You saw the iron mixed with clay—the peoples will mix with one another but will not hold together, just as iron does not mix with fired clay.

All the inhabitants of the earth are counted as nothing,
and He does what He wants with the army of heaven
and the inhabitants of the earth.
There is no one who can hold back His hand
or say to Him, “What have You done?”

Instead, you have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven. The vessels from His house were brought to you, and as you and your nobles, wives, and concubines drank wine from them, you praised the gods made of silver and gold, bronze, iron, wood, and stone, which do not see or hear or understand. But you have not glorified the God who holds your life-breath in His hand and who controls the whole course of your life.

Who is a God like You,
removing iniquity and passing over rebellion
for the remnant of His inheritance?
He does not hold on to His anger forever,
because He delights in faithful love.

Draw water for the siege;
strengthen your fortresses.
Step into the clay and tread the mortar;
take hold of the brick-mold!

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.

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.

“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.

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.

for

the training of the body has a limited benefit,
but godliness is beneficial in every way,
since it holds promise for the present life
and also for the life to come.

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.

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.

But because He remains forever, He holds His priesthood permanently.

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.

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

“Write to the angel of the church in Ephesus:

“The One who holds the seven stars in His right hand and who walks among the seven gold lampstands says:

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.