

When they heard this, they were caught off guard, and they left Him and went away.

Matthew 24:1

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.

Luke 4:13

When the devil had finished every temptation, he [temporarily] left Him until a more opportune time.

Luke 4:42

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.

John 4:8

For His disciples had gone off into the city to buy food—

John 6:67

So Jesus said to the twelve [disciples], “You do not want to leave too, do you?”

John 8:9

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.

John 8:21

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.”

John 14:28

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.

John 16:7

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].

Luke 1:38

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.

Luke 2:15

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.”

Acts 12:10

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.

Acts 17:33

So Paul left them.

From Thematic Bible


Israel » Leaving » Shittim » Going » Jordan river

Joshua 3:1

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 4:45

these 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 4:16

So Cain went away from the [manifested] presence of the Lord, and lived in the land of Nod [wandering in exile], east of Eden.

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?”

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