Verses with the word refrain in the Apocrypha (3 verses):
Wisdom of Solomon 1:11
Therefore beware of murmuring, which is unprofitable; and refrain your tongue from backbiting: for there is no word so secret, that shall go for nought: and the mouth that belieth slayeth the soul.
Sirach 4:23
And refrain not to speak, when there is occasion to do good, and hide not thy wisdom in her beauty.
Sirach 18:30
Go not after thy lusts, but refrain thyself from thine appetites.
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