'Spares' in the Bible

[though] he spares it and does not let it go [and] holds it back in the midst of his palate,

God spares his soul from the Pit,his life from crossing the river of death.

He who withholds his rod hates his son,But he who loves him disciplines him diligently.

He who has knowledge restrains and is careful with his words,And a man of understanding and wisdom has a cool spirit (self-control, an even temper).

By the fury of the Lord of hosts the land is burned up,And the people are like fuel for the fire;No man spares his brother.

"They'll be mine," says the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, "in the day when I prepare my treasured possession. I'll spare them, just as a man spares his own son who serves him.