Quotes about Restraint
Where there is no vision, the people cast off restraint; but blessed is he who keeps the Law.
— Proverbs 29:18
If you have foolishly exalted yourself or if you have plotted evil, put your hand over your mouth.
— Proverbs 30:32
Do not pay attention to every word that is spoken, or you may hear your servant cursing you.
— Ecclesiastes 7:21
O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you by the gazelles and does of the field: Do not arouse or awaken love until the time is right.
— Song of Solomon 2:7
O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you by the gazelles and does of the field: Do not arouse or awaken love until the time is right.
— Song of Solomon 3:5
My sister, my bride, you are a garden locked up, a spring enclosed, a fountain sealed.
— Song of Solomon 4:12
O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you: Do not arouse or awaken love until the time is right.
— Song of Solomon 8:4
They no longer sing and drink wine; strong drink is bitter to those who consume it.
— Isaiah 24:9
He will not cry out or raise His voice, nor make His voice heard in the streets.
— Isaiah 42:2
“I have kept silent from ages past; I have remained quiet and restrained. But now I will groan like a woman in labor; I will at once gasp and pant.
— Isaiah 42:14
Look down from heaven and see, from Your holy and glorious habitation. Where are Your zeal and might? Your yearning and compassion for me are restrained.
— Isaiah 63:15
After all this, O LORD, will You restrain Yourself? Will You keep silent and afflict us beyond measure?
— Isaiah 64:12