Yahweh will uproot the house of the proud, but he will keep the widow's borders intact.

The highway of the upright is to be turned away from evil: he who takes care of his way will keep his soul.

All the brothers of the poor, [if] they hate him, how much more will his friends keep away from him. He pursues [them with] words, [and] they are gone.

It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife; But every fool will be quarrelling.

Do not be a lover of sleep, or you will become poor: keep your eyes open, and you will have bread enough.

He who goes about as a tale-bearer reveals secrets; therefore don't keep company with him who opens wide his lips.

It is a danger to a man to say without thought, It is holy, and, after taking his oaths, to be questioning if it is necessary to keep them.

Kindness and truth keep a king, And he hath supported by kindness his throne.

He longed a longing all the day: and the just one shall give and not keep back.

A sensible person sees danger and takes cover,
but the inexperienced keep going and are punished.

Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.

The eyes of the Lord keep guard over knowledge and the one who has it,
But He overthrows the words of the treacherous.

For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.

Make no friendship with an angry willful man, and keep no company with the furious;

Do not keep back training from the child: for even if you give him blows with the rod, it will not be death to him.

Give him blows with the rod, and keep his soul safe from the underworld

Have no envy of sinners in your heart, but keep in the fear of the Lord all through the day;

Listen, my son, and be wise;
keep your mind on the right course.

Keep no company with winebibbers and riotous eaters of flesh;

Give ear to your father whose child you are, and do not keep honour from your mother when she is old.

My son, give me your heart; and let your eyes keep in my ways.

Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.

Be the saviour of those who are given up to death, and do not keep back help from those who are slipping to destruction.

Keep in mind that wisdom is like that for your soul; if you find it, there will be a future for you, and what you hope for won't be cut short.

Do not keep a secret watch, O evil-doer, against the fields of the upright man, or send destruction on his resting-place:

My son, fear both the LORD and the king, and don't keep company with rebels.

It is the glory of God to keep a thing secret: but the glory of kings is to have it searched out.

If you have honey, take only as much as is enough for you; for fear that, being full of it, you may not be able to keep it down.

Giving honour to a foolish man is like attempting to keep a stone fixed in a cord.

Like a dog going back to the food which he has not been able to keep down, is the foolish man doing his foolish acts over again.

A sensible person sees danger and takes cover;
the inexperienced keep going and are punished.

Trying to keep her in check is like stopping a wind storm or grabbing oil with your right hand.

Keep well informed of the condition of your flocks and pay attention to your herds,

They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them.

I have made request to you for two things; do not keep them from me before my death:

Keep falsehood and a {lying word} far from me; do not give me poverty or wealth; provide me [with] food [only for] my need.

I applied my mind to seek and explore through wisdom all that is done under heaven. God has given people this miserable task to keep them occupied.

Whatever my eyes desired, I didn't keep from them. I didn't withhold my heart from any joy, for my heart rejoiced because of all my labor, and this was my portion from all my labor.

A time to take stones away and a time to get stones together; a time for kissing and a time to keep from kissing;

A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;

A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;

I have seen the task that God has given people to keep them occupied.

Also if two lie together, {they can keep each other warm}. But how can one person be warm?

As for the people that have been before him, and that come after him, they are innumerable: yet is not their joy the greater through him. This is also a vain thing and a vexation of mind. (v17) When thou comest into the house of God, keep thy foot and draw nigh, that thou mayest hear: that is better than the offerings of fools, for they know not what evil they do

Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil.

Don't be impulsive with your mouth nor be in a hurry to talk in God's presence. Since God is in heaven and you're on earth, keep your speech short.

When you take an oath before God, put it quickly into effect, because he has no pleasure in the foolish; keep the oath you have taken.

It is better not to take an oath than to take an oath and not keep it.

For he will not brood much over the days of his life, since God will keep him occupied with the joys of his heart.

It is good to take this in your hand and not to keep your hand from that; he who has the fear of God will be free of the two.

I counsel thee to keep the king's commandment, and that in regard of the oath of God.

No man has authority over the wind, to keep the wind; or is ruler over the day of his death. In war no man's time is free, and evil will not keep the sinner safe.

Always keep your garments white, and don't fail to anoint your head.

If the wrath of the ruler is against you, keep in your place; in him who keeps quiet even great sins may be overlooked.

But even if a man's life is long and he has joy in all his years, let him keep in mind the dark days, because they will be great in number. Whatever may come is to no purpose.

So enjoy yourself in your youth, young man, and be encouraged during your younger days. Live as you like, consistent with your world view, but keep in mind that God will bring you to account for everything.

when those who keep watch over the house begin to tremble, and the virile men begin to stoop over, and the grinders begin to cease because they grow few, and those who look through the windows grow dim,

Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.

Do not gaze at me because I am black, because the sun has stared [at] me. The sons of my mother were angry with me; they made me keeper of the vineyards, [but] my own "vineyard" I did not keep.

Your stomach is a store of grain with lilies round it, and in the middle a round cup full of wine.

My vineyard, which is mine, is before me: thou, O Solomon, must have a thousand, and those that keep the fruit thereof two hundred.

"Oh, you sinful nation! You people burdened down by iniquity! You offspring of those who keep practicing what is evil! You corrupt children! "They've abandoned the LORD; they've despised the Holy One of Israel; in their estrangement, they've walked away from me.

Why do you want more beatings?
Why do you keep on rebelling?
The whole head is hurt,
and the whole heart is sick.

Take pleasure in well-doing; let your ways be upright, keep down the cruel, give a right decision for the child who has no father, see to the cause of the widow.

Thy princes are traitors and companions of thieves. They love gifts altogether, and gape for rewards. As for the fatherless, they help him not to his right, neither will they let the widows causes come before them.

Yea, one shall take a friend of his own kindred by the bosom, and say, "Thou hast clothing, thou shalt be our head, for thou mayest keep us from this fall and peril."

"For Jerusalem has stumbled, and Judah has fallen, because what they say and do opposes the LORD; they keep defying him.

And Jerusalem shall be a tabernacle for a shadow because of heat in the daytime, and place and refuge where a man may keep him from weather and rain.

Cursed are those who get up early in the morning to give themselves up to strong drink; who keep on drinking far into the night till they are heated with wine!

Therefore, are my people taken away captive before they know it, - And their honourable mean are famished with hunger, And, their multitude, do gape for thirst.

And he said, "Go and say to this people, 'Keep on listening and do not comprehend! And keep on looking and do not understand!'

Tell him, 'Be careful, and keep calm. Don't be afraid, neither let your heart be faint because of these two tails of smoking torches, for the fierce anger of Rezin and Syria, and of the son of Remaliah.

Furthermore, Ephraim's head is Samaria, and Remaliah's son is its king. If all of you don't keep on believing, you'll never remain loyal.'"

“Ask a sign for yourself from the Lord your God [one that will convince you that God has spoken and will keep His word]; make your request as deep as Sheol or as high as heaven.”

And it shall come to pass in that day, that a man shall keep alive a young cow, and two sheep;

"Because this people have rejected the gently-flowing waters of Shiloah, and because they keep rejoicing in Rezin and Remaliah's son,

For this is what the Lord said to me with great power, to keep me from going the way of this people:

Woe (judgment is coming) to those [judges] who issue evil statutes,
And to those [magistrates] who constantly record unjust and oppressive decisions,

to keep the poor from getting a fair trial
and to deprive the afflicted among my people of justice,
so that widows can be their spoil
and they can plunder the fatherless.

What will ye do in time of the visitation and destruction, that shall come from far? To whom will ye run for help? Or to whom will ye give your honour, that he may keep it?

They are gone over the passage: they have taken up their lodging at Geba; Ramah is afraid; Gibeah of Saul is fled.

Then shall the wolf dwell with the lamb, and the Leopard shall lie down by the goat. Bullocks, Lions and cattle shall keep company together, so that a little child shall rule them.

And ye said in that day, Praise ye to Jehovah, call upon his name; make known his deeds among the peoples; keep ye in remembrance that his name was exalted.

For the stars of the heavens and their constellations will not flash forth their light; the sun will keep back when it comes out, and [the] moon will not cause its light to shine.

People will never be living in it again, and it will have no more men from generation to generation: the Arab will not put up his tent there; and those who keep sheep will not make it a resting-place for their flocks.

Give wise directions, make a decision; let your shade be as night in full day: keep safe those who are in flight; do not give up the wandering ones.

And the watchman cried, "LORD, I have stood waiting all the whole day, and am appointed to keep my watch every night.

Open ye the gates, that the righteous people which keep the truth may enter in.

Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.

Come, my people, into your secret places, and let your doors be shut: keep yourself safe for a short time, till his wrath is over.

For the Lord is coming out of his place to send punishment on the people of the earth for their evil-doing: the earth will let the blood drained out on her be seen, and will keep her dead covered no longer.

I the LORD do keep it; I will water it every moment: lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and day.

Or who will enforce me to keep or make peace?

And a spirit of wisdom to the judge, and strength to those who keep back the attackers at the door of the town.

Command that may be commanded, bid that may be bidden, forbid that may be forbidden, keep back that may be kept back, here a little, there a little.

Does he who plows to sow plow continually? Does he keep turning the soil and breaking the clods?

It must be ground; one cannot keep threshing it forever. Even if he drives his cart and horses over it, he cannot crush it.

Ariel is as good as dead -- Ariel, the town David besieged! Keep observing your annual rituals, celebrate your festivals on schedule.

For I will lay siege to thee round about, and keep thee in with towers, and grave up dikes against thee.

therefore look, I am again doing something spectacular and a spectacle with this spectacular people. And the wisdom of its wise men shall perish, and the discernment of its discerning ones shall keep itself hidden."