When they ceased to worship they ceased to be self-controlled, nor could the most urgent and manifest self-interest, nor all the resources of lofty philosophy, withhold them from the ruin which always accompanies or follows vice.
"The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus"
G. A. Chadwick
It is not only that I have this power to exercise on whom I may; but I am this power, so that if he be one with Me I cannot withhold the exercise of that power from him.
"The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St. John, Vol. I"
Marcus Dods
He began to feel foolish but he kept his boyish poise while the man tried to withhold his laughter.
"Corpus of a Siam Mosquito"
Steven Sills