Bible Verses About Running Away From God
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for running away from god, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 1,632 votes, led by Psalms 139:7-10. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Running Away From God
Psalms 139:7-10124 votes
Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
2 Peter 3:9103 votes
The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
Jonah 2:1-1085 votes
Then Jonah prayed unto the Lord his God out of the fish’s belly,
2 Timothy 1:778 votes
For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
Romans 8:35-3962 votes
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
Jeremiah 17:953 votes
The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
Jeremiah 17:1349 votes
O Lord, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be ashamed, and they that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken the Lord, the fountain of living waters.
Matthew 12:4042 votes
For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale’s belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
Isaiah 50:10-1138 votes
Who is among you that feareth the Lord, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh in darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the name of the Lord, and stay upon his God.
Psalms 139:734 votes
Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
Luke 1:3734 votes
For with God nothing shall be impossible.
Jonah 3:1-1032 votes
And the word of the Lord came unto Jonah the second time, saying,
Psalms 119:3231 votes
I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart.
1 John 1:931 votes
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Romans 5:829 votes
But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
Hebrews 12:125 votes
Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
Galatians 5:724 votes
Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth?
Isaiah 40:3123 votes
But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
Isaiah 41:1023 votes
Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
2 Timothy 4:723 votes
I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:
Philippians 4:1322 votes
I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
Jonah 1:321 votes
But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the Lord, and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish from the presence of the Lord.
1 Corinthians 9:24-2721 votes
Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.
Jonah 1:1-320 votes
Now the word of the Lord came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying,
Jonah 1:1-1720 votes
Now the word of the Lord came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying,
What does the Bible say about running away from god?
Readers most often cite Psalms 139:7-10 on the subject of running away from god. Across 1,632 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 2 Peter 3:9, Jonah 2:1-10, 2 Timothy 1:7. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.