'Leave' in the Bible

Leave the construction of the house of God alone. Let the governor and elders of the Jews rebuild this house of God on its original site.

So do not give your daughters to their sons in marriage or take their daughters for your sons. Never seek their peace or prosperity, so that you will be strong, eat the good things of the land, and leave it as an inheritance to your sons forever.”

So I sent messengers to them, saying, “I am doing a great work and cannot come down. Why should the work cease while I leave it and go down to you?”

When the surrounding peoples bring merchandise or any kind of grain to sell on the Sabbath day, we will not buy from them on the Sabbath or a holy day. We will also leave the land uncultivated in the seventh year and will cancel every debt.

While all this was happening, I was not in Jerusalem, because I had returned to King Artaxerxes of Babylon in the thirty-second year of his reign. It was only later that I asked the king for a leave of absence

The king told Haman, “Hurry, and do just as you proposed. Take a garment and a horse for Mordecai the Jew, who is sitting at the King’s Gate. Do not leave out anything you have suggested.”

saying:Naked I came from my mother’s womb,and naked I will leave this life.The Lord gives, and the Lord takes away.Praise the name of Yahweh.

I give up! I will not live forever.Leave me alone, for my days are a breath.

Will You ever look away from me,or leave me alone long enough to swallow?

Are my days not few? Stop it!Leave me alone, so that I can smile a little

as you turn your anger against Godand allow such words to leave your mouth?

Yet they say to God: “Leave us alone!We don’t want to know Your ways.

They were the ones who said to God, “Leave us alone!”and “What can the Almighty do to us?”

Foolish men, without even a name.They were forced to leave the land.

Their offspring are healthy and grow up in the open field.They leave and do not return.

Can you depend on it because its strength is great?Would you leave it to do your hard work?

may an enemy pursue and overtake me;may he trample me to the groundand leave my honor in the dust.Selah

With Your hand, Lord, save me from men,from men of the worldwhose portion is in this life:You fill their bellies with what You have in store;their sons are satisfied,and they leave their surplus to their children.

Do not hide Your face from me;do not turn Your servant away in anger.You have been my helper;do not leave me or abandon me,God of my salvation.

the Lord will not leave himin the power of the wicked oneor allow him to be condemned when he is judged.

For one can see that wise men die;foolish and stupid men also pass away.Then they leave their wealth to others.

destruction is inside it;oppression and deceit never leave its marketplace.

ע AyinI have done what is just and right;do not leave me to my oppressors.

Never let loyalty and faithfulness leave you.Tie them around your neck;write them on the tablet of your heart.

Leave inexperience behind, and you will live;pursue the way of understanding.

I hated all my work that I labored at under the sun because I must leave it to the man who comes after me.

Do not be in a hurry; leave his presence, and don’t persist in a bad cause, since he will do whatever he wants.

If the ruler’s anger rises against you, don’t leave your place,for calmness puts great offenses to rest.

What will you do on the day of punishmentwhen devastation comes from far away?Who will you run to for help?Where will you leave your wealth?

Get out of the way!Leave the pathway.Rid us of the Holy One of Israel.”

Leave Babylon,flee from the Chaldeans!Declare with a shout of joy,proclaim this,let it go out to the end of the earth;announce,“The Lord has redeemed His servant Jacob!”

Your builders hurry;those who destroy and devastate you will leave you.

Leave, leave, go out from there!Do not touch anything unclean;go out from her, purify yourselves,you who carry the vessels of the Lord.

For you will not leave in a hurry,and you will not have to take flight;because the Lord is going before you,and the God of Israel is your rear guard.

You will leave your name behindas a curse for My chosen ones,and the Lord God will kill you;but He will give His servants another name.

“As they leave, they will see the dead bodies of the men who have rebelled against Me; for their worm will never die, their fire will never go out, and they will be a horror to all mankind.”

Why are You like a helpless man,like a warrior unable to save?Yet You are among us, Yahweh,and we are called by Your name.Don’t leave us!

This is what the Lord said to me, “Go and stand at the People’s Gate, through which the kings of Judah enter and leave, as well as at all the gates of Jerusalem.

Does the snow of Lebanon ever leave the highland crags?Or does cold water flowing from a distance ever fail?

But as for the nation that will put its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon and serve him, I will leave it in its own land, and that nation will cultivate it and reside in it.” This is the Lord’s declaration.

For I will be with you—this is the Lord’s declaration—to save you!I will bring destruction on all the nationswhere I have scattered you;however, I will not bring destruction on you.I will discipline you justly,and I will by no means leave you unpunished.

This is what the Lord says: Don’t deceive yourselves by saying, ‘The Chaldeans will leave us for good,’ for they will not leave.

Jeremiah started to leave Jerusalem to go to the land of Benjamin to claim his portion there among the people.

I will kindle a fire in the temples of Egypt’s gods, and he will burn them and take them prisoner. He will clean the land of Egypt as a shepherd picks lice off his garment, and he will leave there unscathed.

And you, My servant Jacob, do not be afraid—this is the Lord’s declaration—for I will be with you.I will bring destruction on all the nationswhere I have banished you,but I will not bring destruction on you.I will discipline you with justice,and I will by no means leave you unpunished.

If grape harvesters came to you,wouldn’t they leave some gleanings?Were thieves to come in the night,they would destroy only what they wanted.

In those days and at that time—this is the Lord’s declaration—one will search for Israel’s guilt,but there will be none,and for Judah’s sins,but they will not be found,for I will forgive those I leave as a remnant.

Come against her from the most distant places.Open her granaries;pile her up like mounds of grainand completely destroy her.Leave her no survivors.

Leave Babylon;save your lives, each of you!Don’t perish because of her guilt.For this is the time of the Lord’s vengeance—He will pay her what she deserves.

I will send famine and dangerous animals against you. They will leave you childless, Jerusalem. Plague and bloodshed will sweep through you, and I will bring a sword against you. I, Yahweh, have spoken.”

“Yet I will leave a remnant when you are scattered among the nations, for throughout the countries there will be some of you who will escape the sword.

I will hand you over to them, and they will level your mounds and tear down your elevated places. They will strip off your clothes, take your beautiful jewelry, and leave you stark naked.

They will treat you with hatred, take all you have worked for, and leave you stark naked, so that the shame of your debauchery will be exposed, both your indecency and promiscuity.

I will leave you in the desert,you and all the fish of your streams.You will fall on the open groundand will not be taken awayor gathered for burial.I have given youto the beasts of the earthand the birds of the sky as food.

When they came to the nations where they went, they profaned My holy name, because it was said about them, ‘These are the people of Yahweh, yet they had to leave His land in exile.’

They will know that I am Yahweh their God when I regather them to their own land after having exiled them among the nations. I will leave none of them behind.

Before they go out to the outer court, to the people, they must take off the clothes they have been ministering in, leave them in the holy chambers, and dress in other clothes so that they do not transmit holiness to the people through their clothes.

When the people enter, the prince will enter with them, and when they leave, he will leave.

But leave the stump with its roots in the ground,and with a band of iron and bronze around it,in the tender grass of the field.Let him be drenched with dew from the skyand share the plants of the earthwith the animals.

“The king saw an observer, a holy one, coming down from heaven and saying, ‘Cut down the tree and destroy it, but leave the stump with its roots in the ground and with a band of iron and bronze around it, in the tender grass of the field. Let him be drenched with dew from the sky, and share food with the wild animals for seven periods of time.’

As for the command to leave the tree’s stump with its roots, your kingdom will be restored to you as soon as you acknowledge that Heaven rules.

He said, “Do you know why I’ve come to you? I must return at once to fight against the prince of Persia, and when I leave, the prince of Greece will come.

Ephraim is attached to idols;leave him alone!

Ephraim has provoked bitter anger,so his Lord will leave his bloodguilt on himand repay him for his contempt. >

Who knows? He may turn and relentand leave a blessing behind Him,so you can offer grain and wineto the Lord your God.

Gather the people;sanctify the congregation;assemble the aged;gather the children,even those nursing at the breast.Let the groom leave his bedroom,and the bride her honeymoon chamber.

If thieves came to you,if marauders by night—how ravaged you would be!—wouldn’t they steal only what they wanted?If grape pickers came to you,wouldn’t they leave some grapes?

Get up and leave,for this is not your place of rest,because defilement brings destruction—a grievous destruction!

One who breaks open the waywill advance before them;they will break out, pass through the gate,and leave by it.Their King will pass through before them,the Lord as their leader.

Writhe and cry out, Daughter Zion,like a woman in labor,for now you will leave the cityand camp in the open fields.You will go to Babylon;there you will be rescued;there the Lord will redeem youfrom the power of your enemies!

The Lord is slow to anger but great in power;the Lord will never leave the guilty unpunished.His path is in the whirlwind and storm,and clouds are the dust beneath His feet.

The princes within her are roaring lions;her judges are wolves of the night,which leave nothing for the morning.

I will leavea meek and humble people among you,and they will take refuge in the name of Yahweh.

“Get up! Leave the land of the north”—this is the Lord’s declaration—“for I have scattered you like the four winds of heaven”—this is the Lord’s declaration.

leave your gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled with your brother, and then come and offer your gift.

At that, the whole town went out to meet Jesus. When they saw Him, they begged Him to leave their region.

“Leave,” He said, “because the girl isn’t dead, but sleeping.” And they started laughing at Him.

“When you enter any town or village, find out who is worthy, and stay there until you leave.

If anyone will not welcome you or listen to your words, shake the dust off your feet when you leave that house or town.

Leave them alone! They are blind guides. And if the blind guide the blind, both will fall into a pit.”

What do you think? If a man has 100 sheep, and one of them goes astray, won’t he leave the 99 on the hillside and go and search for the stray?

and He also said:“For this reason a man will leavehis father and motherand be joined to his wife,and the two will become one flesh?

Then Jesus said, “Leave the children alone, and don’t try to keep them from coming to Me, because the kingdom of heaven is made up of people like this.”

Then Jesus told them, “Do not be afraid. Go and tell My brothers to leave for Galilee, and they will see Me there.”

Then they began to beg Him to leave their region.

Then He said to them, “Whenever you enter a house, stay there until you leave that place.

If any place does not welcome you and people refuse to listen to you, when you leave there, shake the dust off your feet as a testimony against them.”

For this reason a man will leavehis father and mother[and be joined to his wife],

Then Jesus said, “Leave her alone. Why are you bothering her? She has done a noble thing for Me.

and was a widow for 84 years. She did not leave the temple complex, serving God night and day with fasting and prayers.

“Leave us alone! What do You have to do with us, Jesus—Nazarene? Have You come to destroy us? I know who You are—the Holy One of God!”

Then all the people of the Gerasene region asked Him to leave them, because they were gripped by great fear. So getting into the boat, He returned.

Whatever house you enter, stay there and leave from there.

If they do not welcome you, when you leave that town, shake off the dust from your feet as a testimony against them.”

“But he replied to him, ‘Sir, leave it this year also, until I dig around it and fertilize it.

“What man among you, who has 100 sheep and loses one of them, does not leave the 99 in the open field and go after the lost one until he finds it?

They will crush you and your children within you to the ground, and they will not leave one stone on another in you, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation.”

Then those in Judea must flee to the mountains! Those inside the city must leave it, and those who are in the country must not enter it,

The next day He decided to leave for Galilee. Jesus found Philip and told him, “Follow Me!”

so His brothers said to Him, “Leave here and go to Judea so Your disciples can see Your works that You are doing.