22 occurrences

'Allow' in the Bible

and did not allow me to kiss my sons and my daughters? Now you have done foolishly.

Verse ConceptsPeople KissingKissingLove, And The WorldFrustrationgoodbyes

For the Lord will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when He sees the blood on the lintel and on the two doorposts, the Lord will pass over the door and will not allow the destroyer to come in to your houses to smite you.

Verse ConceptsAngels as agents of judgmentPassing OverPassing ThroughThe DestroyerBlood On The DoorTwo Parts Of ConstructionsAngel Of DeathFamily Death

Thus Edom refused to allow Israel to pass through his territory; so Israel turned away from him.

but do not stay there yourselves; pursue your enemies and attack them in the rear. Do not allow them to enter their cities, for the Lord your God has delivered them into your hand.”

Verse ConceptsPursuing PeopleSmitingThose God Gave Into Their HandsEnemy Attacks

Then the Amorites forced the sons of Dan into the hill country, for they did not allow them to come down to the valley;

He said to them, “Pursue them, for the Lord has given your enemies the Moabites into your hands.” So they went down after him and seized the fords of the Jordan opposite Moab, and did not allow anyone to cross.

Verse ConceptsRivers And StreamsFordsThose God Gave Into Their Hands

Why then do you harden your hearts as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? When He had severely dealt with them, did they not allow the people to go, and they departed?

Verse ConceptsFreedom, Of The WillHardness Of HeartStiffnecked PeopleObstinate Individuals

David persuaded his men with these words and did not allow them to rise up against Saul. And Saul arose, left the cave, and went on his way.

Verse ConceptsAttacking

And I said to the king, “If it please the king, let letters be given me for the governors of the provinces beyond the River, that they may allow me to pass through until I come to Judah,

Verse Conceptsequipping, physicalGovernorsSafetyAccreditationBeyond The River

“He will not allow me to get my breath,But saturates me with bitterness.

Verse ConceptsHaving No BreathBitternessCompetitionbreathingrelaxation

That you should turn your spirit against GodAnd allow such words to go out of your mouth?

Verse ConceptsCurbing Speechventing

The Lord will not allow the righteous to hunger,But He will reject the craving of the wicked.

Verse ConceptsProverbsRighteous, TheStomachsPlenty Through GodThe SoulRejectionA Good ManFeeding The Poorhunger

The sleep of the working man is pleasant, whether he eats little or much; but the full stomach of the rich man does not allow him to sleep.

Verse ConceptsHard LaborWakefulnessMore Than EnoughHard WorkWorryingSleeping Peacefullyworkinghardworkworries

Who made the world like a wildernessAnd overthrew its cities,Who did not allow his prisoners to go home?’

Verse ConceptsPrisonersCities Under AttackImprisonments

Then I heard a holy one speaking, and another holy one said to that particular one who was speaking, “How long will the vision about the regular sacrifice apply, while the transgression causes horror, so as to allow both the holy place and the host to be trampled?”

Verse ConceptsBefore God ActsTrampling PlacesSurrender

Their deeds will not allow themTo return to their God.For a spirit of harlotry is within them,And they do not know the Lord.

Verse ConceptsForgetting GodSpiritual HarlotryIngratitudeProstitutionSalvation, Necessity And Basis OfSpirit, Emotional Aspects OfDecadenceNot Returning To God

Bible Theasaurus

Acknowledge (102 instances)
Admit (16 instances)
Appropriate (93 instances)
Permit (64 instances)
Provide (159 instances)
Reserve (27 instances)
Tolerate (15 instances)

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