But He said to them, “What man among you, if he had a sheep that fell into a pit on the Sabbath, wouldn’t take hold of it and lift it out?

Immediately Jesus reached out His hand, caught hold of him, and said to him, “You of little faith, why did you doubt?”

“Friend,” Jesus asked him, “why have you come?”

Then they came up, took hold of Jesus, and arrested Him.

Just then Jesus met them and said, “Good morning!” They came up, took hold of His feet, and worshiped Him.

So Herodias held a grudge against him and wanted to kill him. But she could not,

Then they took hold of Him and arrested Him.

Now a certain young man, having a linen cloth wrapped around his naked body, was following Him. They caught hold of him,

If anyone hits you on the cheek, offer the other also. And if anyone takes away your coat, don’t hold back your shirt either.

But the seed in the good ground—these are the ones who, having heard the word with an honest and good heart, hold on to it and by enduring, bear fruit.

so that this generation may be held responsible for the blood of all the prophets shed since the foundation of the world—

from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who perished between the altar and the sanctuary.

“Yes, I tell you, this generation will be held responsible.

A jar full of sour wine was sitting there; so they fixed a sponge full of sour wine on hyssop and held it up to His mouth.

God raised Him up, ending the pains of death, because it was not possible for Him to be held by it.

Now the large group of those who believed were of one heart and mind, and no one said that any of his possessions was his own, but instead they held everything in common.

“The Jews,” he said, “have agreed to ask you to bring Paul down to the Sanhedrin tomorrow, as though they are going to hold a somewhat more careful inquiry about him.

But when Paul appealed to be held for trial by the Emperor, I ordered him to be kept in custody until I could send him to Caesar.”

After casting off the anchors, they left them in the sea, at the same time loosening the ropes that held the rudders. Then they hoisted the foresail to the wind and headed for the beach.

But now we have been released from the law, since we have died to what held us, so that we may serve in the new way of the Spirit and not in the old letter of the law.

You are also saved by it, if you hold to the message I proclaimed to you—unless you believed for no purpose.

Hold firmly to the message of life. Then I can boast in the day of Christ that I didn’t run or labor for nothing.

Therefore, welcome him in the Lord with all joy and hold men like him in honor,

Not that I have already reached the goal or am already fully mature, but I make every effort to take hold of it because I also have been taken hold of by Christ Jesus.

Brothers, I do not consider myself to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and reaching forward to what is ahead,

He is before all things,
and by Him all things hold together.

He doesn’t hold on to the head, from whom the whole body, nourished and held together by its ligaments and tendons, develops with growth from God.

but test all things.
Hold on to what is good.

Therefore, brothers, stand firm and hold to the traditions you were taught, either by our message or by our letter.

Fight the good fight for the faith;
take hold of eternal life
that you were called to
and have made a good confession about
in the presence of many witnesses.

storing up for themselves a good reserve for the age to come, so that they may take hold of life that is real.

Hold on to the pattern of sound teaching that you have heard from me, in the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.

and free those who were held in slavery all their lives by the fear of death.

But Christ was faithful as a Son over His household. And we are that household if we hold on to the courage and the confidence of our hope.

For we have become companions of the Messiah if we hold firmly until the end the reality that we had at the start.

Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens—Jesus the Son of God—let us hold fast to the confession.

Let us hold on to the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful.

Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us hold on to grace. By it, we may serve God acceptably, with reverence and awe,

My brothers, do not show favoritism as you hold on to the faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ.

But by the same word, the present heavens and earth are stored up for fire, being kept until the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.

and the Living One. I was dead, but look—I am alive forever and ever, and I hold the keys of death and Hades.

But I have a few things against you. You have some there who hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to place a stumbling block in front of the Israelites: to eat meat sacrificed to idols and to commit sexual immorality.

In the same way, you also have those who hold to the teaching of the Nicolaitans.

I say to the rest of you in Thyatira, who do not hold this teaching, who haven’t known the deep things of Satan—as they say—I do not put any other burden on you.

But hold on to what you have until I come.

I am coming quickly. Hold on to what you have, so that no one takes your crown.

Then one of the seven angels, who had held the seven bowls filled with the seven last plagues, came and spoke with me: “Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.”