'Forsakes' in the Bible

because I was ashamed to ask the king for a contingent of soldiers and cavalry to protect us from enemies we might encounter on the way. After all, we had told the king, "The hand of our God seeks the good of all who seek him, but his power and anger are against everyone who forsakes him."

Whoever hides his transgressions will not succeed, but whoever confesses and forsakes them will find mercy.

When a righteous man forsakes his own righteousness and commits evil acts, he will die because of those acts,