31 occurrences

'Abandoned' in the Bible

But whoever did not {give regard to} the word of Yahweh abandoned his servants and his livestock in the field.

Verse ConceptsPeople Abandoning People

And they will say, '[It is] because they abandoned the covenant of Yahweh, the God of their ancestors, which he {made} with them {when he brought them out} from the land of Egypt.

Verse ConceptsAbandonmentForsaking GodBreaking The CovenantGod Bringing Israel Out Of Egypt

And Jeshurun grew fat, and he kicked; you grew fat, you bloated, and you became obstinate; and he abandoned God, his maker, and he scoffed [at] the rock of his salvation.

Verse ConceptsFatnessAbandonmentGod, The RockPerils Of LuxuryRiches, Dangers OfIngratitude To GodRiches, Can Lead ToSalvation, Illustrations OfInfidelity To GodFat PeopleKicking

They abandoned Yahweh the God of their ancestors, who brought them out from the land of Egypt. They {followed} other gods from the gods of the people who [were] around them; and they bowed down to them, and they provoked the anger of Yahweh.

Verse ConceptsAbandonmentRenunciationBowing To False GodsDifferent GodsGod Bringing Israel Out Of Egypt

They abandoned Yahweh, and they served Baal and the Ashtaroth.

Verse ConceptsServing Asherah

And again, the {Israelites} did evil in the eyes of Yahweh. They served the Baals, the Ashtaroth, the gods of Aram, Sidon, Moab, and the gods of the {Ammonites} and Philistines; they abandoned Yahweh and did not serve him.

Verse ConceptsFalse GodsBaal Worship, HistoryPolytheismServing AsherahGod's People Sinning

Then the {Israelites} cried out to Yahweh, saying, "We have sinned against you; we have abandoned our God and served the Baals."

Verse ConceptsConviction, Not Leading To RepentanceSin, Nature OfWe Have Sinned

Yet you have abandoned me and served other gods. Therefore I will no longer deliver you.

Verse ConceptsForsaking GodBeing ForsakenUnfaithfulness, To GodDifferent GodsCompetition

Then David said to him, "{To whom do you belong}, and from where [are] you? The young man said, "I am an Egyptian young man, a servant of an Amalekite man, but my master abandoned me because I became ill three days ago.

Verse ConceptsAbandonmentEmployers, Bad ExamplesSick IndividualsWhere From?

And when the men of Israel who [were] on the other side of the valley and [those] who were beyond the Jordan saw that the men of Israel had fled and that Saul and his sons were dead, they abandoned the towns and fled. Thus [the] Philistines came and lived in them.

Verse ConceptsCities In IsraelIsrael FleeingBeyond Jordan

They abandoned all the commands of Yahweh their God and made for themselves two molten calf-shaped idols; they made a pole of Asherah worship and bowed down to the army of the heavens and served Baal.

Verse ConceptsPagan GodsAstrologyBowingCalvesHost Of HeavenSculptureStarsGolden CalvesForsaking God's ThingsTwo AnimalsServing Asherah

He abandoned Yahweh the God of his ancestors and did not walk in the way of Yahweh.

Verse ConceptsFeetGod's Ways

because they have abandoned me and they have burned incense to other gods, provoking me to anger with all of the works of their hands. My wrath shall be kindled against this place and not be quenched.'"

Verse ConceptsProvoking GodRenunciationQuenchingIncense Offered AmissDifferent Gods

And when all the men of Israel who [were] in the valley saw that they had fled and that Saul and his sons were dead, they abandoned their cities and fled. Then the Philistines came and dwelled in them.

Verse ConceptsArmies, Against IsraelIsrael Fleeing

And they abandoned their gods there. And David commanded, and they were burnt with fire.

Verse ConceptsBurning Idolatrous ThingsAbandoning Things

Then Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam and the princes of Judah who had gathered at Jerusalem from before Shishak. And he said to them, "Thus says Yahweh: 'You yourselves have abandoned me, and I myself have surely abandoned you into the hand of Shishak.'"

because they have abandoned me and burned incense to other gods so as to provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands. And my wrath will be poured out on this place and it will not be quenched.'

But when they had rest they returned to doing evil before you, and you abandoned them in the hand of their enemies, and they ruled over them. Then they returned and cried out to you, and from the heavens you heard and many times rescued them according to your compassions.

Verse ConceptsGod, Compassion OfAbandonmentRebellion, Of IsraelDoing RepeatedlyGod Paid Attention To Them

saying, "His God has abandoned him. Pursue and seize him, because there is no deliverer."

Verse ConceptsAbandonmentPursuing PeopleGod Abandoning IndividualsNo One Can Save

So he abandoned the dwelling place at Shiloh, [the] tent he had placed among humankind.

Verse ConceptsPriesthood, In OtThe House Of God At Shiloh

For before the boy knows to reject the evil and to choose the good, {the land whose two kings you dread will be abandoned.}

Verse ConceptsLand Becoming EmptyRejectionParents Being Wrongmanhood

I have forsaken my house, I have abandoned my inheritance. I have given the beloved one of my {heart} into the hand of her enemies.

Verse ConceptsAbandonmentGod Will Cause Defeat

Then they will answer, 'Because they abandoned the covenant of Yahweh their God, and bowed down in worship to other gods, and served them.'"

Verse ConceptsAbandonmentForsaking GodBowing To False GodsDifferent GodsBreaking The Covenant

How [the] city of praise has not been abandoned! The city of my joy!

Verse ConceptsEmpty Cities

And he said to me, "Have you seen, son of man, what the elders of the house of Israel [are] doing in the dark, each in the inner rooms of his idol, for [they are] saying, 'Yahweh [is] not seeing us; Yahweh has abandoned the land.'"

Verse ConceptsFalse ConfidenceShrinesSecret SinsConcealment, Of SinGod Not SeeingActing In SecretLooking And SeeingScofferselders

And he said to me, "The guilt of the house of Israel and Judah [is] {exceedingly} great, and the land is filled with bloodguilt, and the city is full of injustice. For they say Yahweh abandoned the land, and {Yahweh does not see}.

Verse ConceptsSuffering, Causes OfPerversionGod, All knowingGod Not SeeingKilling Many PeopleGod's People SinningScoffers

And strangers cut it off, [the most] ruthless of nations, and they abandoned it. On the mountains and in all [of the] valleys its branches fell, and its branches were broken in all the river channels of the land, and all the peoples of the world went out from its shadow, and they abandoned it.

Verse ConceptsForeignersFelling TreesAbandoning ThingsSuffering From ForeignersThings Falling

Therefore, mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord Yahweh; thus says the Lord Yahweh to the mountains and to the hills, to the river channels and to the valleys and to the ruins that [are] desolate and to the cities that [are] abandoned [and] that have become as plunder and as scorn for the remainder of the nations that [are] from all around.

Verse ConceptsArchaeologyCities Under AttackAbandoning ThingsThe Mountains Of Israel

For Gaza will be abandoned, and Ashkelon as a desolation. [As for] Ashdod, at noon they will drive her away, and Ekron shall be uprooted.

Verse ConceptsNoonArchaeologyEmpty CitiesPlucking Outcrusades

Bible Theasaurus

Abandon (107 instances)
Abandoned (165 instances)
Desert (358 instances)
Deserted (85 instances)
Desolate (212 instances)
Estranged (14 instances)
Forsake (97 instances)
Vacate (1 instance)