What Does the Bible Say About Running Away?

Galatians 1:10 ESV / 7 helpful votes

For am I now seeking the approval of man, or of God? Or am I trying to please man? If I were still trying to please man, I would not be a servant of Christ.

Revelation 21:8 ESV / 5 helpful votes

But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”

Jonah 1:17 ESV / 5 helpful votes

And the Lord appointed a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.

Proverbs 28:1 ESV / 5 helpful votes

The wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are bold as a lion.

Romans 3:23 ESV / 4 helpful votes

For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

Galatians 3:28 ESV / 3 helpful votes

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

2 Timothy 3:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power. Avoid such people.

1 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Great indeed, we confess, is the mystery of godliness: He was manifested in the flesh, vindicated by the Spirit, seen by angels, proclaimed among the nations, believed on in the world, taken up in glory.

Ephesians 4:29 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.

Ephesians 2:8-9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.

Ephesians 1:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places,

2 Corinthians 11:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For such men are false apostles, deceitful workmen, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ.

2 Corinthians 4:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

1 Corinthians 11:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Does not nature itself teach you that if a man wears long hair it is a disgrace for him,

1 Corinthians 7:39 ESV / 2 helpful votes

A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to be married to whom she wishes, only in the Lord.

1 Corinthians 2:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned.

1 Corinthians 1:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

I appeal to you, brothers, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be united in the same mind and the same judgment.

Romans 6:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Romans 1:26-27 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For this reason God gave them up to dishonorable passions. For their women exchanged natural relations for those that are contrary to nature; and the men likewise gave up natural relations with women and were consumed with passion for one another, men committing shameless acts with men and receiving in themselves the due penalty for their error.

Romans 1:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God,

John 4:24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”

John 1:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.

John 1:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God,

Matthew 25:31-46 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne. Before him will be gathered all the nations, and he will separate people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. And he will place the sheep on his right, but the goats on the left. Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, ...

Matthew 7:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.

Jonah 2:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Those who pay regard to vain idols forsake their hope of steadfast love.

Jonah 1:1-17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and call out against it, for their evil has come up before me.” But Jonah rose to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord. He went down to Joppa and found a ship going to Tarshish. So he paid the fare and went down into it, to go with them to Tarshish, away from the presence of the Lord. But the Lord hurled a great wind upon the sea, and there was a mighty tempest on the sea, so that the ship threatened to break up. Then the mariners were afraid, and each cried out to his god. And they hurled the cargo that was in the ship into the sea to lighten it for them. But Jonah had gone down into the inner part of the ship and had lain down and was fast asleep. ...

Daniel 12:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.

Isaiah 1:1-31 ESV / 2 helpful votes

The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth; for the Lord has spoken: “Children have I reared and brought up, but they have rebelled against me. The ox knows its owner, and the donkey its master's crib, but Israel does not know, my people do not understand.” Ah, sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, offspring of evildoers, children who deal corruptly! They have forsaken the Lord, they have despised the Holy One of Israel, they are utterly estranged. Why will you still be struck down? Why will you continue to rebel? The whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint. ...

Psalm 8:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place,

2 Kings 14:25 ESV / 2 helpful votes

He restored the border of Israel from Lebo-hamath as far as the Sea of the Arabah, according to the word of the Lord, the God of Israel, which he spoke by his servant Jonah the son of Amittai, the prophet, who was from Gath-hepher.

Numbers 23:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

God is not man, that he should lie, or a son of man, that he should change his mind. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it?

Exodus 20:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“You shall not covet your neighbor's house; you shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or his male servant, or his female servant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor's.”

Genesis 1:27 ESV / 2 helpful votes

So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.

34 Bible Verses about Running Away

Galatians 1:10 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Revelation 21:8 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Jonah 1:17 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Proverbs 28:1 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Romans 3:23 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Galatians 3:28 ESV / 3 helpful votes

2 Timothy 3:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 4:29 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 2:8-9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 1:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 11:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 4:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 11:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 7:39 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 2:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 1:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 6:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 1:26-27 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 1:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 4:24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 1:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 1:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 25:31-46 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 7:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Jonah 2:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Jonah 1:1-17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Daniel 12:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Isaiah 1:1-31 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 8:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Kings 14:25 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Numbers 23:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Exodus 20:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 1:27 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Suggest a Verse

Enter a Verse Reference (e.g., John 3:16-17)

34 Bible Verses about Running Away

Galatians 1:10 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Revelation 21:8 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Jonah 1:17 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 28:1 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 3:23 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Galatians 3:28 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Timothy 3:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ephesians 4:29 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ephesians 2:8-9 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ephesians 1:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Corinthians 11:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Corinthians 4:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 11:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 7:39 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 2:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 1:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 6:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 1:26-27 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 1:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 4:24 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 1:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 1:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 25:31-46 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 7:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Jonah 2:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Jonah 1:1-17 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Daniel 12:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Isaiah 1:1-31 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 8:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Kings 14:25 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Numbers 23:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Exodus 20:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Genesis 1:27 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Suggest a Verse

Enter a Verse Reference (e.g., John 3:16-17)

Galatians 1:10 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Revelation 21:8 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Jonah 1:17 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Proverbs 28:1 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Romans 3:23 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Galatians 3:28 ESV / 3 helpful votes

2 Timothy 3:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 4:29 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 2:8-9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 1:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 11:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 4:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 11:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 7:39 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 2:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 1:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 6:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 1:26-27 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 1:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 4:24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 1:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 1:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 25:31-46 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 7:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Jonah 2:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Jonah 1:1-17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Daniel 12:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Isaiah 1:1-31 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 8:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Kings 14:25 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Numbers 23:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Exodus 20:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 1:27 ESV / 2 helpful votes