חָשַׂךְ

Then God said to Abimelech in the dream, “Yes, I know that you did this with a clear conscience, and so I have kept you from sinning against Me. That is why I did not let you touch her.

“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,

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?”

On hearing that Nabal was dead, David said, “Blessed be the LORD, who has upheld my cause against the reproach of Nabal and has restrained His servant from evil. For the LORD has brought the wickedness of Nabal down upon his own head.” Then David sent word to Abigail, asking her to become his wife.

Then Joab blew the ram’s horn, and the troops broke off their pursuit of Israel because Joab had restrained them.

Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, “Look, my master has spared this Aramean, Naaman, by not accepting what he brought. As surely as the LORD lives, I will run after him and get something from him.”

After all that has come upon us because of our evil deeds and our great guilt (though You, our God, have punished us less than our iniquities deserve and have given us such a remnant as this),

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

But I would encourage you with my mouth, and the consolation of my lips would bring relief.

Even if I speak, my pain is not relieved, and if I hold back, how will it go away?

Indeed, the evil man is spared from the day of calamity, delivered from the day of wrath.

They abhor me and keep far from me; they do not hesitate to spit in my face.

…to preserve his soul from the Pit and his life from perishing by the sword.

…which I hold in reserve for times of trouble, for the day of war and battle?

Keep Your servant also from willful sins; may they not rule over me. Then I will be blameless and cleansed of great transgression.

He cleared a path for His anger; He did not spare them from death but delivered their lives to the plague.

When words are many, sin is unavoidable, but he who restrains his lips is wise.

One gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds what is right, only to become poor.

He who spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him disciplines him diligently.

A man of knowledge restrains his words, and a man of understanding maintains a calm spirit.

All day long he covets more, but the righteous give without restraint.

Rescue those being led away to death, and restrain those stumbling toward the slaughter.

It struck the peoples in anger with unceasing blows; it subdued the nations in rage with relentless persecution.

“Enlarge the site of your tent, stretch out the curtains of your dwellings, do not hold back. Lengthen your ropes and drive your stakes in deep.

“Cry aloud, do not hold back! Raise your voice like a ram’s horn. Declare to My people their transgression and to the house of Jacob their sins.

This is what the LORD says about this people: “Truly they love to wander; they have not restrained their feet. So the LORD does not accept them; He will now remember their iniquity and punish them for their sins.”

The day will be darkened in Tahpanhes when I break the yoke of Egypt and her proud strength comes to an end. A cloud will cover her, and her daughters will go into captivity.