and He would not permit anyone to carry merchandise or household wares through the temple [grounds, using the temple area irreverently as a shortcut].

and if those days had not been cut short, no flesh had been saved; but on account of the elect those days shall be cut short.

and if the Lord had not cut short those days, no flesh should have been saved; but on account of the elect whom he has chosen, he has cut short those days.

Indeed, if a woman does not keep her head covered, she may as well cut her hair short. But, since to cut her hair short, or shave it off, marks her as one of the shameless women, let her keep her head covered.

For he will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth.

They are not to have their hair cut off for the dead, or the hair on their chins cut short, or make cuts in their flesh.

In those days the LORD began to cut Israel short: and Hazael smote them in all the coasts of Israel;

Also they shall not shave their heads, yet they shall not allow their hair to grow long; they shall only cut short or trim their hair.

You have cut short the days of his youth; you have covered him with shame. Selah

He has broken my strength along the way; he has cut short my days.

The fear of the Lord prolongs life,
but the years of the wicked are cut short.

but a woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her Head, for it is exactly the same as if she had her hair cut short.

I give witness against you this day that destruction will certainly be your fate, and your days will be cut short in the land where you are going, the land of your heritage on the other side of Jordan.

For a short time they are lifted up; then they are gone; they are made low, they are pulled off like fruit, and like the heads of grain they are cut off.

No longer will there be there a child whose days are cut short, or an old man whose days have not come to their full measure: for the young man at his death will be a hundred years old, and he whose life is shorter than a hundred years will seem as one cursed.

Keep in mind that wisdom is like that for your soul; if you find it, there will be a future for you, and what you hope for won't be cut short.

Indeed every head will be bald and every beard cut short. There will be gashes on all the hands and sackcloth on the loins.

That is, I will punish the Egyptians, the Judeans, the Edomites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, and all the desert people who cut their hair short at the temples. I will do so because none of the people of those nations are really circumcised in the Lord's sight. Moreover, none of the people of Israel are circumcised when it comes to their hearts."

the people of Dedan, Tema, Buz, all the desert people who cut their hair short at the temples;

Their camels will be taken as plunder. Their vast herds will be taken as spoil. I will scatter to the four winds those desert peoples who cut their hair short at the temples. I will bring disaster against them from every direction," says the Lord.

For what careth he, what become of his household after his death, when the number of his months is cut short?

I mean this, brothers. The time has been cut short. For the future, men who have wives should live as though they had none,

And again he sent unto them another servant; and they cut the account short with him, by stoning him, and sent him away shamefully treated.