Gen 11:8 So the Lord dispersed them from there over the face of all the earth, and they left off building the city.
Gen 18:11 Now Abraham and Sarah were old, advanced in years. The way of women had ceased to be with Sarah.
Gen 41:49 And Joseph stored up grain in great abundance, like the sand of the sea, until he ceased to measure it, for it could not be measured.
Exo 9:29 Moses said to him, “As soon as I have gone out of the city, I will stretch out my hands to the Lord. The thunder will cease, and there will be no more hail, so that you may know that the earth is the Lord’s.
Exo 9:33 So Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh and stretched out his hands to the Lord, and the thunder and the hail ceased, and the rain no longer poured upon the earth.
Exo 9:34 But when Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the thunder had ceased, he sinned yet again and hardened his heart, he and his servants.
Exo 14:12 Is not this what we said to you in Egypt: ‘Leave us alone that we may serve the Egyptians’? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness.”
Exo 23:5 If you see the donkey of one who hates you lying down under its burden, you shall refrain from leaving him with it; you shall rescue it with him.
Num 9:13 But if anyone who is clean and is not on a journey fails to keep the Passover, that person shall be cut off from his people because he did not bring the Lord’s offering at its appointed time; that man shall bear his sin.
Deu 15:11 For there will never cease to be poor in the land. Therefore I command you, ‘You shall open wide your hand to your brother, to the needy and to the poor, in your land.’
Deu 23:22 But if you refrain from vowing, you will not be guilty of sin.
Judg 5:6 “In the days of Shamgar, son of Anath,
in the days of Jael, the highways were abandoned,
and travelers kept to the byways.
in the days of Jael, the highways were abandoned,
and travelers kept to the byways.
Judg 5:7 The villagers ceased in Israel;
they ceased to be until I arose;
I, Deborah, arose as a mother in Israel.
they ceased to be until I arose;
I, Deborah, arose as a mother in Israel.
Judg 9:9 But the olive tree said to them, ‘Shall I leave my abundance, by which gods and men are honored, and go hold sway over the trees?’
Judg 9:11 But the fig tree said to them, ‘Shall I leave my sweetness and my good fruit and go hold sway over the trees?’
Judg 9:13 But the vine said to them, ‘Shall I leave my wine that cheers God and men and go hold sway over the trees?’
Judg 15:7 And Samson said to them, “If this is what you do, I swear I will be avenged on you, and after that I will quit.”
Judg 20:28 and Phinehas the son of Eleazar, son of Aaron, ministered before it in those days), saying, “Shall we go out once more to battle against our brothers, the people of Benjamin, or shall we cease?” And the Lord said, “Go up, for tomorrow I will give them into your hand.”
Rut 1:18 And when Naomi saw that she was determined to go with her, she said no more.
1Sa 2:5 Those who were full have hired themselves out for bread,
but those who were hungry have ceased to hunger.
The barren has borne seven,
but she who has many children is forlorn.
but those who were hungry have ceased to hunger.
The barren has borne seven,
but she who has many children is forlorn.
1Sa 9:5 When they came to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant who was with him, “Come, let us go back, lest my father cease to care about the donkeys and become anxious about us.”
1Sa 12:23 Moreover, as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the Lord by ceasing to pray for you, and I will instruct you in the good and the right way.
1Sa 23:13 Then David and his men, who were about six hundred, arose and departed from Keilah, and they went wherever they could go. When Saul was told that David had escaped from Keilah, he gave up the expedition.
1Ki 15:21 And when Baasha heard of it, he stopped building Ramah, and he lived in Tirzah.
1Ki 22:6 Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said to them, “Shall I go to battle against Ramoth-gilead, or shall I refrain?” And they said, “Go up, for the Lord will give it into the hand of the king.”
1Ki 22:15 And when he had come to the king, the king said to him, “Micaiah, shall we go to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall we refrain?” And he answered him, “Go up and triumph; the Lord will give it into the hand of the king.”
2Ch 16:5 And when Baasha heard of it, he stopped building Ramah and let his work cease.
2Ch 18:5 Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, four hundred men, and said to them, “Shall we go to battle against Ramoth-gilead, or shall I refrain?” And they said, “Go up, for God will give it into the hand of the king.”
2Ch 18:14 And when he had come to the king, the king said to him, “Micaiah, shall we go to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I refrain?” And he answered, “Go up and triumph; they will be given into your hand.”
2Ch 25:16 But as he was speaking, the king said to him, “Have we made you a royal counselor? Stop! Why should you be struck down?” So the prophet stopped, but said, “I know that God has determined to destroy you, because you have done this and have not listened to my counsel.”
2Ch 35:21 But he sent envoys to him, saying, “What have we to do with each other, king of Judah? I am not coming against you this day, but against the house with which I am at war. And God has commanded me to hurry. Cease opposing God, who is with me, lest he destroy you.”
Job 3:17 There the wicked cease from troubling,
and there the weary are at rest.
and there the weary are at rest.
Job 7:16 I loathe my life; I would not live forever.
Leave me alone, for my days are a breath.
Leave me alone, for my days are a breath.
Job 10:20 Are not my days few?
Then cease, and leave me alone, that I may find a little cheer
Then cease, and leave me alone, that I may find a little cheer
Job 14:6 look away from him and leave him alone,
that he may enjoy, like a hired hand, his day.
that he may enjoy, like a hired hand, his day.
Job 14:7 “For there is hope for a tree,
if it be cut down, that it will sprout again,
and that its shoots will not cease.
if it be cut down, that it will sprout again,
and that its shoots will not cease.
Job 16:6 “If I speak, my pain is not assuaged,
and if I forbear, how much of it leaves me?
and if I forbear, how much of it leaves me?
Job 19:14 My relatives have failed me,
my close friends have forgotten me.
my close friends have forgotten me.
Psa 36:3 The words of his mouth are trouble and deceit;
he has ceased to act wisely and do good.
he has ceased to act wisely and do good.
Psa 49:8 for the ransom of their life is costly
and can never suffice,
and can never suffice,
Pro 10:19 When words are many, transgression is not lacking,
but whoever restrains his lips is prudent.
but whoever restrains his lips is prudent.
Pro 19:27 Cease to hear instruction, my son,
and you will stray from the words of knowledge.
and you will stray from the words of knowledge.
Pro 23:4 Do not toil to acquire wealth;
be discerning enough to desist.
be discerning enough to desist.
Isa 1:16 Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean;
remove the evil of your deeds from before my eyes;
cease to do evil,
remove the evil of your deeds from before my eyes;
cease to do evil,
Isa 2:22 Stop regarding man
in whose nostrils is breath,
for of what account is he?
in whose nostrils is breath,
for of what account is he?
Isa 24:8 The mirth of the tambourines is stilled,
the noise of the jubilant has ceased,
the mirth of the lyre is stilled.
the noise of the jubilant has ceased,
the mirth of the lyre is stilled.
Jer 40:4 Now, behold, I release you today from the chains on your hands. If it seems good to you to come with me to Babylon, come, and I will look after you well, but if it seems wrong to you to come with me to Babylon, do not come. See, the whole land is before you; go wherever you think it good and right to go.
Jer 41:8 But there were ten men among them who said to Ishmael, “Do not put us to death, for we have stores of wheat, barley, oil, and honey hidden in the fields.” So he refrained and did not put them to death with their companions.
Jer 44:18 But since we left off making offerings to the queen of heaven and pouring out drink offerings to her, we have lacked everything and have been consumed by the sword and by famine.”
Jer 51:30 The warriors of Babylon have ceased fighting;
they remain in their strongholds;
their strength has failed;
they have become women;
her dwellings are on fire;
her bars are broken.
they remain in their strongholds;
their strength has failed;
they have become women;
her dwellings are on fire;
her bars are broken.
Eze 2:5 And whether they hear or refuse to hear (for they are a rebellious house) they will know that a prophet has been among them.
Eze 2:7 And you shall speak my words to them, whether they hear or refuse to hear, for they are a rebellious house.
Eze 3:11 And go to the exiles, to your people, and speak to them and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God,’ whether they hear or refuse to hear.”
Eze 3:27 But when I speak with you, I will open your mouth, and you shall say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God.’ He who will hear, let him hear; and he who will refuse to hear, let him refuse, for they are a rebellious house.
Amo 7:5 Then I said,“O Lord God, please cease!
How can Jacob stand?
He is so small!”
How can Jacob stand?
He is so small!”
Zec 11:12 Then I said to them, “If it seems good to you, give me my wages; but if not, keep them.” And they weighed out as my wages thirty pieces of silver.
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