And the others ¹  who became priests were numerous, because death prevented them ²  from continuing in office, ³ 

But John ¹  tried to prevent ²  him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and yet you come to me?”

King Baasha of Israel attacked Judah and established Ramah as a military outpost to prevent anyone from leaving or entering the land of King Asa of Judah. ¹ 

He ordered the centurion ¹  to guard Paul, ²  but to let him have some freedom, ³  and not to prevent any of his friends ⁴  from meeting his needs. ⁵ 

I do not want you to be unaware, ¹  brothers and sisters, ²  that I often intended to come to you (and was prevented until now), so that I may have some fruit even among you, just as I already have among the rest of the Gentiles. ³ 

In the thirty-sixth year of Asa’s reign, King Baasha of Israel attacked Judah, and he established Ramah as a military outpost to prevent anyone from leaving or entering the land of King Asa of Judah. ¹ 

Even by saying ¹  these things, they scarcely persuaded ²  the crowds not to offer sacrifice to them.

You were running well; who prevented you from obeying ¹  the truth?

So Sarai said to Abram, “Since ¹  the Lord has prevented me from having children, have sexual relations with ²  my servant. Perhaps I can have a family by her.” ³  Abram did what ⁴  Sarai told him.

so that the godless man should not rule, and not lay snares for the people. ¹ 

(but their eyes were kept ¹  from recognizing ²  him). ³ 

Then I ¹  said, “The thing that you are doing is wrong! ²  Should you not conduct yourselves ³  in the fear of our God in order to avoid the reproach of the Gentiles who are our enemies?

Now as they were going along the road, they came to some water, and the eunuch said, “Look, there is water! What is to stop me ¹  from being baptized?” ² 

Pharaoh Necho imprisoned him in Riblah in the land of Hamath and prevented him from ruling in Jerusalem. ¹  He imposed on the land a special tax ²  of one hundred talents ³  of silver and a talent of gold.

The ropes of Sheol ¹  tightened around me; ²  the snares of death trapped me. ³ 

They confronted ¹  me in my day of calamity, but the Lord helped me. ² 

Why did the knees welcome me, ¹  and why were there ²  two breasts ³  that I might nurse at them? ⁴ 

The ropes of Sheol tightened around me, ¹  the snares of death trapped me. ² 

They confronted ¹  me in my day of calamity, but the Lord helped me. ² 

This is the reason I was often hindered from coming to you.