'Left' in the Bible

Then the city was broken into, and all the warriors fled. They left the city by night by way of the gate between the two walls near the king’s garden, though the Chaldeans surrounded the city. They made their way along the route to the Arabah.

Nebuzaradan, the commander of the guards, deported some of the poorest of the people, as well as the rest of the people who were left in the city, the deserters who had defected to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the craftsmen.

But some of the poorest people of the land Nebuzaradan, the commander of the guards, left to be vinedressers and farmers.

He forced me off my way and tore me to pieces;He left me desolate.

The elders have left the city gate,the young men, their music.

Joy has left our hearts;our dancing has turned to mourning.

The form of each of their faces was that of a man, and each of the four had the face of a lion on the right, the face of an ox on the left, and the face of an eagle.

So the Spirit lifted me up and took me away. I left in bitterness and in an angry spirit, and the Lord’s hand was on me powerfully.

“Then lie down on your left side and place the iniquity of the house of Israel on it. You will bear their iniquity for the number of days you lie on your side.

While they were killing, I was left alone. And I fell facedown and cried out, “Oh, Lord God! Are You going to destroy the entire remnant of Israel when You pour out Your wrath on Jerusalem?”

The Spirit lifted me up and brought me to Chaldea and to the exiles in a vision from the Spirit of God. After the vision I had seen left me,

Even so, there will be survivors left in it, sons and daughters who will be brought out. Indeed, they will come out to you, and you will observe their conduct and actions. Then you will be consoled about the devastation I have brought on Jerusalem, about all I have brought on it.

Slash to the right;turn to the left—wherever your blade is directed.

‘Say to the house of Israel: This is what the Lord God says: I am about to desecrate My sanctuary, the pride of your power, the delight of your eyes, and the desire of your heart. Also, the sons and daughters you left behind will fall by the sword.

Foreigners, ruthless men from the nations, cut it down and left it lying. Its limbs fell on the mountains and in every valley; its boughs lay broken in all the earth’s ravines. All the peoples of the earth left its shade and abandoned it.

Then I will knock your bow from your left hand and make your arrows drop from your right hand.

Yet its swamps and marshes will not be healed; they will be left for salt.

“In the days of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, and this kingdom will not be left to another people. It will crush all these kingdoms and bring them to an end, but will itself endure forever.

“While I was watching in the night visions, a fourth beast appeared, frightening and dreadful, and incredibly strong, with large iron teeth. It devoured and crushed, and it trampled with its feet whatever was left. It was different from all the beasts before it, and it had 10 horns.

“Then I wanted to know the true meaning of the fourth beast, the one different from all the others, extremely terrifying, with iron teeth and bronze claws, devouring, crushing, and trampling with its feet whatever was left.

I was left alone, looking at this great vision. No strength was left in me; my face grew deathly pale, and I was powerless.

But the prince of the kingdom of Persia opposed me for 21 days. Then Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me after I had been left there with the kings of Persia.

What the devouring locust has left,the swarming locust has eaten;what the swarming locust has left,the young locust has eaten;and what the young locust has left,the destroying locust has eaten.

For the Lord God says:The city that marches out a thousand strongwill have only a hundred left,and the one that marches out a hundred strongwill have only ten left in the house of Israel.

And if there are 10 men left in one house, they will die.

Jonah left the city and sat down east of it. He made himself a shelter there and sat in its shade to see what would happen to the city.

Should I not care about the great city of Nineveh, which has more than 120,000 people who cannot distinguish between their right and their left, as well as many animals?”

Woe, inhabitants of the seacoast,nation of the Cherethites!The word of the Lord is against you,Canaan, land of the Philistines:I will destroy you until there is no one left.

Who is left among you who saw this house in its former glory? How does it look to you now? Doesn’t it seem like nothing to you?

Is there still seed left in the granary? The vine, the fig, the pomegranate, and the olive tree have not yet produced. But from this day on I will bless you.”

There are also two olive trees beside it, one on the right of the bowl and the other on its left.”

I asked him, “What are the two olive trees on the right and left of the lampstand?”

“I scattered them with a windstorm over all the nations that had not known them, and the land was left desolate behind them, with no one coming or going. They turned a pleasant land into a desolation.”

On that day I will make the leaders of Judah like a firepot in a woodpile, like a flaming torch among sheaves; they will consume all the peoples around them on the right and the left, while Jerusalem continues to be inhabited on its site, in Jerusalem.

In the whole land—this is the Lord’s declaration—two-thirds will be cut off and die,but a third will be left in it.

Then the Devil left Him, and immediately angels came and began to serve Him.

He left Nazareth behind and went to live in Capernaum by the sea, in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali.

Immediately they left their nets and followed Him.

Immediately they left the boat and their father and followed Him.

But when you give to the poor, don’t let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,

So He touched her hand, and the fever left her. Then she got up and began to serve Him.

But while people were sleeping, his enemy came, sowed weeds among the wheat, and left.

When Jesus had finished these parables, He left there.

When Jesus left there, He withdrew to the area of Tyre and Sidon.

An evil and adulterous generation demands a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah.” Then He left them and went away.

Then Peter responded to Him, “Look, we have left everything and followed You. So what will there be for us?”

And everyone who has left houses, brothers or sisters, father or mother, children, or fields because of My name will receive 100 times more and will inherit eternal life.

“What do you want?” He asked her.“Promise,” she said to Him, “that these two sons of mine may sit, one on Your right and the other on Your left, in Your kingdom.”

He told them, “You will indeed drink My cup. But to sit at My right and left is not Mine to give; instead, it belongs to those for whom it has been prepared by My Father.”

Then He left them, went out of the city to Bethany, and spent the night there.

When they heard this, they were amazed. So they left Him and went away.

Now there were seven brothers among us. The first got married and died. Having no offspring, he left his wife to his brother.

See, your house is left to you desolate.

As Jesus left and was going out of the temple complex, His disciples came up and called His attention to the temple buildings.

Then He replied to them, “Don’t you see all these things? I assure you: Not one stone will be left here on another that will not be thrown down!”

Then two men will be in the field: one will be taken and one left.

Two women will be grinding at the mill: one will be taken and one left.

He will put the sheep on His right and the goats on the left.

Then He will also say to those on the left, ‘Depart from Me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the Devil and his angels!

Then two criminals were crucified with Him, one on the right and one on the left.

and placed it in his new tomb, which he had cut into the rock. He left after rolling a great stone against the entrance of the tomb.

Immediately they left their nets and followed Him.

Immediately He called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men and followed Him.

As soon as they left the synagogue, they went into Simon and Andrew’s house with James and John.

So He went to her, took her by the hand, and raised her up. The fever left her, and she began to serve them.

Immediately the disease left him, and he was healed.

So they left the crowd and took Him along since He was already in the boat. And other boats were with Him.

Then He left them, got on board the boat again, and went to the other side.

Then they left that place and made their way through Galilee, but He did not want anyone to know it.

Peter began to tell Him, “Look, we have left everything and followed You.”

“I assure you,” Jesus said, “there is no one who has left house, brothers or sisters, mother or father, children, or fields because of Me and the gospel,

They answered Him, “Allow us to sit at Your right and at Your left in Your glory.”

But to sit at My right or left is not Mine to give; instead, it is for those it has been prepared for.”

Because they knew He had said this parable against them, they were looking for a way to arrest Him, but they were afraid of the crowd. So they left Him and went away.

There were seven brothers. The first took a wife, and dying, left no offspring.

So the seven left no offspring. Last of all, the woman died too.

Jesus said to him, “Do you see these great buildings? Not one stone will be left here on another that will not be thrown down!”

It is like a man on a journey, who left his house, gave authority to his slaves, gave each one his work, and commanded the doorkeeper to be alert.

but he left the linen cloth behind and ran away naked.

They crucified two criminals with Him, one on His right and one on His left.

“I am the Lord’s slave,” said Mary. “May it be done to me according to your word.” Then the angel left her.

When the angels had left them and returned to heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let’s go straight to Bethlehem and see what has happened, which the Lord has made known to us.”

After He left the synagogue, He entered Simon’s house. Simon’s mother-in-law was suffering from a high fever, and they asked Him about her.

So He stood over her and rebuked the fever, and it left her. She got up immediately and began to serve them.

He saw two boats at the edge of the lake; the fishermen had left them and were washing their nets.

Then they brought the boats to land, left everything, and followed Him.

Reaching out His hand, He touched him, saying, “I am willing; be made clean,” and immediately the disease left him.

After John’s messengers left, He began to speak to the crowds about John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed swaying in the wind?

But Martha was distracted by her many tasks, and she came up and asked, “Lord, don’t You care that my sister has left me to serve alone? So tell her to give me a hand.”

When He left there, the scribes and the Pharisees began to oppose Him fiercely and to cross-examine Him about many things;

But a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, was left at his gate.

But on the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained from heaven and destroyed them all.

I tell you, on that night two will be in one bed: One will be taken and the other will be left.

Two women will be grinding grain together: One will be taken and the other left.

[Two will be in a field: One will be taken, and the other will be left.]”

Then Peter said, “Look, we have left what we had and followed You.”

So He said to them, “I assure you: There is no one who has left a house, wife or brothers, parents or children because of the kingdom of God,

So those who were sent left and found it just as He had told them.

and the third took her. In the same way, all seven died and left no children.

“These things that you see—the days will come when not one stone will be left on another that will not be thrown down!”