He said to them, "What man of you, if he has one sheep and it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will not lay hold of it and lift it out?

For Herod had laid hold of John and bound him, and put him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife,

And though he wanted to put him to death, he feared the people, because they held him to be a prophet.

But if we say, 'From men,' we are afraid of the multitude; for all hold that John was a prophet."

But when they tried to arrest him, they feared the multitudes, because they held him to be a prophet.

And behold, Jesus met them and said, "Hail!" And they came to him and took hold of his feet and worshipped him.

You let go of the commandment of God, and hold on to the tradition of men."

But if we say, 'From men'"they feared the people, for all held that John was a real prophet.

Very early in the morning, the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council; and they bound Jesus, led him away, and delivered him to Pilate.

Jesus said to her, "Do not hold me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to my brethren and say to them, "I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.'"

But God raised him up, having loosed the agony of death, because it was impossible for him to be held in its power.

None of the rest dared join them, but the people held them in high honor.

But a Pharisee in the council named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law, held in honor by all the people, stood up and ordered the men to be put outside for a while.

Then he fell on his knees and cried out with a loud voice, "Lord, do not hold this sin against them." And when he had said this, he fell asleep.

And they took hold of him and brought him to the Areopagus, saying, "May we know what this new teaching is which you present?

Then all the city was aroused, and the people rushed together, and taking hold of Paul they dragged him out of the temple, and immediately the gates were shut.

But when Paul appealed to be held in custody for the Emperor's decision, I ordered him to be kept in custody until I could send him to Caesar.

Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be stopped and the whole world may be held accountable to God.

For we hold that a man is justified by faith apart from works of the law.

But now, by dying to what once held us, we have been released from the law so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit, and not in the old way of the written code.

But of Israel he says, "All day long I have held out my hands to a disobedient and contrary people."

I praise you because you remember me in everything and hold firmly to the traditions, just as I delivered them to you.

by which also you are saved, if you hold fast the word which I preached to you, unless you believed in vain.

from whom the whole body, being joined and held together by what every joint supplies, according to the proper working of each part, causes the growth of the body and builds itself up in love.

Not that I have already obtained this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me.

Brethren, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it; but one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead,

He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.

and not holding fast to the head, from whom the whole body, nourished and held together by its joints and ligaments, grows with a growth that is from God.

But test everything; hold fast to what is good.

So then, brethren, stand firm and hold to the traditions which you were taught, whether by word of mouth or by letter from us.

they must hold the mystery of the faith with a clear conscience.

Fight the good fight of the faith; take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.

storing up for themselves the treasure of a good foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of that life which is life indeed.

and they may come to their senses and escape from the snare of the devil, having been held captive by him to do his will.

he must hold firm to the sure word as taught, so that he may be able to give instruction in sound doctrine and also to refute those who contradict it.

but Christ is faithful as a son over God's house. And we are his house, if we hold fast to our confidence and the hope of which we boast.

For we have come to share in Christ if we hold our first confidence firm to the end,

Since then we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession.

so that, by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have taken refuge would have strong encouragement to take hold of the hope set before us.

Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful;

Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled; for God will judge the immoral and adulterous.

My brethren, show no favoritism as you hold your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ.

Above all, hold unfailing your love for one another, because love covers a multitude of sins.

he held in his right hand seven stars, out of his mouth went a sharp two-edged sword, and his face was like the sun shining in its strength.

I know your works, and where you dwell, where Satan's throne is. And you hold fast to my name, and did not deny my faith even in the days of Antipas my faithful witness, who was killed among you, where Satan dwells.

But I have a few things against you: you have some there who hold the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to put a stumbling block before the sons of Israel, to eat food sacrificed to idols and to practice sexual immorality.

So you also have those who hold to the teaching of the Nicolaitans.

But to the rest of you in Thyatira, who do not hold this teaching, who have not learned what some call the deep things of Satan, to you I say, I will not lay upon you any other burden;

only hold fast what you have until I come.

I am coming soon; hold fast to what you have, so that no one may take your crown.

And the four angels, who had been held ready for the hour and day and month and year, were released to kill a third of mankind.

Then the dragon was enraged with the woman, and went off to make war on the rest of her offspring, on those who keep the commandments of God and hold to the testimony of Jesus.

And I saw what looked like a sea of glass mixed with fire and, standing beside the sea of glass, those who had been victorious over the beast and his image and over the number of his name. They held harps of God

Then I fell at his feet to worship him, but he said to me, "You must not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brethren who hold the testimony of Jesus. Worship God. For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy."