'Kept' in the Bible

they simply kept hearing: “He who formerly persecuted us now preaches the faith he once tried to destroy.”

So they kept glorifying God for what had happened to me.

But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed.

So also we [whether Jews or Gentiles], when we were children (spiritually immature), were kept like slaves under the elementary [man-made religious or philosophical] teachings of the world.

For the entire Law has been obeyed when you have kept the single precept, which says, "You are to love your fellow man equally with yourself."

and that by a revelation the truth hitherto kept secret was made known to me as I have already briefly explained it to you.

and to make plain [to everyone] the plan of the mystery [regarding the uniting of believing Jews and Gentiles into one body] which [until now] was kept hidden through the ages in [the mind of] God who created all things.

That is a great truth hitherto kept secret: I mean the truth concerning Christ and the Church.

and ask on my behalf that words may be given to me so that, outspoken and fearless, I may make known the truths (hitherto kept secret)

In bitter hate I was cruel to the church; I kept all the righteousness of the law to the last detail.

that is, the mystery that has been kept hidden from ages and generations, but has now been revealed to his saints.

And not joined to the Head, from whom all the body, being given strength and kept together through its joins and bands, has its growth with the increase of God.

Who, to make the measure of their sins complete, kept us from giving the word of salvation to the Gentiles: but the wrath of God is about to come on them in the fullest degree.

For which reason we made attempts to come to you, even I, Paul, once and again; but Satan kept us from coming.

For indeed when we were with you, we kept telling you in advance that we were going to suffer affliction; and so it came to pass, as you know.

Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely. And may your spirit, soul, and body be kept sound and blameless for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

not to be quickly unsettled or alarmed either by a [so-called prophetic revelation of a] spirit or a message or a letter [alleged to be] from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord has [already] come.

nor did we eat anyone’s bread without paying for it, but with labor and hardship we kept working night and day so that we would not be a burden to any of you;

But if they go on in faith and love and holy self-control, she will be kept safe at the time of childbirth.

but ruling his own household wisely and well, with children kept under control with true dignity.

By common confession, the secret of our godly worship is great: In flesh was he revealed to sight, kept righteous by the Spirit's might, adored by angels singing. To nations was he manifest, believing souls found peace and rest, our Lord in heaven reigning!

In the same way, there are good works which are clearly seen; and those which are not so, may not be kept secret.

And if a man takes part in a competition he does not get the crown if he has not kept the rules.

I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:

A man whose opinions are not those of the church, after a first and second protest, is to be kept out of your society;

whom I would fain have kept with me, that in thy behalf he might minister unto me in the bonds of the gospel:

Who kept faith with God who gave him his place, even as Moses did in all his house.

And Moses certainly kept faith as a servant, in all his house, and as a witness of those things which were to be said later;

And truly if they had kept in mind the country from which they went out, they would have had chances of turning back.

By faith Moses, after his birth, was hidden for three months by his parents, because they saw he was a beautiful and divinely favored child; and they were not afraid of the king’s (Pharaoh’s) decree.

By faith he went out of Egypt, not being turned from his purpose by fear of the wrath of the king; for he kept on his way, as seeing him who is unseen.

Through faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of blood, lest he that destroyed the firstborn should touch them.

Who through faith overcame kingdoms, did righteousness, got their reward, kept the mouths of lions shut,

Because God had kept some better thing for us, so that it was not possible for them to become complete without us.

And you have not kept in mind the word which says to you as to sons, My son, do not make little of the Lord's punishment, and do not give up hope when you are judged by him;

Marriage must be respected by all, and the marriage bed kept undefiled, because God will judge immoral people and adulterers.

A man who has kept the Law as a whole, but has failed to keep some one command, has become guilty of violating all.

For brute nature under all its forms--beasts and birds, reptiles and fishes--can be subjected and kept in subjection by human nature.

Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.

and into an inheritance that is imperishable, uncorrupted, and unfading, kept in heaven for you.

Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

They tried to find out what era or specific time the Spirit of the Messiah in them kept referring to when he predicted the sufferings of the Messiah and the glories that would follow.

and while being reviled, He did not revile in return; while suffering, He uttered no threats, but kept entrusting Himself to Him who judges righteously;

You were "like sheep that kept going astray," but now you have returned to the shepherd and overseer of your souls.

And you husbands, give thought to your way of life with your wives, giving honour to the woman who is the feebler vessel, but who has an equal part in the heritage of the grace of life; so that you may not be kept from prayer.

who once were disobedient, when the patience of God kept waiting in the days of Noah, during the construction of the ark, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were brought safely through the water.

For if God didn’t spare the angels who sinned but threw them down into Tartarus and delivered them to be kept in chains of darkness until judgment;

And did not have mercy on the world which then was, but only kept safe Noah, a preacher of righteousness, with seven others, when he let loose the waters over the world of the evil-doers;

And kept safe Lot, the upright man, who was deeply troubled by the unclean life of the evil-doers

These are wells without water, and clouds by a tempest driven, to whom the thick gloom of the darkness to the age hath been kept;

But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.

But as for you, keep in your hearts the things which were made clear to you from the first. If you keep these things in your hearts you will be kept in the Father and the Son.

We know that we have passed out of death into Life, because we love the brothers and sisters. He who does not love remains in [spiritual] death.

Jude, a slave of Jesus Christ and a brother of James:To those who are the called, loved by God the Father and kept by Jesus Christ.

And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.

wild waves of a sea, foaming out their own shames; stars going astray, to whom the gloom of the darkness to the age hath been kept.

They kept telling you, "In the last times there will be mockers, following their own ungodly desires."

But I have a few things against you, because you have there some who hold the teaching of Balaam, who kept teaching Balak to put a stumbling block before the sons of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols and to commit acts of immorality.

But you have some names in Sardis who have kept clean their robes; and as a reward they will go in white with me.

I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name.

Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.

And the four living creatures kept saying, “Amen.” And the elders fell down and worshiped.

And when the fifth stamp was undone, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been put to death for the word of God, and for the witness which they kept.

When the fourth angel blew his trumpet, one-third of the sun, one-third of the moon, and one-third of the stars were struck so that one-third of them turned dark. One-third of the day was kept from having light, as was the night.

And the four angels who had been kept in readiness for that hour, day, month, and year, were set at liberty, so that they might kill a third part of mankind.

Then the woman fled into the wilderness where she had a place prepared by God, so that she would be nourished there for a thousand two hundred and sixty days (forty-two months; three and one-half years).

But the two wings of the great eagle were given to the woman, so that she could fly into the wilderness to her place, where she was nourished for a time and times and half a time (three and one-half years), away from the presence of the serpent (Satan).

These are the ones not defiled with women, for they have kept their virginity. These are the ones who follow the Lamb wherever He goes. They were redeemed from the human race as the firstfruits for God and the Lamb.

The great city was split into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell. And God kept in mind Babylon the great, to give her the cup of the wine of His fierce and furious wrath.

as they watched the smoke from her burning and kept crying out: “Who is like the great city?”

They threw dust on their heads and kept crying out, weeping, and mourning:Woe, woe, the great city,where all those who have ships on the seabecame rich from her wealth,for in a single hour she was destroyed.

And he said to me, Let not the words of this prophet's book be kept secret, because the time is near.