'Renounce' in the Bible
But put forth thy hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will renounce thee to thy face.
But put forth thy hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will renounce thee to thy face.
Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still hold fast thine integrity? renounce God, and die.
Though I am blameless,I no longer care about myself;I renounce my life.
Why has the wicked spurned and shown disrespect to God?He has said to himself, “You will not require me to account.”
When pride comes [boiling up with an arrogant attitude of self-importance], then come dishonor and shame,But with the humble [the teachable who have been chiseled by trial and who have learned to walk humbly with God] there is wisdom and soundness of mind.
Then Jesus said to His disciples, "If any one desires to follow me, let him renounce self and take up his cross, and so be my follower.
In the same way therefore not one of you can be my disciple if he does not renounce all his own possessions.
but did renounce for ourselves the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor deceitfully using the word of God, but by the manifestation of the truth recommending ourselves unto every conscience of men, before God;
Yet God's solid foundation stands unmoved, bearing this inscription, "The Lord knows those who really belong to Him." And this also, "Let every one who names the Name of the Lord renounce all wickedness."
They profess to know God [to recognize and be acquainted with Him], but by their actions they deny and disown Him. They are detestable and disobedient and worthless for good work of any kind.
It trains us to renounce ungodly living and worldly passions so that we might live sensible, honest, and godly lives in the present age
They were stoned [to death], they were sawn in two, they were lured with tempting offers [to renounce their faith], they were put to death by the sword; they went about wrapped in the skins of sheep and goats, utterly destitute, oppressed, cruelly treated