~ could no longer ~ 24_JER_44_22  So that the LORD could no longer bear, because of the evil of your doings, [and] because of the abominations which ye have committed; therefore is your land a desolation, and an astonishment, and a curse, without an inhabitant, as at this day. #, 52_1TH_03_01  Wherefore when we could no longer forbear, we thought it good to be left at Athens alone; #, 52_1TH_03_05  For this cause, when I could no longer forbear, I sent to know your faith, lest by some means the tempter have tempted you, and our labour be in vain. #,