'Restraining' in the Bible

for Jehovah restraining had restrained every womb of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah, Abraham's wife.

Then he washed his face and came out, and, restraining himself, said, “Let the meal be served.”

that this is not to thee for a stumbling-block, and for an offence of heart to my lord -- either to shed blood for nought, or my lord's restraining himself; and Jehovah hath done good to my lord, and thou hast remembered thy handmaid.'

Restraining the noise of seas, the noise of their billows, And the multitude of the peoples.

In the abundance of words transgression ceaseth not, And whoso is restraining his lips is wise.

[In] restraining her, he restrains wind, and his right hand will grasp oil.

I defer my anger for my name's sake, and as my first act I'm restraining it for you, so as not to cut you off.

But I am full of the wrath (judgment) of the Lord;I am tired of restraining it.“[I will] pour it out on the children in the streetAnd on the young men gathered together;For both the husband and wife shall be taken,The aged and the very old [though full of days they are not exempt from judgment].