Noah Webster's Dictionary (v. i.) To cease an action; to stop; as to cease and desist from an illegal enterprise; to forbear; -- often with from.

Multi-Version Concordance Desist (12 Occurrences) Acts 5:42 But they did not desist from teaching every day, in the Temple or in private houses, and telling the Good News about Jesus, the Christ. (WEY) Deuteronomy 9:14 desist from Me, and I destroy them, and blot out their name from under the heavens, and I make thee become a nation more mighty and numerous than it. (YLT) Judges 11:37 And she saith unto her father, 'Let this thing be done to me; desist from me two months, and I go on, and have gone down on the hills, and I weep for my virginity -- I and my friends.' (YLT) 1 Samuel 15:16 And Samuel saith unto Saul, 'Desist, and I declare to thee that which Jehovah hath spoken unto me to-night;' and he saith to him, 'Speak.' (YLT) Job 6:29 Please return. Let there be no injustice. Yes, return again. My cause is righteous. (See NAS) Job 7:19 How long dost Thou not look from me? Thou dost not desist till I swallow my spittle. (YLT) Job 14:6 Look away from him, that he may rest, until he shall accomplish, as a hireling, his day. (See RSV) Psalms 37:8 Desist from anger, and forsake fury, Fret not thyself only to do evil. (YLT) Psalms 46:10 Desist, and know that I 'am' God, I am exalted among nations, I am exalted in the earth. (YLT) Proverbs 4:13 Lay hold on instruction, do not desist, Keep her, for she 'is' thy life. (YLT) Proverbs 23:4 Take no care to get wealth; let there be an end to your desire for money. (See RSV) Daniel 11:8 And also their gods, with their molten images, and with their goodly vessels of silver and of gold, shall he carry captive into Egypt; and he shall refrain some years from the king of the north. (See JPS)