Abandonment MacArthur Topical KJV

Psalm 81:11-12 But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Is'-ra-el would none of me.

So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust; and they walked in their own counsels.

Hosea 4:17-19 E'phra-im is joined to idols; let him alone.

Their drink is sour; they have committed whoredom continually; her rulers with shame do love, Give ye.

The wind hath bound her up in her wings, and they shall be ashamed because of their sacrifices.

Matthew 13:20-21 But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it;

Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while; for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended.

Matthew 15:14 Let them alone; they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.

John 6:5-6 When Je'-sus then lifted up his eyes, and saw a great company come unto him, he saith unto Phil'-ip, Whence shall we but bread, that these may eat? 

And this he said to prove him; for he himself knew what he would do.

Acts 7:37-43 This is that Mo'ses, which said unto the children of Is'-ra-el, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear.

This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the mount Si'-na, and with our fathers; who received the lively oracles to give unto us:

To whom our fathers would not obey, but thrust him from them, and in their hearts turned back again into E'-gypt,

Saying unto Aa'-ron, Make us gods to go before us; for as for this Mo'-ses, which brought us out of the land of E'-gypt, we wot not what is become of him,

And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifices unto the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.

Then God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, O ye house of Is'-ra-el, have ye offered to me slain beasts and sacrifices by the space of forty years in the wilderness?

Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of Mo'-loch, and the star of your god Rem'-phan, figures which he made to worship them; and I will carry you away beyond Bab'-y-lon.

Acts 14:14-18 Which when the apostles, Bar'-na-bas and Paul, heard of, they rent their clothes, and ran in among the people, crying out,

And saying, Sirs, why do ye these things? We also are men of like passions with you, and preach unto you that ye should turn from these vanities unto the living God, which made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all things that are therein;

Who in times past suffered all nations to walk in their own ways.

Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.

And with these sayings scarce restrained they the people, that they had not done sacrifice unto them.

2 Corinthians 11:1-3 Would to God ye could bear with me a little in my folly; and indeed bear with me.

For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy; for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.

But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.

1 Timothy 4:1-5 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the later times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;

Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;

Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.

For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving;

For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.