'Prevent' in the Bible

For this people's mind is stupefied, their hearing has become dull, and their eyes they have closed; to prevent their ever seeing with their eyes, or hearing with their ears, or understanding with their minds, and turning back, so that I might heal them.'

So He gave directions to His disciples to keep a small boat in constant attendance on Him because of the throng--to prevent their crushing Him.

yet because she annoys me I will give her justice, to prevent her from constantly coming to pester me.'"

But others of them asked, "Was this man who opened the blind man's eyes unable to prevent this man from dying?"

But to prevent the matter spreading any further among the people, let us stop them by threats from speaking in the future in this name to any one whatever."

So they proceeded on their way till they came to some water; and the eunuch exclaimed, "See, here is water; what is there to prevent my being baptized?"

For this people's mind has grown callous, their hearing has become dull, and their eyes they have closed; to prevent their ever seeing with their eyes, or hearing with their ears, or understanding with their minds, and turning back, so that I might cure them.'

to prevent any mortal man from boasting in the presence of God.

I say this to prevent your being misled by any one's plausible sophistry.

for they still try to prevent our preaching to the Gentiles so that they may find salvation. They thus continually fill up the measure of their own sins, and God's anger in its severest form has overtaken them.

If these things exist in you, and continually increase, they prevent your being either idle or unfruitful in advancing towards a full knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.