Quotes about Withdrawal

So the first consequence of Christ's withdrawing himself from us is that inward graces grow weak and we tend to rely more and more on outside helps. Above all, we lose the desire for holy meditation and we spend less and less time with Christ. Just as frost withers the plants in the garden, so the grace in our hearts also withers when the 'Sun of Righteousness' withdraws and hides himself.

They testify that nature is not changed but is preserved by God. But the stupid and crazy mob of monks has taught that parents, wives, and the world should be abandoned and that one should withdraw into a monastery. But what is to become of human society or finally of all life? Surely that was not sanctity or worship of God, as they have called it; it was satanic madness.

Then the whole congregation of Israel withdrew from the presence of Moses.

So he took his firstborn son, who was to succeed him, and offered him as a burnt offering on the city wall. And there was great fury against the Israelites, so they withdrew and returned to their own land.

So Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp and withdrew. He returned to Nineveh and stayed there.

Are my days not few? Withdraw from me, that I may have a little comfort,

Withdraw Your hand from me, and do not let Your terror frighten me.

So Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp and withdrew. He returned to Nineveh and stayed there.

Pharaoh’s army had left Egypt, and when the Chaldeans who were besieging Jerusalem heard the report, they withdrew from Jerusalem.

They go with their flocks and herds to seek the LORD, but they do not find Him; He has withdrawn Himself from them.

Aware of this, Jesus withdrew from that place. Large crowds followed Him, and He healed them all,

When Jesus had finished these parables, He withdrew from that place.