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Refrain (33 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Refrain (33 Occurrences). Acts 4:20 for as for us we cannot
refrain from speaking of the things which we have seen and heard. (DBY). ...
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Lip (20 Occurrences)
... 13). To "open the lips" is to begin to speak (Job 11:5); to "refrain the
lips" is to keep silence (Psalm 40:9; 1 Peter 3:10). The ...
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Refrained (14 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (imp. & pp) of Refrain. Multi-Version Concordance
Refrained (14 Occurrences). John 19:33 Then they came ...
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Pledge (55 Occurrences)
... 5. (n.) A promise or agreement by which one binds one's self to do, or to refrain
from doing, something; especially, a solemn promise in writing to refrain...
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Spare (80 Occurrences)
... parsimonious. 7. (vi) To refrain from inflicting harm; to use mercy or
forbearance. 8. (vi) To desist; to stop; to refrain. 9. (vt ...
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Restrain (31 Occurrences)
... restrain them. (YLT). Proverbs 1:15 My son, walk not thou in the way with them;
Refrain thy foot from their path: (See JPS). Proverbs 27 ...
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Refractory (7 Occurrences)

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Proverbs (11 Occurrences)
... The little poem on the sluggard (Proverbs 24:30-34), with its refrain (Proverbs
24:33, 14), is noteworthy as being apparently one stanza of a poem which is ...
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Quiet (167 Occurrences)
... In the New Testament, it is the translation of hesuchazo, "to refrain from gossip
or meddlesomehess": "that ye study to be quiet": (1 Thessalonians 4:11), and ...
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Valuable (17 Occurrences)
... their gods, with their molten images, and with their goodly vessels of silver and
of gold, shall he carry captive into Egypt; and he shall refrain some years ...
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Naught (40 Occurrences)
... (WBS). Acts 5:38 And now I say to you, Refrain from these men, and let them alone:
for if this counsel or this work is from men, it will come to naught: (WBS). ...
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Nicolaitans (2 Occurrences)
... The Nicolaitans disobeyed the command issued to the Gentilechurches, by the apostolic
council held at Jerusalem in 49-50 AD, that they should refrain from the ...
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Nought (104 Occurrences)
... Acts 5:38 And now I say unto you, Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for
if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought: (KJV). ...
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Overlook (7 Occurrences)
... 5. (vt) To look over and beyond (anything) without seeing it; to miss or omit in
looking; hence, to refrain from bestowing notice or attention upon; to neglect ...
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Lovingkindness (176 Occurrences)
... It is greatly magnified in the Old Testament, highly extolled and gloried in, in
many of the psalms (Psalm 136 has the constant refrain, "For his ...
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Grievously (17 Occurrences)
... (DBY). Isaiah 64:12 Wilt thou refrain thyself for these things, O LORD?
wilt thou hold thy peace, and grievously afflict us? (WBS). ...
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Guile (21 Occurrences)
... 1 Peter 3:10 For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his
tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile: (KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT ...
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Gamaliel (7 Occurrences)
... By a reference to well-known events, he advised them to "refrain from these men."
If their work or counsel was of man, it would come to nothing; but if it was ...
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Wheel (20 Occurrences)
... 7. (n.) A firework which, while burning, is caused to revolve on an axis by the
reaction of the escaping gases. 8. (n.) The burden or refrain of a song. ...
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Warranted (1 Occurrence)
... will speak the truth. But I refrain, so that no man may think more of me
than that which he sees in me, or hears from me. (See NIV). ...
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With (66342 Occurrences)
... we shall see, the words indicate that such practitioners professed to rely upon
spirits in their divinations, the Scriptures carefully refrain from sanctioning ...
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Injunction (8 Occurrences)
... writ or process, granted by a court of equity, and, income cases, under statutes,
by a court of law, whereby a party is required to do or to refrain from doing ...
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Forbear (24 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) An ancestor; a forefather; -- usually in the
plural. 2. (vi) To refrain from proceeding; to pause; to delay. ...
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Theirs (96 Occurrences)
... nothing; (See NIV). Ephesians 6:9 And you masters, act towards your slaves on
the same principles, and refrain from threats. For you know ...
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Threats (14 Occurrences)
... NAS RSV NIV). Ephesians 6:9 And you masters, act towards your slaves on
the same principles, and refrain from threats. For you know ...
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Remit (3 Occurrences)
... 6. (vt) To forgive; to pardon; to remove. 7. (vt) To refrain from exacting
or enforcing; as, to remit the performance of an obligation. ...
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Essay (1 Occurrence)
... Essay (1 Occurrence). Job 4:2 If a word were essayed to thee, wouldest thou be
grieved? But who can refrain from speaking? (Root in DBY WBS). ...
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Essayed (4 Occurrences)
... And David put them off him. (See JPS WBS). Job 4:2 If a word were essayed to thee,
wouldest thou be grieved? But who can refrain from speaking? (DBY). ...
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Embracing (4 Occurrences)
... Ecclesiastes 3:5 a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together;
a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; (WEB KJV JPS ASV ...
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Embrace (11 Occurrences)
... Ecclesiastes 3:5 a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together;
a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; (WEB KJV JPS ASV ...
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Devils (48 Occurrences)
... we shall see, the words indicate that such practitioners professed to rely upon
spirits in their divinations, the Scriptures carefully refrain from sanctioning ...
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Duty (90 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) That which a person is bound by moral obligation to do, or refrain from
doing; that which one ought to do; service morally obligatory. ...
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Dehort
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (vt) To urge to abstain or refrain; to dissuade. Int.
Standard Bible Encyclopedia. DEHORT. de-hort' (apostrepho ...
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Defer (7 Occurrences)
... (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS). Isaiah 48:9 For my name's sake will I defer my anger,
and for my praise will I refrain for you, that I not cut you off. ...
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Distinctions (15 Occurrences)
... Christ Jesus. (WEY). Ephesians 6:9 And you masters, act towards your slaves
on the same principles, and refrain from threats. For you ...
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Desist (12 Occurrences)
... their gods, with their molten images, and with their goodly vessels of silver and
of gold, shall he carry captive into Egypt; and he shall refrain some years ...
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Demons (54 Occurrences)
... we shall see, the words indicate that such practitioners professed to rely upon
spirits in their divinations, the Scriptures carefully refrain from sanctioning ...
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Mouth (534 Occurrences)
... Silent submission is expressed by "laying the hand upon the mouth" (Judges 18:19
Job 29:9; Job 40:4 Micah 7:16); compare "to refrain the lips"; see LIP. ...
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Merely (30 Occurrences)
... will boast. (WEY). Ephesians 6:9 And you masters, act towards your slaves
on the same principles, and refrain from threats. For you ...
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Poetry
... (2.) The repetition of the same verse or of some emphatic expression at intervals
(Psalm 42, 107, where the refrain is in verses, 8, 15, 21, 31). (Comp. ...
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Promise (112 Occurrences)
... 5. (vt) To engage to do, give, make, or to refrain from doing, giving, or making,
or the like; to covenant; to engage; as, to promise a visit; to promise a ...
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Principles (11 Occurrences)
... again? (WEB DBY NIV). Ephesians 6:9 And you masters, act towards your slaves
on the same principles, and refrain from threats. For ...
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Proselyte (2 Occurrences)
... Besides these laws, however, they were required to abstain from work on the Sabbath,
and to refrain from the use of leavened bread during the time of the ...
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Pardon (31 Occurrences)
... 6. (vt) To remit the penalty of; to suffer to pass without punishment; to forgive; --
applied to offenses. 7. (vt) To refrain from exacting as a penalty. ...
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Peor (14 Occurrences)
... When he looked on the tribes encamped in the acacia groves below him, he could not
refrain from giving utterance to a remarkable benediction (24:1-9). Balak ...
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Burden (111 Occurrences)
... objectionable). 11. (n.) The verse repeated in a song, or the return of the
theme at the end of each stanza; the chorus; refrain. Hence ...
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Name's (31 Occurrences)
... (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV NIV). Isaiah 48:9 For my name's sake will I defer
my anger, and for my praise will I refrain for you, that I not cut you off. ...
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Communion (8 Occurrences)
... we shall see, the words indicate that such practitioners professed to rely upon
spirits in their divinations, the Scriptures carefully refrain from sanctioning ...
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Abstain (13 Occurrences)
... 1. (vi) To hold oneself from wrongdoing; to forbear or refrain voluntarily, and
especially from an indulgence of the passions or appetites; -- with from. ...
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Sun (1708 Occurrences)
... The ancient world given to personifying the sun did not refrain from sun-worship,
and even the Hebrew in the time of the kings came perilously near this ...
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Slander (34 Occurrences)
... and backbiters are mentioned in some of Paul's darkest catalogues of evildoers
(Romans 1:29, 30 2 Corinthians 12:20 2 Timothy 3:3). To refrain from slander is ...
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Sorely (23 Occurrences)
... (YLT). Isaiah 64:12 Wilt Thou refrain Thyself for these things, O LORD? Wilt
Thou hold Thy peace, and afflict us very sore? (See RSV). ...
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Scribes (85 Occurrences)
... Thus Gamaliel advised the Sanhedrin, when the apostles were before them charged
with "teaching in this name," to "refrain from these men and let them alone ...
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Cruelty (8 Occurrences)
... is seen at its best, as in the teachings of the prophets, it is the mark of the
righteous man to treat human life as sacred and to refrain scrupulously from ...
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Cruel (196 Occurrences)
... is seen at its best, as in the teachings of the prophets, it is the mark of the
righteous man to treat human life as sacred and to refrain scrupulously from ...
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Attitudes (1 Occurrence)
... EJ Davies, the discoverer of this Hittite monument, in describing it, makes this
remark, which we cannot refrain from inserting, inasmuch as it gives another ...
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Cain (18 Occurrences)
... things are made tributary. But if we can not refrain from putting the familiar
question, Who was Cain's wife? it is also impossible ...
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Rewarded (37 Occurrences)
... Jeremiah 31:16 Thus says Yahweh: Refrain your voice from weeping, and your eyes
from tears; for your work shall be rewarded, says Yahweh; and they shall come ...
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Songs (100 Occurrences)
... (3) The correct translation of the refrain in Songs 2:7 and 3:5 (compare 8:4)
is important for an understanding of the purpose of Canticles. ...
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Sees (135 Occurrences)
... truth. But I refrain, so that no man may think more of me than that which
he sees in me, or hears from me. (WEB BBE DBY NAS RSV). ...
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Covenant (309 Occurrences)
... 5. (n.) An undertaking, on sufficient consideration, in writing and under seal,
to do or to refrain from some act or thing; a contract; a stipulation; also ...
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Perhaps (89 Occurrences)
... 1 Thessalonians 3:5 For this reason I also, no longer able to refrain myself, sent
to know your faith, lest perhaps the tempter had tempted you and our labour ...
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Hide (135 Occurrences)
... 2. (vt) To withhold from knowledge; to keep secret; to refrain from avowing
or confessing. 3. (vt) To remove from danger; to shelter. ...
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Earthly (39 Occurrences)
... Christ. (WEY RSV NIV). Ephesians 6:9 And you masters, act towards your slaves
on the same principles, and refrain from threats. For ...
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Psalms (44 Occurrences)
... Psalms 42 and 43 are almost certainly one poem (see refrain in 42:5, 11; 43:5);
and it is probable that Psalms 9 and 10 were originally one, as in Septuagint. ...
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Song (207 Occurrences)
... (3) The correct translation of the refrain in Songs 2:7 and 3:5 (compare 8:4)
is important for an understanding of the purpose of Canticles. ...
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Foolish (259 Occurrences)
... the truth. But I refrain, so that no man may think more of me than that
which he sees in me, or hears from me. (WEB ASV BBE NAS). 2 ...
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Slaves (119 Occurrences)
... See NAS NIV). Ephesians 6:9 And you masters, act towards your slaves on
the same principles, and refrain from threats. For you know ...
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Sanctification (13 Occurrences)
... of God, His supremacy, which is seen here in the judgment (justice, righteousness)
meted out to the disobedient people (compare the recurrent refrain of Isaiah ...
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Maketh (399 Occurrences)
... Genesis 45:1 And Joseph hath not been able to refrain himself before all those standing
by him, and he calleth, 'Put out every man from me;' and no man hath ...
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Boast (86 Occurrences)
... But I refrain, so that no man may think more of me than that which he sees
in me, or hears from me. (WEB WEY DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV). ...
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Act (204 Occurrences)
... Let it not be as unwise men, but as wise. (WEY YLT). Ephesians 6:9 And you masters,
act towards your slaves on the same principles, and refrain from threats. ...
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Wouldest (66 Occurrences)
... words. (See JPS ASV). Job 4:2 If a word were essayed to thee, wouldest thou
be grieved? But who can refrain from speaking? (DBY). Job ...
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Afflict (55 Occurrences)
... (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT). Isaiah 64:12 Will you refrain yourself for these
things, Yahweh? will you hold your peace, and afflict us very sore? ...
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Hebrews (24 Occurrences)
... But why should anybody who wanted to represent the letter as Pauline and who scrupled
not to add to it for that purpose, refrain from the obvious device of ...
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Purity (16 Occurrences)
... The refrain of the poem is- "I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem That ye stir
not up, nor awake my love."- Songs 2:7; Songs 3:5; Songs 8:4. The watchfulness ...
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Molten (41 Occurrences)
... their gods, with their molten images, and with their goodly vessels of silver and
of gold, shall he carry captive into Egypt; and he shall refrain some years ...
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Fool (95 Occurrences)
... But I refrain, so that no man may think more of me than that which he sees in me,
or hears from me. (Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). ...
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Stayed (169 Occurrences)
... Genesis 45:1 And Joseph hath not been able to refrain himself before all those standing
by him, and he calleth, 'Put out every man from me;' and no man hath ...
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Goodly (46 Occurrences)
... their gods, with their molten images, and with their goodly vessels of silver and
of gold, shall he carry captive into Egypt; and he shall refrain some years ...
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