spared
23 occurrences across the corpus
King James Version
But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly destroy them: but every thing that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly.
And Saul said, They have brought them from the Amalekites: for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed.
Behold, this day thine eyes have seen how that the LORD had delivered thee to day into mine hand in the cave: and some bade me kill thee: but mine eye spared thee; and I said, I will not put forth mine hand against my lord; for he is the LORD’s anointed.
And there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that was come unto him; but took the poor man’s lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come to him.
But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of the LORD’s oath that was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.
But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold, my master hath spared Naaman this Syrian, in not receiving at his hands that which he brought: but, as the LORD liveth, I will run after him, and take somewhat of him.
He made a way to his anger; he spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence;
Nevertheless mine eye spared them from destroying them, neither did I make an end of them in the wilderness.
He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?
For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest he also spare not thee.
For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;
And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;
KJV Apocrypha (Catholic Deuterocanon)
And God turn these things to thee for a perpetual praise, to visit thee in good things because thou hast not spared thy life for the affliction of our nation, but hast revenged our ruin, walking a straight way before our God. And all the people said; So be it, so be it.
Neither spared he the place where Lot sojourned, but abhorred them for their pride.
But the Lord being gracious and knowing his workmanship, neither left nor forsook them, but spared them.
KJV Apocrypha (Eastern Orthodox Additions)
Nevertheless the God of their fathers sent by his messenger to call them back, because he spared them and his tabernacle also.
Who slew their young men with the sword, yea, even within the compass of their holy temple, and spared neither young man nor maid, old man nor child, among them; for he delivered all into their hands.
For I have seen how thou sufferest them sinning, and hast spared wicked doers: and hast destroyed thy people, and hast preserved thine enemies, and hast not signified it.
And I saw, and spared it greatly, and have kept me a grape of the cluster, and a plant of a great people.
1 Enoch
And when He sends forth his word against you, are you not spared, and terrified?
All the luminaries are agitated with great fear; and all the earth is spared, while it trembles, and suffers anxiety.
OT Pseudepigrapha
They were wrought with exceptional skill, for the king spared no expense and personally superintended the workmen individually.
It was obvious that no expense had been spared on the door and the fastenings, which connected it with the door-posts, and the stability of the lintel.