26 Bible Verses about Abandoning Things

a time to seek, and a time to lose, a time to keep, and a time to cast away,

Now therefore fear LORD, and serve him in sincerity and in truth. And put away the gods which your fathers served beyond the River, and in Egypt, and serve ye LORD.

Now therefore, [he said], put away the foreign gods which are among you, and incline your heart to LORD, the God of Israel.

And they put away the foreign gods from among them, and served LORD. And his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.

And she caught him by his garment, saying, Lay with me. And he left his garment in her hand, and fled, and got out.

And it came to pass, when she saw that he had left his garment in her hand, and was fled forth,

And it came to pass, when he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment by me, and fled, and got out.

And it came to pass, as I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment by me, and fled out.

And he, having thrown off his garment, having risen, came to Jesus.

And they went after them to the Jordan. And, lo, all the way was full of garments and vessels, which the Syrians had cast away in their haste. And the messengers returned, and told the king.

And since we were exceedingly storm-tossed, on the next day they jettisoned.

And the third day we cast out by hands the tackling of the ship.

And after being filled of food, they unloaded the ship, throwing out the wheat into the sea.

And strangers, the terrible of the nations, have cut him off, and have left him. Upon the mountains and in all the valleys his branches are fallen, and his boughs are broken by all the watercourses of the land. And all the peoples

therefore, ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of lord LORD. Thus says lord LORD to the mountains and to the hills, to the watercourses and to the valleys, to the desolate wastes and to the cities that are forsaken, which have be

leave there thy gift before the altar, and go. First be reconciled to thy brother, and then, after coming, bring thy gift.

but having left behind the linen cloth, he fled from them naked.

What does it seem to you? If it happens a hundred sheep are with some man, and one of them went astray, after going (having left the ninety-nine on the mountains), does he not seek the one going astray?

What man of you, having a hundred sheep, and having lost one of them, does not leave behind the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go for that which was lost until he finds it?

And having cast off the anchors, they left them in the sea, at the same time unfastening the bands of the rudders. And having hoisted up the foresail to the wind, they held firm for the shore.

And they left their images there, and David and his men took them away.

And they left their gods there. And David gave commandment, and they were burned with fire.

The woman therefore left her water pot, and departed into the city, and says to the men,

For he shall see it. Wise men die. The fool and the brutish alike perish, and leave their wealth to others.

And thou, even of thyself, shall discontinue from thy heritage that I gave thee, and I will cause thee to serve thine enemies in the land which thou know not. For ye have kindled a fire in my anger which shall burn forever.

Shall the snow of Lebanon fail from the rock of the field? [Or] shall the cold waters that flow down from afar be dried up?