'Stray' in the Bible

“If you come across your enemy’s stray ox or donkey, you must return it to him.

But if you turn your heart away, and do not obey, but instead if you stray away to worship and serve other gods,

But they did not listen; Manasseh caused them to stray so that they did greater evil than the nations the Lord had destroyed before the Israelites.

So Manasseh caused Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to stray so that they did worse evil than the nations the Lord had destroyed before the Israelites.

With all my heart I seek you. Do not allow me to stray from your commands!

You reprimand arrogant people. Those who stray from your commands are doomed.

Before I was afflicted I used to stray off, but now I keep your instructions.

The wicked have laid a snare for me,Yet I do not wander from Your precepts.

You reject all who stray from Your statutes,for their deceit is a lie.

Don’t let your heart turn aside to her ways;don’t stray onto her paths.

If you stop listening to correction, my son,you will stray from the words of knowledge.

Train the child {concerning his way}; even when he is old, he will not stray from it.

Those who stray morally will gain understanding; those who complain will acquire insight.

Turn aside from the way, stray off the path. Remove from our presence the Holy One of Israel."

A thoroughfare will be there -- it will be called the Way of Holiness. The unclean will not travel on it; it is reserved for those authorized to use it -- fools will not stray into it.

Why, Yahweh, do You make us stray from Your ways?You harden our hearts so we do not fear You.Return, because of Your servants,the tribes of Your heritage.

“If you will return, O Israel,” says the Lord,“If you will return to Me,And if you will put away your detestable things and remove your man-made gods from My sight,And not stray or waver,

Israel is a stray lamb, chased by lions.The first who devoured him was the king of Assyria;the last one who crushed his boneswas Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.

because they've truly caused my people to stray saying, "Peace," but there's no peace.'"

in order that the house of Israel may no longer stray from following Me and no longer defile themselves with all their transgressions. Then they will be My people and I will be their God.” This is the declaration of the Lord God.

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?

But avoid profane chatter, because those occupied with it will stray further and further into ungodliness,