21 verses contain “permit” (in the KJV: 4, in the BSB: 20) — showing 1–21
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For these nations, which thou shalt possess,
hearkened unto observers of times, and unto diviners: but as for thee, the LORD thy God hath not suffered thee so to do.
Though these nations, which you will dispossess,
listen to conjurers and diviners, the LORD your God has not
permitted you to do so.
Wherein the king granted the Jews which were in every city to gather themselves together, and to stand for their life, to destroy, to
slay, and to cause to perish, all the power of the people and province that would
assault them, both little ones and women, and to take the
spoil of them for a prey,
By these letters the king
permitted the Jews in each and every city the right to
assemble and defend themselves, to destroy, kill, and
annihilate all the forces of any people or province hostile to them, including women and children, and to
plunder their possessions.
The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.
The sleep of the worker is sweet, whether he eats little or much, but the abundance of the rich man permits him no sleep.
They will not frame their doings to turn unto their God: for the spirit of whoredoms is in the midst of them, and they have not known the LORD.
Their deeds do not
permit them to return to their God, for a spirit of
prostitution is within them, and they do not know the LORD.
And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him.
“Let it be so now,” Jesus replied. “It is fitting for us to
fulfill all righteousness in this way.” Then John
permitted Him.
He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.
Jesus replied, “Moses
permitted you to
divorce your wives because of your hardness of heart; but it was not this way from the beginning.
And ye suffer him no more to do ought for his father or his mother;
he is no longer permitted to do anything for his father or mother.
And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of
divorcement, and to put her away.
They answered, “Moses
permitted a man to write his wife a
certificate of
divorce and send her away.”
Then said
Pilate unto them, Take ye him, and judge him according to your law. The Jews therefore said unto him, It is not lawful for us to put any man to death:
“You take Him and judge Him by your own law,”
Pilate told them. “We are not
permitted to
execute anyone,” the Jews replied.
And when they came to the border of
Mysia, they tried to enter
Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus would not
permit them.
And he commanded a
centurion to keep Paul, and to let him have liberty, and that he should
forbid none of his acquaintance to minister or come unto him.
He ordered the
centurion to keep Paul under guard, but to allow him some freedom and
permit his friends to minister to his needs.
Then
Agrippa said unto Paul, Thou art
permitted to speak for
thyself. Then Paul stretched forth the hand, and answered for himself:
Agrippa said to Paul, “You have permission to speak for
yourself.” Then Paul stretched out his hand and began his
defense:
And when we came to Rome, the
centurion delivered the prisoners to the captain of the guard: but Paul was suffered to dwell by himself with a soldier that kept him.
When we arrived in Rome, Paul was permitted to stay by himself, with a soldier to guard him.
Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law.
Women are to be silent in the churches. They are not permitted to speak, but must be in submission, as the law says.
For I will not see you now by the way; but I trust to
tarry a while with you, if the Lord
permit.
For I do not want to see you now only in passing; I hope to
spend some time with you, if the Lord
permits.
How that he was caught up into
paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.
was caught up to
Paradise. The things he heard were too sacred for words, things that man is not
permitted to tell.
But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to
usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.
I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; she is to remain quiet.
And this will we do, if God permit.
And this we will do, if God permits.
And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies three days and an half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves.
For three and a half days all peoples and tribes and tongues and nations will view their bodies and will not permit them to be laid in a tomb.
And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.
Then the beast was
permitted to
wage war against the saints and to
conquer them, and it was given authority over every tribe and people and tongue and nation.
And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.
The second beast was permitted to give breath to the image of the first beast, so that the image could speak and cause all who refused to worship it to be killed.