37 Bible Verses about People Abandoning People

For this cause will a man go away from his father and his mother and be joined to his wife; and they will be one flesh.

For this cause will a man go away from his father and mother, and be joined to his wife; and the two will become one flesh?

For this cause will a man go away from his father and mother, and be joined to his wife;

For this cause will a man go away from his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.

When my father and my mother are turned away from me, then the Lord will be my support.

Who is false to the husband of her early years, and does not keep the agreement of her God in mind:

If only I had in the waste land a night's resting-place for travellers, so that I might go away, far from my people! for they are all untrue, a band of false men.

Give up the simple ones and have life, and go in the way of knowledge.

The virgin of Israel has been made low, never again to be lifted up: she is stretched out by herself on her land; there is no one to put her on her feet again.

But all this has taken place so that the writings of the prophets might come true. Then all his disciples went from him in flight.

And they all went away from him in fear.

He who is a servant, and not the keeper or the owner of the sheep, sees the wolf coming and goes in flight, away from the sheep; and the wolf comes down on them and sends them in all directions:

A curse on the foolish keeper who goes away from the flock! the sword will be on his arm and on his right eye: his arm will become quite dry and his eye will be made completely dark.

And whoever will not take you in, or give ear to your words, when you go out from that house or that town, put off its dust from your feet.

And whatever place will not take you in and will not give ear to you, when you go away, put off the dust from your feet as a witness against them.

And if any people will not take you in, when you go away from that town, put off its dust from your feet for a witness against them.

Even the dust of your town, which is on our feet, we put off as a witness against you; but be certain of this, that the kingdom of God is near.

But they, shaking off the dust of that place from their feet, came to Iconium.

And shaking out the folds of my robe, I said, So may God send out from his house and his work every man who does not keep this agreement; even so let him be sent out and made as nothing. And all the meeting of the people said, So be it, and gave praise to the Lord. And the people did as they had said.

And when they put themselves against him, and said evil words, he said, shaking his clothing, Your blood be on your heads, I am clean: from now I will go to the Gentiles.

And while they were crying out, and pulling off their clothing, and sending dust into the air,

And the ruler of the land said, In this way I may be certain that you are true men; let one of you be kept here with me, while you go and take grain for the needs of your families;

And we said to my lord, His father will not let him go; for if he went away his father would come to his death.

And all the family of Joseph, and his brothers and his father's people: only their little ones and their flocks and herds they did not take with them from the land of Goshen.

And he who gave no attention to the word of the Lord, kept his servants and his cattle in the field.

You have had news that all those in Asia went away from me; among whom are Phygelus and Hermogenes:

At my first meeting with my judges, no one took my part, but all went away from me. May it not be put to their account.

Then Paul and those who were with him went by ship from Paphos and came to Perga in Pamphylia: and there John went away from them and came back to Jerusalem.

But Paul was of the opinion that it was not right to take with them one who had gone away from them in Pamphylia, and had not gone on with the work.

For Demas has gone away from me, for love of this present life, and has gone to Thessalonica: Crescens has gone to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia.

At last our desire to have news of you was so strong that, while we ourselves were waiting at Athens,

Because he has been cruel to the poor, turning away from them in their trouble; because he has taken a house by force which he did not put up;

And though you were turned away from, and hated, and had no helper, I will make you a pride for ever, a joy from generation to generation.

We would have made Babylon well, but she is not made well: give her up, and let us go everyone to his country: for her punishment is stretching up to heaven, and lifted up even to the skies.

For the Lord has made you come back to him, like a wife who has been sent away in grief of spirit; for one may not give up the wife of one's early days.

My soul is among the dead, like those in the underworld, to whom you give no more thought; for they are cut off from your care.

Then the Evil One went away from him, and angels came and took care of him.