68 Bible Verses about Cessation

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Isaiah 16:10

Joy and gladness are taken away from the orchards, in the vineyards people will sing no songs, and no cheers are raised. No vintner treads out wine in the presses, because I've put an end to the shouting.

Jeremiah 48:33

Gladness and rejoicing will be taken away from the fruitful land. From the land of Moab I'll cause the wine in the wine presses to stop flowing. The workers won't tread the grapes with a loud shout. There will be no shout!

Nahum 2:13

"I am against you," declares the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, "and I will send your chariots up in smoke. A sword will devour your young lions, I will eliminate your prey from the earth, and the voice of your messengers will no longer be heard."

Judges 15:7

Samson replied to them, "Because you did this, I'm not going to stop until I get my revenge against you!"

Ezekiel 34:10

"This is what the Lord GOD says: "Watch out, I'm coming after you shepherds! I'm going to demand my sheep back from them and fire them as shepherds. The shepherds won't be shepherds anymore when I snatch my flock right out of their mouths so they can't be eaten by them anymore."'"

Hosea 7:4

All of them are adulterers they burn like an oven prepared by the baker, who has ceased stoking it until the dough is leavened.

Genesis 18:11

Now Sarah was listening at the tent entrance behind him. Abraham and Sarah were old really old and Sarah was beyond the age of childbearing.

Genesis 29:35

Then she conceived yet again, bore a son, and said, "This time I'll praise the LORD." So she named him Judah. Then she stopped bearing children.

Genesis 30:9

When Leah saw that she had stopped bearing children, she took her woman servant Zilpah and gave her to Jacob as a wife.

Numbers 8:25

but starting at 50 years of age, he is to retire from service and is no longer to work.

Proverbs 19:27

My son, if you stop listening to instruction, you will stray from the principles of knowledge.

Hebrews 10:2

Otherwise, would they not have stopped offering them, because the worshipers, cleansed once for all, would no longer be aware of any sins?

Jeremiah 7:34

In the towns of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem I'll bring an end to the sound of gladness and rejoicing, to the sounds of the bridegroom and bride, for the land will become a wasteland."

Jeremiah 16:9

For this is what the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, the God of Israel, says: "In this place I'm about to bring an end to the sounds of happiness and rejoicing, the sounds of the bridegroom and the bride. I'll do it in front of your eyes and in your time.

Jeremiah 25:10

I'll destroy the sounds of gladness and rejoicing from them, the sounds of the bridegroom and the bride, the sound of the hand mill and also the light of the lamp.

Revelation 18:23

The light from a lamp will never shine within you again. The voice of a bridegroom and bride will never be heard within you again. For your merchants were the important people of the world, and all the nations were deceived by your witchcraft.

Ezekiel 26:13

""I'll silence the noise of your songs and the music of your harps won't be heard anymore.

Isaiah 24:8

"The celebrations of the tambourine have ended, the noise of the jubilant has stopped, and the mirth that the harp produces has ended.

Hosea 2:11

I'll put a stop to her mirth, along with her celebrations, her New Moons, her Sabbaths, and all of her festive assemblies.

Lamentations 5:15

The joy of our hearts has ceased, and our dancing has turned into dirges.

Amos 6:7

therefore you will be the first to go into exile, and the celebrations of those who are lounging will end."

Isaiah 14:4

you will lift up this song of mockery against the king of Babylon: "How the oppressor has come to an end! How the attacker has ceased!

2 Samuel 2:28

So Joab sounded his battle trumpet, his entire army stopped pursuing Israel any longer, and they quit fighting.

1 Kings 22:33

When the chariot commanders saw that their target was not the king of Israel, they stopped pursuing him.

Jeremiah 51:30

The warriors of Babylon have stopped fighting. They stay in their strongholds; their strength is dried up; they have become like women. Her buildings are set on fire; the bars of her gates are broken.

Luke 22:51

But Jesus said, "No more of this!" So he touched the wounded man's ear and healed him.

Acts 21:32

Immediately the tribune took some soldiers and officers and ran down to the crowd. When the people saw the tribune and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.

2 Samuel 15:17

The king left, along with all of his people with him, and they paused at the last house.

Luke 7:14

Then he went up and touched the bier, and the men who were carrying it stopped. He said, "Young man, I say to you, get up!"

Nahum 2:8

Nineveh is a reservoir whose water is draining away. "Wait! Wait!" they cry, yet not even one person looks back.

Matthew 2:9

After listening to the king, they set out, and the star they had seen in the east went ahead of them until it came and stopped over the place where the child was.

Matthew 20:32

Jesus stopped and called them, saying, "What do you want me to do for you?"

Luke 18:40

Then Jesus stopped and ordered the man to be brought to him. When he came near, Jesus asked him,

Acts 8:38

So he ordered the chariot to stop, and Philip and the eunuch both went down into the water, and Philip baptized him.

Isaiah 1:16

"Wash yourselves, and make yourselves clean; remove your evil behavior from my presence; stop practicing what is evil.

Ezekiel 45:9

"This is what the Lord GOD says, "Enough of you, you regent princes of Israel! Abandon your violence and destruction. Practice what is just and right instead! Stop confiscating property from my people!' declares the Lord GOD.

Hosea 2:17

I will remove the names of the Baals from her vocabulary they will not be remembered by their names anymore.

Ezekiel 23:48

I'll cause obscene conduct to stop throughout the land, because all the women will be admonished not to practice their obscene conduct.

Ezekiel 16:41

Then they'll burn your houses and carry out my sentence against you in the sight of many women.

Ezekiel 23:27

That's how I'll put an end to your obscene conduct and sexual immorality that you kept on practicing since the day you left the land of Egypt so that you won't look in Egypt's direction or even remember it anymore.'

Mark 5:29

Her bleeding stopped at once, and she felt in her body that she was healed from her illness.

Amos 7:5

So I kept on saying, "Lord GOD, forgive please! How will Jacob stand, since he is so small?"

Genesis 11:8

So the LORD scattered them abroad from there over the surface of the whole earth, so that they had to stop building the city.

1 Kings 15:21

When Baasha learned of this, he stopped fortifying Ramah and remained in Tirzah,

Nehemiah 4:11

Our enemies said, "Before they notice or see us, we'll penetrate their midst, kill them, and stop the work!"

Nehemiah 6:3

So I sent messengers to them, replying "I am involved in a great endeavor, so I can't leave. Why should the work stop while I leave it to come down to you?"

Exodus 9:29

Moses told him, "When I leave the city I'll spread out my hands to the LORD. The thunder will cease and the hail won't continue, so that you may know that the earth belongs to the LORD.

Exodus 9:33

Then Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh and spread out his hands to the LORD. The thunder and hail stopped, and the rain no longer poured out on the land.

Exodus 9:34

When Pharaoh saw that the rain, hail, and thunder had stopped, he continued to sin. He, along with his officials,hardened his heart.

Exodus 8:15

But when Pharaoh saw that there was relief, he hardened his heart and did not listen to them, just as the LORD had predicted.

Mark 6:51

Then he got into the boat with them, and the wind stopped blowing. The disciples were utterly astounded,

Mark 4:39

Then he got up, rebuked the wind, and told the sea, "Calm down! Be still!" Then the wind stopped blowing, and there was a great calm.

Joshua 3:13

When the soles of the feet of the priests who carry the ark of the LORD, the Lord of the whole earth, touch the water in the Jordan River, the water that feeds the Jordan will be cut off from above and they'll stand still in a single location."

Joshua 4:7

then you'll say to them, "Because the waters of the Jordan River were cut off in front of the Ark of the Covenant of the LORD. When it crossed the Jordan River, the waters of the Jordan were cut off.' So these stones will become a memorial to the Israelis forever."

2 Kings 4:6

When the last of the vessels had been filled, she told her son, "Bring me another pot!"

Joshua 5:12

The manna ceased on the day they ate the produce of the land. Since the Israelis no longer received manna, they ate crops from the land of Canaan that year.

Numbers 16:48

He stood between the dead and the living and restrained the plague.

Numbers 16:50

Then Aaron returned to Moses at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting after the slaughter had been restrained.

Psalm 106:30

But Phinehas intervened and prayed so that the plague was restrained.

Ezekiel 12:23

Therefore you are to tell them, "This is what the Lord GOD says, "I'm about to put an end to use of this proverb in Israel. It will never be used again as a proverb in Israel. Instead, tell them that the days are drawing near when every vision will be fulfilled.

Ezekiel 18:3

As long as I live," declares the LORD, "you won't use this proverb about Israel anymore.

Ezekiel 12:24

There will no longer be worthless visions and flattering divinations in the midst of Israel's house.

Ezekiel 7:24

Therefore, I'm bringing the worst of the nations, who will take possession of their houses. I'll cause the pride of the mighty to cease, and their sanctuaries will be profaned.

Ezekiel 30:18

It will be a dark day for Tahpanhes when I break the yokes of Egypt. That's when her arrogant power will come to an end. She'll be covered by a cloud, and her citizens will go into captivity.

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Feast of jubilee » Enactments respecting » Cessation » Labor

Leviticus 25:11

The fiftieth year is to be a year of jubilee for you. You are not to sow or harvest the spilled kernels that grow of themselves or pick grapes from the untrimmed vines

Feast of sabbatical year » Enactments respecting » Cessation » Labor

Leviticus 25:4-5

But the seventh year is to be a Sabbath of rest for the land a Sabbath for the LORD. You are not to plant your field or prune your vineyard. You are not to gather what grows from the spilled kernels of your crops. You are not to pick the grapes of your untrimmed vines. Let it be a year of Sabbath for the land.

Menstruation » Cessation

Genesis 18:11

Now Sarah was listening at the tent entrance behind him. Abraham and Sarah were old really old and Sarah was beyond the age of childbearing.

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