- Genesis 31:55 (NIV):
“Early the next morning Laban kissed his grandchildren and his daughters and blessed them. Then he left and returned home.”
- Acts 20:37 (NIV):
“They all wept as they embraced him and kissed him.”
- 2 Samuel 13:36 (NIV):
“While he was still speaking, Jonathan son of Abiathar the priest arrived. Adonijah said, ‘Come in, because you are a man of worth and bring good news.'”
- 2 Samuel 20:9 (NIV):
“Joab said to Amasa, ‘How are you, my brother?’ Then Joab took Amasa by the beard with his right hand to kiss him.”
- 1 Samuel 20:41 (NIV):
“After the boy had gone, David got up from the south side of the stone and bowed down before Jonathan three times, with his face to the ground. Then they kissed each other and wept together—but David wept the most.”
- Genesis 31:28 (NIV):
“You didn’t even let me kiss my grandchildren and my daughters goodbye. You have done a foolish thing.”
- 2 Samuel 15:30 (NIV):
“But David continued up the Mount of Olives, weeping as he went; his head was covered, and he was barefoot. All the people with him covered their heads too and were weeping as they went up.”
- 2 Kings 2:6 (NIV):
“Then Elijah said to him, ‘Stay here, Elisha; the Lord has sent me to the Jordan.’ And he replied, ‘As surely as the Lord lives and as you live, I will not leave you.’ So the two of them walked on.”
- Acts 20:36 (NIV):
“When Paul had finished speaking, he knelt down with all of them and prayed. They all wept as they embraced him and kissed him.”
- Genesis 50:1 (NIV):
“Joseph threw himself on his father and wept over him and kissed him.”
- Ruth 1:14 (NIV):
“At this they wept aloud again. Then Orpah kissed her mother-in-law goodbye, but Ruth clung to her.”
- 1 Samuel 20:42 (NIV):
“Jonathan said to David, ‘Go in peace, for we have sworn friendship with each other in the name of the Lord, saying, ‘The Lord is witness between you and me, and between your descendants and my descendants forever.’ “
- Acts 21:6 (NIV):
“After saying goodbye to each other, we went aboard the ship, and they returned home.”
- Genesis 31:55 (NIV):
“Early the next morning Laban kissed his grandchildren and his daughters and blessed them. Then he left and returned home.”
- 2 Kings 2:2 (NIV):
“Elijah said to Elisha, ‘Stay here; the Lord has sent me to Bethel.’ But Elisha said, ‘As surely as the Lord lives and as you live, I will not leave you.’ So they went down to Bethel.”
- Acts 20:1 (NIV):
“When the uproar had ended, Paul sent for the disciples and, after encouraging them, said goodbye and set out for Macedonia.”
- Acts 20:25 (NIV):
“Now I know that none of you among whom I have gone about preaching the kingdom will ever see me again.”
- Luke 9:61-62 (NIV):
“Still another said, ‘I will follow you, Lord; but first let me go back and say goodbye to my family.’ Jesus replied, ‘No one who puts a hand to the plow and looks back is fit for service in the kingdom of God.’ “
- Acts 18:21 (NIV):
“But as he left, he promised, ‘I will come back if it is God’s will.’ Then he set sail from Ephesus.”
- 1 Samuel 20:42 (NIV):
“Jonathan said to David, ‘Go in peace, for we have sworn friendship with each other in the name of the Lord, saying, ‘The Lord is witness between you and me, and between your descendants and my descendants forever.’ “
- 1 Kings 19:20 (NIV):
“Elisha then left his oxen and ran after Elijah. ‘Let me kiss my father and mother goodbye,’ he said, ‘and then I will come with you.’ ‘Go back,’ Elijah replied. ‘What have I done to you?'”
- Genesis 18:33 (NIV):
“When the Lord had finished speaking with Abraham, he left, and Abraham returned home.”
- Acts 15:33 (NIV):
“After spending some time there, they were sent off by the believers with the blessing of peace to return to those who had sent them.”
- 2 Corinthians 13:11 (NIV):
“Finally, brothers and sisters, rejoice! Strive for full restoration, encourage one another, be of one mind, live in peace. And the God of love and peace will be with you.”
- Genesis 31:28 (NIV):
“You didn’t even let me kiss my grandchildren and my daughters goodbye. You have done a foolish thing.”
- Acts 20:32-38 (NIV):
“When Paul had finished speaking, he knelt down with all of them and prayed. They all wept as they embraced him and kissed him. What grieved them most was his statement that they would never see his face again. Then they accompanied him to the ship.”
- Genesis 21:14 (NIV):
“Early the next morning Abraham took some food and a skin of water and gave them to Hagar. He set them on her shoulders and then sent her off with the boy. She went on her way and wandered in the Desert of Beersheba.”
- Acts 18:18 (NIV):
“Paul stayed on in Corinth for some time. Then he left the brothers and sisters and sailed for Syria, accompanied by Priscilla and Aquila. Before he sailed, he had his hair cut off at Cenchreae because of a vow he had taken.”
- Acts 21:5 (NIV):
“But when it was time to leave, we left and continued on our way. All of them, including wives and children, accompanied us out of the city, and there on the beach we knelt to pray.”
- Acts 20:1-38 (NIV):
“When the uproar had ended, Paul sent for the disciples and, after encouraging them, said goodbye and set out for Macedonia.”