King James Bible Dictionary

FORSA'KING, participle present tense Leaving or deserting.

FORSA'KING, noun The act of deserting; dereliction.

Idolaters guilty of
1 Samuel 8:8; 1 Kings 11:33

The wicked guilty of
Deuteronomy 28:20

Backsliders guilty of
Jeremiah 15:6

Is forsaking:

His house
2 Chronicles 29:6

His covenant
Deuteronomy 29:25; 1 Kings 19:10; Jeremiah 22:9; Daniel 11:30

His commandments
Ezra 9:10

The right way
2 Peter 2:15

Trusting in man is
Jeremiah 17:5

Leads men to follow their own devices
Jeremiah 2:13

Prosperity tempts to
Deuteronomy 31:20; Deuteronomy 32:15

Wickedness of
Jeremiah 2:13; Jeremiah 5:7

Unreasonableness and ingratitude of
Jeremiah 2:5-6

Brings confusion
Jeremiah 17:13

Followed by remorse
Ezekiel 6:9

Brings down His wrath
Ezra 8:22

Provokes God to forsake men
Judges 10:13; 2 Chronicles 15:2; 2 Chronicles 24:20; 2 Chronicles 24:24

Resolve against
Joshua 24:16; Nehemiah 10:29-39

Curse pronounced upon
Jeremiah 17:5

Sin of, to be confessed
Ezra 9:10

Warnings against
Joshua 24:20; 1 Chronicles 28:9

Exemplified in:

Children of Israel
1 Samuel 12:10

Saul
1 Samuel 15:11

Ahab
1 Kings 18:18

Amon
2 Kings 21:22

Kingdom of Judah
2 Chronicles 12:1; 2 Chronicles 12:5; 2 Chronicles 21:10; Isaiah 1:4; Jeremiah 15:6

Kingdom of Israel
2 Chronicles 13:11; 2 Kings 17:7-18

Many disciples
John 6:66

Phygellus
2 Timothy 1:15

Balaam
2 Peter 2:15