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 man and his wife shall become one'?

'For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother,

'For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother, and be united to his wife; and the man and his wife shall become one.'

The whole of this occurred in fulfillment of the Prophetic Scriptures. Then the disciples all forsook him and fled.

And all the Apostles forsook him, and fled.

The hired man who is not a shepherd, and who does not own the sheep, when he sees a wolf coming, leaves them and runs away; then the wolf seizes them, and scatters the flock.

If no one welcomes you, or listens to what you say, as you leave that house or that town, shake off its dust from your feet.

And if a place does not welcome you, or listen to you, as you go out of it shake off the dust that is on the soles of your feet, as a protest against them."

If people do not welcome you, as you leave that town, shake even the dust off your feet, as a protest against them."

'We wipe off the very dust of your town which has clung to Our feet; still, be assured that the Kingdom of God is close at Hand.'

They, however, shook the dust off their feet in protest,

However, as they set themselves against him and became abusive, Paul shook his clothes in protest and said to them: "Your blood be on your own heads. My conscience is clear. From this time forward I shall go to the Gentiles."

As they were shouting, tearing off their clothes, and throwing dust in the air,

You know, of course, that all our friends in Roman Asia turned their backs on me, and among them Phygellus and Hermogenes.

At my first trial no one stood by me. They all deserted me. May it never be counted against them!

After this, Paul and his companions set sail from Paphos and went to Perga in Pamphylia, where John left them and returned to Jerusalem.

But Paul felt that they ought not to take with them the man who had deserted them in Pamphylia, and had not gone on with them to their work.

for Demas, in his love for the world, has deserted me. He has gone to Thessalonica, Crescens to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia.

And so, as we could bear it no longer, we made up our minds to remain behind alone at Athens,

Then the Devil left him alone, and angels came and ministered to him.