20 Bible Verses about People Abandoning People

and said, 'For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two of them shall become one'? So they are no longer two but one.

Therefore a man must leave his father and mother, and he and his wife must become one,'

Therefore a man must leave his father and mother and attach himself to his wife, and they must become one.

But this has all taken place in fulfilment of the writings of the prophets." Then all the disciples left him and made their escape.

Then all the disciples left him and made their escape.

A hired man who is not a shepherd and does not own the sheep, when he sees a wolf coming, will leave the sheep and run away, and the wolf will carry them off and scatter the flock.

And where no one will welcome you, or listen to you, leave that house or town and shake off its very dust from your feet.

If any place refuses to receive you or to listen to you, when you leave it shake off the very dust from the soles of your feet as a warning to them."

And where they will not welcome you, leave that town and shake off the very dust from your feet as a protest against them."

'The very dust of your town that sticks to our feet we wipe off in protest. But understand this: the Kingdom of God is at hand!'

They shook off the dust from their feet in protest, and went to Iconium.

But as they contradicted and abused him, he shook his clothes in protest, and said to them, "Your blood be on your own heads! I am not to blame for it! After this I will go to the heathen."

As they were shouting and throwing their clothes about and flinging dust into the air,

You know that everyone in the province of Asia has deserted me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes.

At my first appearance in court no one came to help me; everybody deserted me. May no one lay it up against them!

Paul and his companions sailed from Paphos and went to Perga in Pamphylia. There John left them and returned to Jerusalem,

But Paul did not approve of taking with them a man who had deserted them in Pamphylia instead of going on with them to their work.

for Demas has deserted me for love of the present world, and has gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia.

So when I could not bear it any longer, I made up my mind to stay behind alone at Athens,

Then the devil left him, and angels came and waited on him.