Lexicon :: Strong's H2820 - ḥāśaḵ

Then God said to him in the dream, “Yes, I know that you did this with a clear conscience.[fn] I have also kept you from sinning against me. Therefore I have not let you touch her.

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

and said, “By myself I have sworn,” this is the LORD’s declaration: “Because you have done this thing 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 this immense evil, and how could I sin against God? ”

When David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, “Blessed be the LORD who championed my cause against Nabal’s insults and restrained his servant from doing evil. The LORD brought Nabal’s evil deeds back on his own head.”

Then David sent messengers to speak to Abigail about marrying him.

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

Gehazi, the attendant of Elisha the man of God, thought, “My master has let this Aramean Naaman off lightly by not accepting from him what he brought. As the LORD lives, I will run after him and get something from him.”

After all that has happened to us because of our evil deeds and terrible guilt ​— ​though you, our God, have punished us less than our iniquities deserve and have allowed us to survive[fn] ​— ​

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.

Instead, I would encourage you with my mouth,

and the consolation from my lips would bring relief.

Indeed, the evil person is spared from the day of disaster,

rescued from the day of wrath.

They despise me and keep their distance from me;

they do not hesitate to spit in my face.

God spares his soul from the Pit,

his life from crossing the river of death.[fn]

which I hold in reserve for times of trouble,

for the day of warfare and battle?

Moreover, keep your servant from willful sins;

do not let them rule me.

Then I will be blameless

and cleansed from blatant rebellion.

He cleared a path for his anger.

He did not spare them from death

but delivered their lives to the plague.

When there are many words, sin is unavoidable,

but the one who controls his lips is prudent.

One person gives freely,

yet gains more;

another withholds what is right,

only to become poor.

The one who will not use the rod hates his son,

but the one who loves him disciplines him diligently.

The one who has knowledge restrains his words,

and one who keeps a cool head[fn]

is a person of understanding.

He is filled with craving[fn] all day long,

but the righteous give and don’t hold back.

Rescue those being taken off to death,

and save those stumbling toward 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,

and let your tent curtains be stretched out;

do not hold back;

lengthen your ropes,

and drive your pegs deep.

“Cry out loudly, don’t hold back!

Raise your voice like a ram’s horn.

Tell my people their transgression

and the house of Jacob their sins.

This is what the LORD says concerning these people:

Truly they love to wander;

they never rest their feet.

So the LORD does not accept them.

Now he will remember their iniquity

and punish their sins.