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But the LORD forbid that I should stretch out my hand against the LORD’s anointed. Instead, take the spear and water jug by his head, and let us go.”
- 1 Samuel 26:11
But Naboth replied, “The LORD forbid that I should give you the inheritance of my fathers.”
- 1 Kings 21:3
You who forbid adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples?
- Romans 2:22
The law, instead of cleansing the heart from sin, doth revive it, put strength into, and increase it in the soul, even as it doth discover and forbid it, for it doth not give power to subdue.
- John Bunyan
And oh, Fair plant, said he, with fruit surcharged, Deigns none to ease thy load, and taste thy sweet, Nor God, nor Man? Is knowledge so despised? Or envy, or what reserve forbids to taste? Forbid who will, none shall from me withhold Longer thy offered good; why else set here?
- John Milton
Does Scripture forbid homosexual behavior? Of course it does. Jesus and his apostles taught that God's intention in marriage is for a man to leave his parents and join himself to one woman.
- Michael Horton
You can't forbid someone to have an opinion, no matter how young they are!
- Anne Frank
Since belief is measured by action, he who forbids us to believe religion to be true, necessarily also forbids us to act as we should if we did believe it to be true.
- William James
Law is the highest reason implanted in Nature, which commands what ought to be done and forbids the opposite.
- Cicero
Human law cannot punish or forbid all evil, since while doing away with evils it would do away with many good things, which would hinder the advance of the common good.
- St. Augustine