Command that may be commanded, bid that may be bidden, forbid that may be forbidden, keep back that may be kept back, here a little, there a little.

And when the men of Ai looked back after them and saw, behold, the smoke of the city ascended up to heaven. And they had no place to flee either this way or that, for the people that fled to the wilderness turned back again upon the followers.

The sea saw that, and fled, Jordan turned back.

What aileth thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? And thou Jordan, that thou turnest back?

As for such as turn back unto their own wickedness, the LORD shall lead them forth with the evil doers; but peace shall be upon Israel.

The plowers plowed upon my back, and made long furrows.

All them that have an evil will to Zion shall be confounded, and made to turn back from it.

It is not good to regard the person of the ungodly, or to put back the righteous in judgment.

He coveteth and desireth all the day long; but the righteous is always giving and keepeth nothing back.

In the lips of him that hath understanding a man shall find wisdom; but the rod belongeth to the back of the foolish.

My son, fear thou the LORD and the king, and keep no company with them that slide back from his fear:

Unto the horse belongeth a whip, to the Ass a bridle, and a rod to the fool's back.

With this, the reins of my back were full of pain: Pangs came upon me, as upon a woman in her travail. It made me stoop when I heard it, and it vexed me when I saw it.

I will say to the North, 'Let go.' And to the South, 'Keep not back: but bring me my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends of the world: