15 Bible Verses about God Forbidding

And he said: Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from?

He said to Adam: Because you listened to your wife and ate from the tree about which I commanded you, 'You must not eat of it,' cursed is the ground because of you; through painful toil you will eat of it all the days of your life.

These nations whom you shall possess listened to observers of clouds and to diviners. As for you, Jehovah your God has not allowed you to do so.

They made themselves servants of disgusting things. Even though Jehovah said: You should not do this.

He commands the sun and it does not rise! He seals off the stars.

No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to man. God is faithful and he will not allow you to be tempted beyond your limits. He will make a way out, that you will be able to endure it.

Let women keep silent in the congregations. They are not permitted to speak. They must be in submission as it says in the law.

Do not hurt the boy or harm him in any way! The angel said. Now I know that you truly obey God, because you were willing to offer him your only son.

Jehovah appeared to Isaac and said: Isaac, stay away from Egypt! I will show you where I want you to go.

However, we did not go near the Ammonite towns, both in the mountains and near the Jabbok River, just as Jehovah commanded.

Yet he has cheated me. He changed my wages ten times. However, God did not let him harm me.

God said to Balaam: Do not go with them! Do not curse these people. They are blessed!

When Balaam got up in the morning, he said to Balak's princes: Go back to your own country. Jehovah has refused to let me go with you.

He permitted no man to do them wrong and he reproved kings for their sakes.

But Jehovah said to me: 'Tell them, do not go and fight! I am not with you. Your enemies will defeat you.'