'Refrain From' in the Bible
If you see the donkey of your enemy lying down under its burden, you will refrain from abandoning him. You will surely arrange [it] with him.
And {if you refrain from vowing}, {you shall not incur guilt}.
would you therefore wait until they were grown? Would you therefore {refrain from marrying}? No, my daughters, for it is far more bitter to me than [to] you. For the hand of Yahweh has gone out against me."
"[If] someone would test a word with you, would you be offended? But who can refrain from speaking?
Refrain from anger and forsake wrath. Do not fret; [it] only brings evil.
[It is] honorable for the man to refrain from strife, but every fool will be quick to quarrel.
a time to throw away stones and a time to gather stones; a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing;
For the sake of my name I {refrain from} my anger, and [for] my praise I restrain [it] for you [so as] not to cut you off.
For we are not able to refrain from speaking about [the things] that we have seen and heard."
Or do only I and Barnabas not have the right {to refrain from working}?