'Keep' in the Bible

But if ye turn unto me, and keep my commandments, and do them; though there were of you cast out unto the uttermost part of the heaven, yet will I gather them from thence, and will bring them unto the place that I have chosen to set my name there.

So we rebuilt the wall until the entire wall was joined together up to half its height, for the people had the will to keep working.

And after looking, I got up and said to the great ones and to the chiefs and to the rest of the people, Have no fear of them: keep in mind the Lord who is great and greatly to be feared, and take up arms for your brothers, your sons, and your daughters, your wives and your houses.

And at the same time I said to the people, Let everyone with his servant come inside Jerusalem for the night, so that at night they may keep watch for us, and go on working by day.

Then they said, We will give them back, and take nothing for them; we will do as you say. Then I sent for the priests and made them take an oath that they would keep this agreement.

I also shook the folds of my robe and said, “May God likewise shake from his house and property everyone who doesn’t keep this promise. May he be shaken out and have nothing!”The whole assembly said, “Amen,” and they praised the Lord. Then the people did as they had promised.

Keep in mind, O my God, for my good, all I have done for this people.

And I said, Am I the sort of man to go in flight? what man, in my position, would go into the Temple to keep himself safe? I will not go in.

Keep in mind, O my God, Tobiah and Sanballat and what they did, and Noadiah, the woman prophet, and the rest of the prophets whose purpose was to put fear into me.

"You are the LORD; you alone crafted the heavens, the highest heavens with all of their armies; the earth, and everything in it; the seas, and everything in them; you keep giving all of them life, and the army of heaven continuously worships you.

And you gave your good spirit to be their teacher, and did not keep back your manna from their mouths, and gave them water when they had need of it.

“Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the awesome God, who keeps covenant and lovingkindness,Do not let all the hardship seem insignificant before You,Which has come upon us, our kings, our princes, our priests, our prophets, our fathers and on all Your people,From the days of the kings of Assyria to this day.

Our kings, our officials, our priests, and our ancestors did not keep your law and did not listen to your commandments and statutes that you declared to them.

And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the door-keepers, the music-makers, the Nethinim, and all those who had made themselves separate from the peoples of the lands, to keep the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, everyone who had knowledge and wisdom;

joined with their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a curse and into an oath, to walk in the law of God, which had been given by Moses the servant of God, and to keep and do all the commandments of Jehovah our Lord, and his ordinances and his statutes;

And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, to keep the dedication with gladness, both with thanksgivings, and with singing, with cymbals, psalteries, and with harps.

And the singers and the gatekeepers keep the charge of their God, even the charge of the cleansing -- according to the command of David and Solomon his son,

Keep me in mind, O my God, in connection with this, and do not let the good which I have done for the house of my God and its worship go from your memory completely.

And I commanded the Levites that they should cleanse themselves, and that they should come and keep the gates, to sanctify the sabbath day. Remember me, O my God, concerning this also, and spare me according to the greatness of thy mercy.

Keep them in mind, O my God, because they have put shame on the priests' name and on the agreement of the priests and the Levites.

And for the wood offering, at fixed times, and for the first fruits. Keep me in mind, O my God, for good.

And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from all people; neither keep they the king's laws: therefore it is not for the king's profit to suffer them.

The king replied to Haman, "Keep your money, and do with those people whatever you wish."

It is common knowledge among all the king's servants and the people of every part of the kingdom, that if anyone, man or woman, comes to the king in his inner room without being sent for, there is only one law for him, that he is to be put to death; only those to whom the king's rod of gold is stretched out may keep their lives: but I have not been sent for to come before the king these thirty days.

If you keep silent at this time, liberation and deliverance will come to the Jewish people from another place, but you and your father’s house will be destroyed. Who knows, perhaps you have come to your royal position for such a time as this.”

To stablish this among them, that they should keep the fourteenth day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same, yearly,

As days on which the Jews had rest from their haters, and the month which for them was turned from sorrow to joy, and from weeping to a good day: and that they were to keep them as days of feasting and joy, of sending offerings to one another and good things to the poor.

The Jews ordained, and took upon them, and upon their seed, and upon all such as joined themselves unto them, so as it should not fail, that they would keep these two days according to their writing, and according to their appointed time every year;

"Because that night refused to shut the doors of my mother's womb; it failed to keep me from seeing this trouble.

Should anyone try to speak with youwhen you are exhausted?Yet who can keep from speaking?

He will keep you safe from six troubles, and in seven no evil will come near you.

When there is need of food he will keep you from death, and in war from the power of the sword.

He will keep you safe from the evil tongue; and you will have no fear of wasting when it comes.

Shew me, and I -- I keep silent, And what I have erred, let me understand.

"When I lie down I ask, "When will I wake up?' But the night continues and I keep tossing and turning until dawn.

O, keep in mind that my life is wind: my eye will never again see good.

"In addition, I won't keep my opinion to myself; I'll speak from my distressed spirit; I'll complain with my bitter soul.

Am I the sea or a sea monster,that You keep me under guard?

I have no desire for life, I would not be living for ever! Keep away from me, for my days are as a breath.

"How long will you keep talking like this? How long will you keep talking like a wind storm?

So is the end of all who do not keep God in mind; and the hope of the evil-doer comes to nothing:

O keep in mind that you made me out of earth; and will you send me back again to dust?

Should your babbling put others to silence,so that you can keep on ridiculingwith no one to humiliate you?

Then your confidence will be flawless, and your security will keep you from terror.

O that ye would keep perfectly silent, And it would be to you for wisdom.

Keep silent from me, and I speak, And pass over me doth what?

Give ear with care to my words, and keep what I say in your minds.

Who is he that doth strive with me? For now I keep silent and gasp.

Withdraw your hand far from me and keep me from being petrified with terror.

O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!

Then you'll certainly count every step I took, but you won't keep an inventory of my sin.

He does not get wealth for himself, and is unable to keep what he has got; the heads of his grain are not bent down to the earth.

Will windy words like yours never end? What is upsetting you that you keep on arguing?

I might give you strength with my mouth, and not keep back the comfort of my lips.

If I say what is in my mind, my pain becomes no less: and if I keep quiet, how much of it goes from me?

"How long do you intend to keep torturing me and trying to break me by what you're saying?

All the men of my circle keep away from me; and those dear to me are turned against me.

Though he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth:

“While he is carried to the grave,Men will keep watch over his tomb.

You do not give water to the tired traveller, and from him who has no food you keep back bread.

"Will you keep walking on the traditional path that sinners have tread,

I will keep it safe, and will not let it go: my heart has nothing to say against any part of my life.

I will give you teaching about the hand of God; I will not keep secret from you what is in the mind of the Ruler of all.

All of you have seen this for yourselves,why do you keep up this empty talk?

And he said to man, Truly the fear of the Lord is wisdom, and to keep from evil is the way to knowledge.

They despise me and keep their distance from me;they do not hesitate to spit in my face.

They advance as through a gaping breach;they keep rolling in through the ruins.

“You have become harsh and cruel to me;With the might of Your hand You [keep me alive only to] persecute me.

And am I to go on waiting while they have nothing to say? while they keep quiet and give no more answers?

For I am full of words, I am unable to keep in my breath any longer:

That He may turn man aside from his conduct,And keep man from pride;

To keep back his soul from the underworld, and his life from destruction.

Attend, O Job, hearken to me, Keep silent, and I -- I do speak.

If there are not -- hearken thou to me, Keep silent, and I teach thee wisdom.

to keep the godless man from reigning or laying a snare for the people."

Even though you complain that you can't perceive him, your case is already pending for judgment in his presence so keep on placing your hope in him.

"So now, if he doesn't inflict punishment in his anger, then he doesn't keep track of your many transgressions.

He does not keep the wicked alive,but He gives justice to the afflicted.

Those who have no fear of God keep wrath stored up in their hearts; they give no cry for help when they are made prisoners.

“But you [Job] were full of judgment on the wicked,Judgment and justice take hold of you.

Can your wealth or all your physical exertionkeep you from distress?

After it a voice is sounding, thundering out the word of his power; he does not keep back his thunder-flames; from his mouth his voice is sounding.

Give ear to this, O Job, and keep quiet in your place; and take note of the wonders worked by God.

Shaking with passion, he is biting the earth; he is not able to keep quiet at the sound of the horn;

He is so cruel that no one is ready to go against him. Who then is able to keep his place before me?

I do not keep silent concerning his parts, And the matter of might, And the grace of his arrangement.

From his rising are the mighty afraid, From breakings they keep themselves free.

I will take my rest on my bed in peace, because you only, Lord, keep me safe.

O Jehovah, in the morning shalt thou hear my voice; In the morning will I order my prayer unto thee, and will keep watch.

What is man, that you keep him in mind? the son of man, that you take him into account?

Why do you keep far away, O Lord? why are you not to be seen in times of trouble?

Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.

The wicked, however, keep walking around, exalting the vileness of human beings. To the Director: A Davidic Psalm.

Keep me safe, God, for I take refuge in you.

I keep the Lord in mind always.Because He is at my right hand,I will not be shaken.

Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings,

And I am perfect with him, And I keep myself from mine iniquity.

Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression.

May he keep all your offerings in mind, and be pleased with the fat of your burned offerings; (Selah.)

All the ends of the earth will keep it in mind and be turned to the Lord: all the families of the nations will give him worship.