13 occurrences

'Withheld' in the Bible

He said, “Do not stretch out your hand against the lad, and do nothing to him; for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only son, from Me.”

and said, “By Myself I have sworn, declares the Lord, because you have done this thing and have not withheld your son, your only son,

Then Jacob’s anger burned against Rachel, and he said, “Am I in the place of God, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?”

There is no one greater in this house than I, and he has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. How then could I do this great evil and sin against God?”

“To the weary you have given no water to drink,And from the hungry you have withheld bread.

“From the wicked their light is withheld,And the uplifted arm is broken.

You have given him his heart’s desire,And You have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah.

“Therefore the showers have been withheld,And there has been no spring rain.Yet you had a harlot’s forehead;You refused to be ashamed.

‘Your iniquities have turned these away,And your sins have withheld good from you.

Gird yourselves with sackclothAnd lament, O priests;Wail, O ministers of the altar!Come, spend the night in sackclothO ministers of my God,For the grain offering and the drink offeringAre withheld from the house of your God.

“Furthermore, I withheld the rain from youWhile there were still three months until harvest.Then I would send rain on one cityAnd on another city I would not send rain;One part would be rained on,While the part not rained on would dry up.

Therefore, because of you the sky has withheld its dew and the earth has withheld its produce.

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