'Forsake' in the Bible

Be careful that you do not forsake the Levite as long as you live in your land.

Be strong and courageous, do not be afraid or tremble at them, for the Lord your God is the one who goes with you. He will not fail you or forsake you.”

The Lord is the one who goes ahead of you; He will be with you. He will not fail you or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed.”

The Lord said to Moses, “Behold, you are about to lie down with your fathers; and this people will arise and play the harlot with the strange gods of the land, into the midst of which they are going, and will forsake Me and break My covenant which I have made with them.

Then My anger will be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them and hide My face from them, and they will be consumed, and many evils and troubles will come upon them; so that they will say in that day, ‘Is it not because our God is not among us that these evils have come upon us?’

No man will be able to stand before you all the days of your life. Just as I have been with Moses, I will be with you; I will not fail you or forsake you.

The people answered and said, “Far be it from us that we should forsake the Lord to serve other gods;

If you forsake the Lord and serve foreign gods, then He will turn and do you harm and consume you after He has done good to you.”

I will dwell among the sons of Israel, and will not forsake My people Israel.”

May the Lord our God be with us, as He was with our fathers; may He not leave us or forsake us,

“As for you, my son Solomon, know the God of your father, and serve Him with a whole heart and a willing mind; for the Lord searches all hearts, and understands every intent of the thoughts. If you seek Him, He will let you find Him; but if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever.

Then David said to his son Solomon, “Be strong and courageous, and act; do not fear nor be dismayed, for the Lord God, my God, is with you. He will not fail you nor forsake you until all the work for the service of the house of the Lord is finished.

“But if you turn away and forsake My statutes and My commandments which I have set before you, and go and serve other gods and worship them,

and he went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Listen to me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: the Lord is with you when you are with Him. And if you seek Him, He will let you find Him; but if you forsake Him, He will forsake you.

For I was ashamed to request from the king troops and horsemen to protect us from the enemy on the way, because we had said to the king, “The hand of our God is favorably disposed to all those who seek Him, but His power and His anger are against all those who forsake Him.”

“They refused to listen,And did not remember Your wondrous deeds which You had performed among them;So they became stubborn and appointed a leader to return to their slavery in Egypt.But You are a God of forgiveness,Gracious and compassionate,Slow to anger and abounding in lovingkindness;And You did not forsake them.

You, in Your great compassion,Did not forsake them in the wilderness;The pillar of cloud did not leave them by day,To guide them on their way,Nor the pillar of fire by night, to light for them the way in which they were to go.

“Nevertheless, in Your great compassion You did not make an end of them or forsake them,For You are a gracious and compassionate God.

“For the despairing man there should be kindness from his friend;So that he does not forsake the fear of the Almighty.

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

Cease from anger and forsake wrath;Do not fret; it leads only to evildoing.

For the Lord loves justiceAnd does not forsake His godly ones;They are preserved forever,But the descendants of the wicked will be cut off.

Do not forsake me, O Lord;O my God, do not be far from me!

Do not cast me off in the time of old age;Do not forsake me when my strength fails.

And even when I am old and gray, O God, do not forsake me,Until I declare Your strength to this generation,Your power to all who are to come.

“If his sons forsake My lawAnd do not walk in My judgments,

For the Lord will not abandon His people,Nor will He forsake His inheritance.

I shall keep Your statutes;Do not forsake me utterly!

Burning indignation has seized me because of the wicked,Who forsake Your law.

They almost destroyed me on earth,But as for me, I did not forsake Your precepts.

The Lord will accomplish what concerns me;Your lovingkindness, O Lord, is everlasting;Do not forsake the works of Your hands.

Hear, my son, your father’s instructionAnd do not forsake your mother’s teaching;

“Do not forsake her, and she will guard you;Love her, and she will watch over you.

My son, observe the commandment of your fatherAnd do not forsake the teaching of your mother;

“Forsake your folly and live,And proceed in the way of understanding.”

Do not forsake your own friend or your father’s friend,And do not go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity;Better is a neighbor who is near than a brother far away.

Those who forsake the law praise the wicked,But those who keep the law strive with them.

But transgressors and sinners will be crushed together,And those who forsake the Lord will come to an end.

“The afflicted and needy are seeking water, but there is none,And their tongue is parched with thirst;I, the Lord, will answer them Myself,As the God of Israel I will not forsake them.

Let the wicked forsake his wayAnd the unrighteous man his thoughts;And let him return to the Lord,And He will have compassion on him,And to our God,For He will abundantly pardon.

“But you who forsake the Lord,Who forget My holy mountain,Who set a table for Fortune,And who fill cups with mixed wine for Destiny,

“Your own wickedness will correct you,And your apostasies will reprove you;Know therefore and see that it is evil and bitterFor you to forsake the Lord your God,And the dread of Me is not in you,” declares the Lord God of hosts.

“Why are You like a man dismayed,Like a mighty man who cannot save?Yet You are in our midst, O Lord,And we are called by Your name;Do not forsake us!”

“As a partridge that hatches eggs which it has not laid,So is he who makes a fortune, but unjustly;In the midst of his days it will forsake him,And in the end he will be a fool.”

O Lord, the hope of Israel,All who forsake You will be put to shame.Those who turn away on earth will be written down,Because they have forsaken the fountain of living water, even the Lord.

‘Does the snow of Lebanon forsake the rock of the open country?Or is the cold flowing water from a foreign land ever snatched away?

We applied healing to Babylon, but she was not healed;Forsake her and let us each go to his own country,For her judgment has reached to heavenAnd towers up to the very skies.

Why do You forget us forever?Why do You forsake us so long?

But they rebelled against Me and were not willing to listen to Me; they did not cast away the detestable things of their eyes, nor did they forsake the idols of Egypt.Then I resolved to pour out My wrath on them, to accomplish My anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt.

She did not forsake her harlotries from the time in Egypt; for in her youth men had lain with her, and they handled her virgin bosom and poured out their lust on her.

For ships of Kittim will come against him; therefore he will be disheartened and will return and become enraged at the holy covenant and take action; so he will come back and show regard for those who forsake the holy covenant.

“Those who regard vain idolsForsake their faithfulness,

and they have been told about you, that you are teaching all the Jews who are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children nor to walk according to the customs.

Make sure that your character is free from the love of money, being content with what you have; for He Himself has said, “I will never desert you, nor will I ever forsake you,”