'Away' in the Bible

There once was a man in the land of Uz named Job. The man was blameless as well as upright. He feared God and kept away from evil.

Then the LORD asked Satan, "Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one like him on earth. The man is blameless as well as upright. He fears God and keeps away from evil."

The LORD asked Satan, "Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one like him on earth. The man is blameless as well as upright. He fears God and keeps away from evil. He remains firm in his integrity, even though you have been urging me to overwhelm him without cause."

Let darkness carry that night away; let it not take its place joyfully among the days of the year; let it not be entered into the calendar.

There is no help within me, is there? My resources have been driven away from me, haven't they?

As a cloud fades away and vanishes, the one who descends to the afterlife doesn't return.

Why won't you look away from me? Why don't you leave me alone so I can swallow my saliva?

Why haven't you pardoned my transgression and taken away my iniquity? Now I'm about to lie down in the dust. You will seek me diligently, but I won't be around!"

Indeed, if he snatches someone away, who could restrain him? Who can say to him, "What are you doing?'

If you have any iniquity, throw it far away. Don't let evil live in your residence.

But what the wicked look for will fail; their way of escape will be taken away from them; their only hope is to take their final breath."

He leads counselors away naked; he turns judges into fools.

He strips away the authority of kings to punish and puts them in prison clothes instead.

He leads away the priests naked and overthrows the ruling class.

He makes nations great, and then destroys them; he enlarges nations, but then sends them away to captivity.

Look away from him and leave him alone, so he can enjoy his time, like a hired worker."

"But when a person dies and wastes away, when a person breathes his last, where will he be?

Water wears away stones; floods wash away topsoil from the land but you destroy the hope of human beings just like that!

You overpower him once and for all, and then he departs; you change his appearance and then send him away.

Why have your emotions carried you away? And why do your eyes flash

He is driven away from light to darkness, made to wander the landscape.

He'll vanish like a dream, and no one will find him; he will be chased away like a night vision."

A flood will wash away his house; dragging it away when God becomes angry.

"They say to God, "Turn away from us! We have no desire to know your ways.

May they become like a straw, blown away before the wind; like a chaff that's swept off by a storm.

when he is carried away to the cemetery and guardians are placed to watch his tomb?

You sent away widows empty-handed, and broke the outstretched arms of orphans.

"Isn't God in heaven above? Consider how far away the stars are, and how lofty they are!

who were snatched away before their time; when their foundation was swept away by a river?

They told God, "Get away from us!' and "What will the Almighty do to them?'

I haven't wandered away from the commands that he has spoken; I've treasured what he has said more than my own meals."

They drive away the orphan's donkey; they take the ox of the widow as security for a loan;

"The fatherless are torn from the breast; the poor are taken away as security for a loan.

For where is the hope of the godless when he is eliminated; when God takes away his life?

"Though he hoards silver like dust, and stores away garments like clay,

Terror will overtake him like a flood, at night, a tornado will sweep him away.

He'll be swept up by a storm wind and carried away; he'll be whirled away from his place.

He has commanded mankind: "To fear the Lord that is wisdom; to move away from evil that is understanding.'"

Driven away from human company, they were shouted at as though they were thieves.

If I have stepped away from the way, or if my heart covets whatever my eyes see, or if some other blemish clings to my hands,

since I don't know the first thing about how to flatter; and the one who made me would sweep me away as if I were nothing."

His flesh wastes away; his bones, which once couldn't be seen, are visible.

"They die suddenly, in the middle of the night; people suffer seizures and pass away; even valiant men can be taken away and not by human hands.

"Indeed, he drew you away from the brink of distress to a spacious place without constraints, filling your festive table with bountiful food.