Restrain

For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever for the iniquity which he knoweth; because his sons made themselves vile, and he restrained them not.

Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain.

Thus saith the LORD; Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears: for thy work shall be rewarded, saith the LORD; and they shall come again from the land of the enemy.

And with these sayings scarce restrained they the people, that they had not done sacrifice unto them.

And when his friends heard of it, they went out to lay hold on him: for they said, He is beside himself.

Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, which bewrayeth itself.

Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.

I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O LORD, thou knowest.

And this I speak for your own profit; not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is comely, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction.

In that day I will perform against Eli all things which I have spoken concerning his house: when I begin, I will also make an end.

And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time.

For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.

There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it.

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Thus saith the LORD; Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears: for thy work shall be rewarded, saith the LORD; and they shall come again from the land of the enemy. And there is hope in thine end, saith the LORD, that thy children shall come again to their own border.

In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise.