Gen 20:6 Then God said to him in the dream, “Yes, I know that you have done this in the integrity of your heart, and it was I who kept you from sinning against me. Therefore I did not let you touch her.
Gen 22:12 He said, “Do not lay your hand on the boy or do anything to him, for now I know that you fear God, seeing you have not withheld your son, your only son, from me.”
Gen 22:16 and said, “By myself I have sworn, declares the Lord, because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son,
Gen 39:9 He is not greater in this house than I am, nor has he kept back anything from me except you, because you are his wife. How then can I do this great wickedness and sin against God?”
1Sa 25:39 When David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, “Blessed be the Lord who has avenged the insult I received at the hand of Nabal, and has kept back his servant from wrongdoing. The Lord has returned the evil of Nabal on his own head.” Then David sent and spoke to Abigail, to take her as his wife.
2Sa 18:16 Then Joab blew the trumpet, and the troops came back from pursuing Israel, for Joab restrained them.
2Ki 5:20 Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, “See, my master has spared this Naaman the Syrian, in not accepting from his hand what he brought. As the Lord lives, I will run after him and get something from him.”
Ezr 9:13 And after all that has come upon us for our evil deeds and for our great guilt, seeing that you, our God, have punished us less than our iniquities deserved and have given us such a remnant as this,
Job 7:11 “Therefore I will not restrain my mouth;
I will speak in the anguish of my spirit;
I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
I will speak in the anguish of my spirit;
I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
Job 16:5 I could strengthen you with my mouth,
and the solace of my lips would assuage your pain.
and the solace of my lips would assuage your pain.
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 21:30 that the evil man is spared in the day of calamity,
that he is rescued in the day of wrath?
that he is rescued in the day of wrath?
Job 30:10 They abhor me; they keep aloof from me;
they do not hesitate to spit at the sight of me.
they do not hesitate to spit at the sight of me.
Job 33:18 he keeps back his soul from the pit,
his life from perishing by the sword.
his life from perishing by the sword.
Job 38:23 which I have reserved for the time of trouble,
for the day of battle and war?
for the day of battle and war?
Psa 19:13 Keep back your servant also from presumptuous sins;
let them not have dominion over me!
Then I shall be blameless,
and innocent of great transgression.
let them not have dominion over me!
Then I shall be blameless,
and innocent of great transgression.
Psa 78:50 He made a path for his anger;
he did not spare them from death,
but gave their lives over to the plague.
he did not spare them from death,
but gave their lives over to the plague.
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 11:24 One gives freely, yet grows all the richer;
another withholds what he should give, and only suffers want.
another withholds what he should give, and only suffers want.
Pro 13:24 Whoever spares the rod hates his son,
but he who loves him is diligent to discipline him.
but he who loves him is diligent to discipline him.
Pro 17:27 Whoever restrains his words has knowledge,
and he who has a cool spirit is a man of understanding.
and he who has a cool spirit is a man of understanding.
Pro 21:26 All day long he craves and craves,
but the righteous gives and does not hold back.
but the righteous gives and does not hold back.
Pro 24:11 Rescue those who are being taken away to death;
hold back those who are stumbling to the slaughter.
hold back those who are stumbling to the slaughter.
Isa 14:6 that struck the peoples in wrath
with unceasing blows,
that ruled the nations in anger
with unrelenting persecution.
with unceasing blows,
that ruled the nations in anger
with unrelenting persecution.
Isa 54:2 “Enlarge the place of your tent,
and let the curtains of your habitations be stretched out;
do not hold back; lengthen your cords
and strengthen your stakes.
and let the curtains of your habitations be stretched out;
do not hold back; lengthen your cords
and strengthen your stakes.
Isa 58:1 “Cry aloud; do not hold back;
lift up your voice like a trumpet;
declare to my people their transgression,
to the house of Jacob their sins.
lift up your voice like a trumpet;
declare to my people their transgression,
to the house of Jacob their sins.
Jer 14:10 Thus says the Lord concerning this people:
“They have loved to wander thus;
they have not restrained their feet;
therefore the Lord does not accept them;
now he will remember their iniquity
and punish their sins.”
“They have loved to wander thus;
they have not restrained their feet;
therefore the Lord does not accept them;
now he will remember their iniquity
and punish their sins.”
Eze 30:18 At Tehaphnehes the day shall be dark,
when I break there the yoke bars of Egypt,
and her proud might shall come to an end in her;
she shall be covered by a cloud,
and her daughters shall go into captivity.
when I break there the yoke bars of Egypt,
and her proud might shall come to an end in her;
she shall be covered by a cloud,
and her daughters shall go into captivity.
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