Strong's G3973 παύω (pauo)

And the Lord scattered them thence over the face of all the earth, and they left off building the city and the tower.

And the Lord departed, when he left off speaking to Abraham, and Abraham returned to his place.

And it shall be, the virgin to whomsoever I shall say, Incline thy waterpot, that I may drink, and she shall say, Drink thou, and I will give thy camels drink, until they shall have done drinking—even this one thou hast prepared for thy servant Isaac, and hereby shall I know that thou hast dealt mercifully with my master Abraham.

And she said, I will also draw water for thy camels, till they shall all have drunk.

And it came to pass when all the camels ceased drinking, that the man took golden earrings, each of a drachma weight, and he put two bracelets on her hands, their weight was ten pieces of gold.

And it came to pass after Isaac had ceased blessing his son Jacob, it even came to pass, just when Jacob had gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting.

Pray then for me to the Lord, and let him cause the thunderings of God to cease, and the hail and the fire, and I will send you forth and ye shall remain no longer.

And Moses said to him, When I shall have departed from the city, I will stretch out my hands to the Lord, and the thunderings shall cease, and the hail and the rain shall be no longer, that thou mayest know that the earth is the Lord’s.

And Moses went forth from Pharaoh out of the city, and stretched out his hands to the Lord, and the thunders ceased and the hail, and the rain did not drop on the earth.

And when Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the thunders ceased, he continued to sin; and he hardened his heart, and the heart of his servants.

It is a perpetual covenant with me and the children of Israel, it is a perpetual sign with me; for in six days the Lord made the heaven and the earth, and on the seventh day he ceased, and rested.

Take heed lest at any time the Egyptians speak, saying, With evil intent he brought them out to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from off the earth; cease from thy wrathful anger, and be merciful to the sin of thy people,

And when he ceased speaking all these words, the ground clove asunder beneath them.

And the Lord said to Moses, Lay up the rod of Aaron before the testimonies to be kept as a sign for the children of the disobedient; and let their murmuring cease from me, and they shall not die.

and went in after the Israelitish man into the chamber, and pierced them both through, both the Israelitish man, and the woman through her womb; and the plague was stayed from the children of Israel.

And it shall come to pass when the scribes shall have ceased speaking to the people, that they shall appoint generals of the army to be leaders of the people.

I said, I will scatter them, And I will cause their memorial to cease from among men.

And they set up over him a great heap of stones; and the Lord ceased from his fierce anger. Therefore he called the place Emec Achor until this day.

And when the children of Israel had ceased slaying all that were in Ai, and in the fields, and in the mountain on the descent, from whence they pursued them even to the end, then Joshua returned to Ai, and smote it with the edge of the sword.

And it came to pass when he ceased speaking, that he cast the jawbone out of his hand; and he called that place the Lifting of the jawbone.

And behold also Zadok, and all the Levites were with him, bearing the ark of the covenant of the Lord from Baethar: and they set down the ark of God; and Abiathar went up, until all the people had passed out of the city.

And David said to Ornan, Give me thy place of the threshing floor, and I will build upon it an altar to the Lord: give it me for its worth in money, and the plague shall cease from among the people.

For my wrath cannot cease; For I perceive my food as the smell of a lion to be loathsome.

Neither will your reproof cause me to cease my words, For neither will I endure the sound of your speech.

For oh that thou hadst kept me in the grave, And hadst hidden me until thy wrath should cease, And thou shouldest set me a time in which thou wouldest remember me!

How long wilt thou continue? Forbear, that we also may speak.

And the great men ceased speaking, And laid their finger on their mouth.

Then let the nettle come up to me instead of wheat, And a bramble instead of barley. And Job ceased speaking.

Wherefore teach me, what shall we say to him? And let us cease from saying much.

And after Elihu had ceased from speaking, the Lord spoke to Job through the whirlwind and clouds, saying,

Keep thy tongue from evil, And thy lips from speaking guile.

Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: Fret not thyself so as to do evil.

A silent man quells strifes, And determines between great powers.

These things says the man to them that trust in God; and I cease.

Wash you, be clean; remove your iniquities from your souls before mine eyes; cease from your iniquities;

Therefore thus saith the Lord, the Lord of hosts, Woe to the mighty men of Israel; for my wrath shall not cease against mine adversaries, and I will execute judgment on mine enemies.

For yet a little while, and the indignation shall cease: but my wrath shall be against their council.

And gladness and rejoicing shall be taken away from the vineyards; and they shall not rejoice at all in thy vineyards; and they shall not at all tread wine into the vats; for the vintage has ceased.

The mirth of timbrels has ceased, the sound of the harp has ceased.

There is a howling for the wine everywhere; all the mirth of the land has ceased, all the mirth of the land has departed.

All this shall be in the land in the midst of the nations, as if one should strip an olive tree, so shall they strip them; but when the vintage is done,

For the ungodly one is put down: no one who will not learn righteousness on the earth, shall be able to do the truth: let the ungodly be taken away, that he see not the glory of the Lord.

Remember for a full year in pain, yet with hope: the vintage has been cut off, it has ceased, it shall by no means come again.

For the ways of these shall be made desolate: the terror of the nations has been made to cease, and the covenant with these is taken away, and ye shall by no means deem them men.

O God of my salvation; and I will not cease blessing thee with the psaltery all the days of my life before the house of God.

Thou hast wearied thyself with thy many ways; yet thou saidst not, I will cease to strengthen myself: for thou hast done these things; therefore thou hast not supplicated me.

And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt cease from reading this book, that thou shalt bind a stone upon it, and cast it into the midst of Euphrates;

There is no longer any healing for Moab, nor glorying in Heshbon: he has devised evils against her: we have cut her off from being a nation, and she shall be completely still: after thee shall go a sword;

And the peaceable abodes that remain shall be destroyed before the fierceness of my anger.

Peradventure they will hear, and turn every one from his evil way: then I will cease from the evils which I purpose to do to them, because of their evil practices.

And it came to pass, when Jeremiah had ceased speaking all that the Lord had ordered him to speak to all the people, that the priests and the false prophets and all the people took him, saying,

And now amend your ways and your works, and hearken to the voice of the Lord; and the Lord shall cease from the evils which he has pronounced against you.

Did Hezekiah and all Judah in any way slay him? Was it not that they feared the Lord, and they made supplication before the Lord, and the Lord ceased from the evils which he had pronounced against them? whereas we have wrought great evil against our own souls.

A voice was heard in Ramah, of lamentation, and of weeping, and wailing; Rachel would not cease weeping for her children, because they are not.

if these ordinances cease from before me, saith the Lord, then shall the family of Israel cease to be a nation before me forever.

And it came to pass, when Jeremiah ceased speaking to the people all the words of the Lord, for which the Lord had sent him to them, even all these words,

And have not ceased even to this day, and they have not kept to my ordinances, which I set before their fathers.

Now when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught.

And they came to him, and awoke him, saying, Master, master, we perish. Then he arose, and rebuked the wind and the raging of the water: and they ceased, and there was a calm.

And it came to pass, that, as he was praying in a certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples.

And daily in the temple, and in every house, they ceased not to teach and preach Jesus Christ.

And set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law:

And said, O full of all subtilty and all mischief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?

And after the uproar was ceased, Paul called unto him the disciples, and embraced them, and departed for to go into Macedonia.

Therefore watch, and remember, that by the space of three years I ceased not to warn every one night and day with tears.

Who immediately took soldiers and centurions, and ran down unto them: and when they saw the chief captain and the soldiers, they left beating of Paul.

Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.

Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers;

For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;

For then would they not have ceased to be offered? because that the worshippers once purged should have had no more conscience of sins.

For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:

Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin;

And when Achior had finished these sayings, all the people standing round about the tent murmured, and the chief men of Holofernes, and all that dwelt by the sea side, and in Moab, spoke that he should kill him.

Now after that she had ceased to cry unto the God of Israel, and had made an end of all these words,

And when she had left off speaking, the people shouted with a loud voice, and made a joyful noise in their city.

Now when he had left speaking these words, there came one of the Jews in the sight of all to sacrifice on the altar which was at Modein, according to the king’s commandment.

Now as soon as he had left off speaking, he leaped suddenly upon them, and so Seron and his host were overthrown before him.

Grant us peace, and let the Jews cease from assaulting us and the city.

When a man hath done, then he beginneth; And when he leaveth off, then he shall be doubtful.

All bread is sweet to a whoremonger, He will not leave off till he die.

Remember thy end, and let thy enmity cease; Remember corruption and death, and abide in the commandments.

He raiseth up the soul, and lighteneth the eyes: He giveth health, life, and blessing.