Withheld

“Do not lay a hand on the boy or do anything to him,” said the angel, “for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your only son from me.”

…saying, “By Myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, that because you have done this and have not withheld your only son,

…saying, “Blessed be the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who has not withheld His kindness and faithfulness from my master. As for me, the LORD has led me on the journey to the house of my master’s relatives.”

Jacob became angry with Rachel and said, “Am I in the place of God, who has withheld children from you?”

No one in this house is greater than I am. He has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. So how could I do such a great evil and sin against God?”

You gave no water to the weary and withheld food from the famished,

Light is withheld from the wicked, and their upraised arm is broken.

You have granted his heart’s desire and have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah

Blessed be God, who has not rejected my prayer or withheld from me His loving devotion!

You withheld all Your fury; You turned from Your burning anger.

Therefore the showers have been withheld, and no spring rains have fallen. Yet you have the brazen look of a prostitute; you refuse to be ashamed.

But I withheld My hand and acted for the sake of My name, so that it would not be profaned in the eyes of the nations in whose sight I had brought them out.

Put on sackcloth and lament, O priests; wail, O ministers of the altar. Come, spend the night in sackcloth, O ministers of my God, because the grain and drink offerings are withheld from the house of your God.

“I also withheld the rain from you when the harvest was three months away. I sent rain on one city but withheld it from another. One field received rain; another without rain withered.

“I also withheld the rain from you when the harvest was three months away. I sent rain on one city but withheld it from another. One field received rain; another without rain withered.

Therefore, on account of you the heavens have withheld their dew and the earth has withheld its crops.

Therefore, on account of you the heavens have withheld their dew and the earth has withheld its crops.

If you forgive anyone his sins, they are forgiven; if you withhold forgiveness from anyone, it is withheld.”

Look, the wages you withheld from the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.