'Away' in the Bible

Everyone who sees you will turn away from you in disgust; they will say, 'Nineveh has been devastated! Who will lament for her?' There will be no one to comfort you!"

Increase your merchants more than the stars of heaven! They are like the young locust which sheds its skin and flies away.

Your courtiers are like locusts, your officials are like a swarm of locusts! They encamp in the walls on a cold day, yet when the sun rises, they fly away; and no one knows where they are.

For the message is a witness to what is decreed; it gives reliable testimony about how matters will turn out. Even if the message is not fulfilled right away, wait patiently; for it will certainly come to pass -- it will not arrive late.

The sun and moon stand still in their courses; the flash of your arrows drives them away, the bright light of your lightning-quick spear.

Indeed, Gaza will be deserted and Ashkelon will become a heap of ruins. Invaders will drive away the people of Ashdod by noon, and Ekron will be overthrown.

"As for those who grieve because they cannot attend the festivals -- I took them away from you; they became tribute and were a source of shame to you.

Look, at that time I will deal with those who mistreated you. I will rescue the lame sheep and gather together the scattered sheep. I will take away their humiliation and make the whole earth admire and respect them.

You expected a large harvest, but instead there was little, and when you brought it home it disappeared right away. Why?' asks the Lord who rules over all. 'Because my temple remains in ruins, thanks to each of you favoring his own house!

I asked, "What is it?" And he replied, "It is a basket for measuring grain that is moving away from here." Moreover, he said, "This is their 'eye' throughout all the earth."

Then those who are far away will come and build the temple of the Lord so that you may know that the Lord who rules over all has sent me to you. This will all come to pass if you completely obey the voice of the Lord your God."'"

"But they refused to pay attention, turning away stubbornly and stopping their ears so they could not hear.

Rather, I will sweep them away in a storm into all the nations they are not familiar with.' Thus the land had become desolate because of them, with no one crossing through or returning, for they had made the fruitful land a waste."

I will take away their abominable religious practices; then those who survive will become a community of believers in our God, like a clan in Judah, and Ekron will be like the Jebusites.

Woe to the worthless shepherd who abandons the flock! May a sword fall on his arm and his right eye! May his arm wither completely away, and his right eye become completely blind!"

For I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem to wage war; the city will be taken, its houses plundered, and the women raped. Then half of the city will go into exile, but the remainder of the people will not be taken away.

But this will be the nature of the plague with which the Lord will strike all the nations that have fought against Jerusalem: Their flesh will decay while they stand on their feet, their eyes will rot away in their sockets, and their tongues will dissolve in their mouths.

I am about to discipline your children and will spread offal on your faces, the very offal produced at your festivals, and you will be carried away along with it.

He taught what was true; sinful words were not found on his lips. He walked with me in peace and integrity, and he turned many people away from sin.

Then Jesus said to him, "Go away, Satan! For it is written: 'You are to worship the Lord your God and serve only him.'"

I tell you the truth, until heaven and earth pass away not the smallest letter or stroke of a letter will pass from the law until everything takes place.

If your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away! It is better to lose one of your members than to have your whole body thrown into hell.

If your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away! It is better to lose one of your members than to have your whole body go into hell.

Then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you. Go away from me, you lawbreakers!'

No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, because the patch will pull away from the garment and the tear will be worse.

he said, "Go away, for the girl is not dead but asleep." And they began making fun of him.

As they were going away, a man who could not talk and was demon-possessed was brought to him.

While they were going away, Jesus began to speak to the crowd about John: "What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?

Now when Jesus learned of this, he went away from there. Great crowds followed him, and he healed them all.

But he has no root in himself and does not endure; when trouble or persecution comes because of the word, immediately he falls away.

But while everyone was sleeping, an enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat and went away.

When it was full, they pulled it ashore, sat down, and put the good fish into containers and threw the bad away.

Now when Jesus heard this he went away from there privately in a boat to an isolated place. But when the crowd heard about it, they followed him on foot from the towns.

When evening arrived, his disciples came to him saying, "This is an isolated place and the hour is already late. Send the crowds away so that they can go into the villages and buy food for themselves."

And after he sent the crowds away, he went up the mountain by himself to pray. When evening came, he was there alone.

But he did not answer her a word. Then his disciples came and begged him, "Send her away, because she keeps on crying out after us."

Then Jesus called the disciples and said, "I have compassion on the crowd, because they have already been here with me three days and they have nothing to eat. I don't want to send them away hungry since they may faint on the way."

After sending away the crowd, he got into the boat and went to the region of Magadan.

A wicked and adulterous generation asks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah." Then he left them and went away.

If your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life crippled or lame than to have two hands or two feet and be thrown into eternal fire.

And if your eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter into life with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into fiery hell.

But when the young man heard this he went away sorrowful, for he was very rich.

telling them, "Go to the village ahead of you. Right away you will find a donkey tied there, and a colt with her. Untie them and bring them to me.

But they were indifferent and went away, one to his farm, another to his business.

Now when they heard this they were stunned, and they left him and went away.

Now as Jesus was going out of the temple courts and walking away, his disciples came to show him the temple buildings.

I tell you the truth, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place.

Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.

And they knew nothing until the flood came and took them all away. It will be the same at the coming of the Son of Man.

But if that evil slave should say to himself, 'My master is staying away a long time,'

The one who had received five talents went off right away and put his money to work and gained five more.

Then Jesus said to them, "This night you will all fall away because of me, for it is written: 'I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.'

Peter said to him, "If they all fall away because of you, I will never fall away!"

He went away a second time and prayed, "My Father, if this cup cannot be taken away unless I drink it, your will must be done."

So leaving them again, he went away and prayed for the third time, saying the same thing once more.

After a little while, those standing there came up to Peter and said, "You really are one of them too -- even your accent gives you away!"

They tied him up, led him away, and handed him over to Pilate the governor.

When they had mocked him, they stripped him of the robe and put his own clothes back on him. Then they led him away to crucify him.

and placed it in his own new tomb that he had cut in the rock. Then he rolled a great stone across the entrance of the tomb and went away.

Suddenly there was a severe earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descending from heaven came and rolled away the stone and sat on it.

Immediately Jesus sent the man away with a very strong warning.

No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; otherwise, the patch pulls away from it, the new from the old, and the tear becomes worse.

Then Jesus went away with his disciples to the sea, and a great multitude from Galilee followed him. And from Judea,

But they have no root in themselves and do not endure. Then, when trouble or persecution comes because of the word, immediately they fall away.

So he went away and began to proclaim in the Decapolis what Jesus had done for him, and all were amazed.

So they went away by themselves in a boat to some remote place.

Send them away so that they can go into the surrounding countryside and villages and buy something for themselves to eat."

After Jesus took him aside privately, away from the crowd, he put his fingers in the man's ears, and after spitting, he touched his tongue.

But at this statement, the man looked sad and went away sorrowful, for he was very rich.

But those tenants seized his slave, beat him, and sent him away empty-handed.

Now they wanted to arrest him (but they feared the crowd), because they realized that he told this parable against them. So they left him and went away.

I tell you the truth, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place.

Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.

Then Jesus said to them, "You will all fall away, for it is written, 'I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.'

Peter said to him, "Even if they all fall away, I will not!"

He said, "Abba, Father, all things are possible for you. Take this cup away from me. Yet not what I will, but what you will."

He went away again and prayed the same thing.

Right away, while Jesus was still speaking, Judas, one of the twelve, arrived. With him came a crowd armed with swords and clubs, sent by the chief priests and experts in the law and elders.

(Now the betrayer had given them a sign, saying, "The one I kiss is the man. Arrest him and lead him away under guard.")

Early in the morning, after forming a plan, the chief priests with the elders and the experts in the law and the whole Sanhedrin tied Jesus up, led him away, and handed him over to Pilate.

When they had finished mocking him, they stripped him of the purple cloak and put his own clothes back on him. Then they led him away to crucify him.

They had been asking each other, "Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance to the tomb?"

"This is what the Lord has done for me at the time when he has been gracious to me, to take away my disgrace among people."

he has filled the hungry with good things, and has sent the rich away empty.

But when Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, "Go away from me, Lord, for I am a sinful man!"

To the person who strikes you on the cheek, offer the other as well, and from the person who takes away your coat, do not withhold your tunic either.

Give to everyone who asks you, and do not ask for your possessions back from the person who takes them away.

Those along the path are the ones who have heard; then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved.

Those on the rock are the ones who receive the word with joy when they hear it, but they have no root. They believe for a while, but in a time of testing fall away.

The man from whom the demons had gone out begged to go with him, but Jesus sent him away, saying,

"Return to your home, and declare what God has done for you." So he went away, proclaiming throughout the whole town what Jesus had done for him.

Now the day began to draw to a close, so the twelve came and said to Jesus, "Send the crowd away, so they can go into the surrounding villages and countryside and find lodging and food, because we are in an isolated place."

but one thing is needed. Mary has chosen the best part; it will not be taken away from her."

But when a stronger man attacks and conquers him, he takes away the first man's armor on which the man relied and divides up his plunder.

Woe to you experts in religious law! You have taken away the key to knowledge! You did not go in yourselves, and you hindered those who were going in."

But he will reply, 'I don't know where you come from! Go away from me, all you evildoers!'

At that time, some Pharisees came up and said to Jesus, "Get away from here, because Herod wants to kill you."

But they remained silent. So Jesus took hold of the man, healed him, and sent him away.

Then the manager said to himself, 'What should I do, since my master is taking my position away from me? I'm not strong enough to dig, and I'm too ashamed to beg.

But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one tiny stroke of a letter in the law to become void.