41 occurrences

'Forsake' in the Bible

Yahweh [is] the [one] going {before you}; he will be with you, and he will not leave you alone, and he will not forsake you; you shall not be afraid, and you shall not be discouraged."

Verse ConceptsAbandonmentBeing AfraidAssurance, nature ofGod, Present EverywhereLonelinessGod Going BeforeGod Not ForsakingGod Goes With YouBeing AloneGod Being With UsGod Being With You

And {my anger shall flare up against them} on that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall become as prey, and disasters and troubles shall find them, and they shall say on that day, '[Is it] not because our God is not in our midst [that] these disasters have found us?'

Verse ConceptsAbandonmentAfflictions Of The WickedAnger Of God, ConsequencesReprobatesGod Will Be Angry

No one will stand before you all the days of your life. [Just] as I was with Moses, [so] will I be with you; I will not fail you, and I will not forsake you.

Verse ConceptsMidlife CrisisGod Of The FathersTemptation, Universality OfProtection, From GodInvincibilityAble To StandGod Not ForsakingGod With Specific PeoplePowerful Individuals

And the people answered and said, "Far be it from us that we would forsake Yahweh to serve other gods,

Verse ConceptsForsaking GodZeal, ReligiousNot Forsaking GodDifferent Gods

If you forsake Yahweh and serve foreign gods, he will turn and bring disaster to you; he will destroy you after he has done good to you."

Verse ConceptsServanthood, And Worship Of GodConsequences Of Forsaking GodGod Will Bring HarmForgiving Others Who Hurt YouServing God

For Yahweh will not forsake his people for the sake of his great name, because Yahweh has decided to make you his [own] people.

Verse ConceptsGod, Greatness OfGod, The LordGod Not Forsaking

And I will dwell {among} the {Israelites}, and I will not forsake my people Israel."

Verse ConceptsGod Living With UsGod Not Forsaking

Then David said to Solomon his son, "Be strong and courageous, and do [this]! Do not be afraid and do not be dismayed, for Yahweh God, my God, [is] with you. He will not fail you and will not forsake you until all the work of the service of the house of Yahweh is finished.

Verse ConceptsFailture, God Will NeverBeing AfraiddiscouragementInexperienceBraveryGod's Help In DiscouragementStrength Of PeopleGod Not ForsakingCourageCourage And StrengthStaying Strong And Not Giving UpFinishing Strongfearlessfinishing

"But if you turn yourselves away and forsake my ordinances and my commandments which I have given before you [all] and will go and serve other gods and bow down to them,

Verse ConceptsForsaking God's Things

And he went out before Asa and said to him, "Hear me, O Asa and all of Judah and Benjamin! Yahweh [is] with you while you are with him. And if you will seek him he will be found by you. But if you forsake him he will forsake you.

Verse ConceptsRejection Of God, Results OfForsaking God

Then the Spirit of God clothed Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest, and he stood above the people and said to them, "Thus says God: 'Why are you transgressing the commandments of Yahweh so that you will not succeed? For you have forsaken Yahweh, so he will forsake you.'"

Verse ConceptsAbandonmentevil, believers' responses toImpenitence, Results OfVictory, As An Act Of GodThe Spirit Of God

For I was ashamed to ask the king for troops and horses to protect us from enemies on the way because we said to the king, "the hand of our God is favorable to all who seek him, but his strength and anger are against all who forsake them."

Verse ConceptsForsaking GodGrace, In OtRejection Of God, Results OfRoadsGod's HandConsequences Of Forsaking GodGod's Hands On PeopleShame Has Come

For we are slaves and in our bondage our God did not forsake us, and he has extended to us loyal love in the presence of the kings of Persia, to give to us deliverance [and] to set up the house of our God, to repair its ruins, and to give us a wall in Judea and Jerusalem.

Verse ConceptsKindnessUnkindnessWallsArchaeologyGod Not ForsakingGroups Of Slavesslaveryrevival

Do not hide your face from me; do not turn your servant away in anger. You have been my help; do not abandon nor forsake me, O God of my salvation.

Verse ConceptsAfflicted SaintsAbandonmentFace Of GodGod HidingDo Not Forsake Us!God My SalvationGod Angry With IndividualsGod Helpshiding

For Yahweh loves justice and will not forsake his faithful ones. They are protected forever. But [the] children of [the] wicked will be cut off.

Verse ConceptsFaithfulness, To GodOffspringSaintsFaithful, Choose To RemainParents SinSustaining ProvidenceEternal DeliveranceGod Not ForsakingGod Judges The WickedGod Keepsatheismpreservation

Do not forsake me, O Yahweh. O my God, do not be far from me.

Verse ConceptsDo Not Forsake Us!God Far Away

If his sons forsake my law and do not walk in my judgments,

Verse ConceptsAbandonment

For Yahweh will not abandon his people, nor forsake his inheritance.

Verse ConceptsAdoption, Benefits OfAbandonmentGod Not Forsaking

For I have given you good instruction; do not forsake my teaching.

Verse ConceptsAbandonmentSound DoctrinePeople Not Abandoningdoctrine

Those who forsake instruction will praise the wicked, but they who guard instruction will struggle against them.

Verse ConceptsCommendationConnivanceResults Of Keeping The Commandments

But [the] destruction [of] rebels and sinners [shall be] together, and those who forsake Yahweh will perish.

Verse ConceptsBrokennessForsaking GodRejection Of GodRenunciationSinnersConsequences Of Forsaking God

The poor and the needy [are] seeking water and [there is] none; their tongue is dried up with thirst. I, Yahweh, will answer them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.

Verse ConceptsThe Needydrought, physicalPrayer, God's Promises ConcerningTongueGod And The PoorAnswered PromisesSeeking WaterGod Not ForsakingWater, As A Symbol Of Affliction

And I will lead the blind by a road they do not know; I will cause [them] to tread on paths they have not known. I will make darkness {in their presence} into light and rough places into level ground. These [are] the things I will do, and I will not forsake them.

Verse ConceptsdisabilitiesdecisionsGuardiansGuidance, God's Promises OfWalking In DarknessPaths Of BelieversStraight ThingsLight Of God's PeopleNot Knowing WhereDarknessBlindnessguidancePathscredibility

But you {who forsake} Yahweh, forgetting {my holy mountain}, who set a table for Fortune, and who {pour out} a jug of mixed wine for Destiny,

Verse ConceptsAlcoholRejection Of GodTablesTrust, Lack OfFood For Other godsfate

Yahweh, the hope of Israel, all [those who] forsake you will be put to shame, and [those who] turn aside from you in the earth will be recorded, for they have forsaken the fountain of living water, Yahweh.

Verse ConceptsAbandonmentForsaking GodHope, As ConfidenceShameSpring Of WaterWellsMetaphorical SpringsJudgements WrittenConsequences Of Forsaking GodLiving WaterWells, Figurative Useisraeldust

"Now when this people, or a prophet, or a priest, ask you, {saying}, 'What [is] the burden of Yahweh?' then you shall say to them, '{You are the burden}, and I will forsake you,'" {declares} Yahweh.

{Therefore} look, here I am, and I will surely lift you up and forsake you and the city that I gave to you and to your ancestors from {my presence},

Verse ConceptsBanishmentDriven From God's PresenceGod Forgetting

We tried to heal Babylon, and she was not healed. Forsake her and let us go each one to his country, for her judgment has reached to the heavens, and it has been lifted up to [the] skies.

Verse ConceptsClouds, Natural UseDecadencePeople Abandoning PeopleNo HealingThe judgment of babylonHealing And Comfort

And [the] ships of Kittim will come against him, and he will lose heart, and he will turn back, and he will be enraged {against the holy covenant}, and he will take action, and he will turn back, and he will pay attention to [those who] forsake {the holy covenant}.

Verse ConceptsAbandonmentSeafaringShipsShips For AttackingBreaking The CovenantAngry PeopleCovenant Made At Sinaiventing

Bible Theasaurus

Abandon (107 instances)
Desert (358 instances)
Desolate (212 instances)
Forsake (97 instances)
Relinquish (1 instance)

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Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
אלמן 
'alman 
Usage: 1

חדל 
Chadal 
Usage: 58

נטשׁ 
Natash 
Usage: 40

נתשׁ 
Nathash 
Usage: 21

עזב 
`azab 
Usage: 28

עזוּבה 
`azuwbah 
Usage: 1

רפה 
Raphah 
feeble , fail , weaken , go , alone , idle , stay , slack , faint , forsake , abated , cease ,
Usage: 46

ἀποστασία 
Apostasia 
Usage: 2

ἀποτάσσομαι 
Apotassomai 
Usage: 5

ἀφίημι 
Aphiemi 
Usage: 57

ἐγκαταλείπω 
Egkataleipo 
Usage: 9

καταλείπω 
Kataleipo 
Usage: 22