| Genesis 43:31 | And he washed his face, and went out, and refrained himself, and said, Set on bread. |
| Esther 5:10 | Nevertheless Haman refrained himself: and when he came home, he sent and called for his friends, and Zeresh his wife. |
| Job 29:9 | The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth. |
| Psalms 40:9 | I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O LORD, thou knowest. |
| Psalms 119:101 | I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word. |
| Isaiah 42:14 | I have long time holden my peace; I have been still, and refrained myself: now will I cry like a travailing woman; I will destroy and devour at once. |
| Jeremiah 14:10 | Thus saith the LORD unto this people, Thus have they loved to wander, they have not refrained their feet, therefore the LORD doth not accept them; he will now remember their iniquity, and visit their sins. |