20 Bible Verses about People Abandoning People

and said, 'For this reason a man must leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two of them must be one!'

Therefore, a man must leave his father and mother,

Therefore, a man must leave his father and mother and so perfectly unite himself to his wife that the two shall be one.

But this has all taken place so that the writings of the prophets may be fulfilled." Then the disciples all forsook Him and made their escape.

Then all His disciples forsook Him and made their escape.

The hired man, who is not a shepherd and does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and runs away, and the wolf carries off some of the sheep and scatters the flock.

And whoever will not welcome you, or listen to your words, on leaving that place shake off from your feet its very dust.

And if any place refuses to welcome you or to listen to you, when you leave there shake off the very dust from the soles of your feet as a warning to them."

And when you leave that city, shake off the very dust from your feet as a protest against all the people who do not welcome you."

'We are wiping off against you the very dust from your town that has stuck to our feet. But understand this, the kingdom of God is close by.'

But they shook off the dust from their feet as a protest against them, and went to Iconlure;

But as they opposed and abused him, he shook out his clothes in protest and said to them, "Your blood be upon your own heads! I am not to blame for it myself. Hereafter I am going to the heathen."

While they were shouting and tossing their clothes about and flinging dust into the air,

You know that everyone here who belongs to the Roman province of Asia has deserted me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes.

When I first defended myself at court, nobody came to help me, but everybody deserted me. May it never be charged to their account.

Then Paul and his party set sail from Paphos and crossed over to Perga in Pamphylia. Here John quit them and returned to Jerusalem,

Paul, however, did not consider such a man fit to take along with them, the man who deserted them in Pamphylia and did not go on with them to the work.

for Demas has forsaken me because he loved the present world, and has gone to Thessalonica; Crescens has gone to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia;

So when I could not bear it any longer, I decided to be left behind in Athens alone,

Then the devil left Him, and angels came and continued to wait upon Him.