'Aloof' in the Bible
Otherwise, if I had dealt treacherously against his life (and there is nothing hidden from the king), then you yourself would have stood aloof.”
And he sent messengers to him, saying, What have I to do with thee, thou king of Judah? I come not against thee this day, but against the house with which I have war; and God has told me to make haste: keep aloof from God who is with me, that he destroy thee not.
They abhor me, they stand aloof from me, yea, they spare not to spit in my face.
His ways endure at all times. Your judgments are aloof from him. [As for] all his enemies, he scoffs at them.
My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off.
It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife; But every fool will be quarrelling.
“Howl, O gate; cry, O city!Melt away, O Philistia, all of you;For smoke comes out of the north,And there is no straggler in his ranks and no one stands detached [in Hezekiah’s battalions].