4 occurrences

'Refrain' in the Bible

"If someone should attempt a word with you, will you be impatient? But who can refrain from speaking?

"Therefore, I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

Verse ConceptsAgony, In HeartBeing BitterResentment, Against GodAnguish, Cause

"Refrain from talking with me so that I may speak; then let come to me what may.

Verse ConceptsCurbing Speech

"But if I speak, my pain is not relieved, and if I refrain from speaking -- how much of it goes away?

Verse ConceptsHelplessnessPeople Being SilentMere Talk

Bible Theasaurus

Abstain (16 instances)
Chorus (6 instances)
Desist (12 instances)
Forbear (23 instances)
Refrain (50 instances)

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