'Refrain' 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."
Then the king of Israel assembled the prophets, about four hundred men, and he said to them, "Shall I go against Ramoth-Gilead for the battle, or should I refrain?" Then they said, "Go up, for the Lord will give it into the hand of the king."
When he came to the king, the king asked him, "Micaiah, shall we go to Ramoth-Gilead to the battle, or shall we refrain?" He said to him, "Go up and triumph, and Yahweh will give [it] into the hand of the king."
"[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.
Can a woman forget her suckling, [refrain] from having compassion on the child of her womb? Indeed, these may forget, but I, I will not forget you!
And so then look, I have released you {today} from the chains that [were] on your hands. If it is good in your eyes to come with me [to] Babylon, [then] come, and {I will take care of you}. But if it is bad in your eyes to come with me [to] Babylon, [then] refrain. Look, the whole land [is] {before you}. To [wherever it is] good and right in your eyes to go, [then] go there."
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}?
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- Abstain (16 instances)
- Chorus (6 instances)
- Desist (12 instances)
- Forbear (23 instances)
- Refrain (50 instances)
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