'Permitted' in the Bible
Though these nations you are about to drive out listen to fortune-tellers and diviners, the Lord your God has not permitted you to do this.
They began to worship other gods, bowing down to gods they had not known—gods that the Lord had not permitted them to worship.
He told them, “Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because of the hardness of your hearts. But it was not like that from the beginning.
They said, “Moses permitted us to write divorce papers and send her away.”
God raised up this man on the third day and permitted Him to be seen,
Agrippa said to Paul, “It is permitted for you to speak for yourself.”Then Paul stretched out his hand and began his defense:
When we entered Rome, Paul was permitted to stay by himself with the soldier who guarded him.
the women should be silent in the churches, for they are not permitted to speak, but should be submissive, as the law also says.
They were not permitted to kill them but were to torment them for five months; their torment is like the torment caused by a scorpion when it strikes a man.
And he was permitted to wage war against the saints and to conquer them. He was also given authority over every tribe, people, language, and nation.
He deceives those who live on the earth because of the signs that he is permitted to perform on behalf of the beast, telling those who live on the earth to make an image of the beast who had the sword wound and yet lived.
He was permitted to give a spirit to the image of the beast, so that the image of the beast could both speak and cause whoever would not worship the image of the beast to be killed.
She was given fine linen to wear, bright and pure.For the fine linen represents the righteous acts of the saints.