A good man, being merciful and lending: he will hold up his words in judgment;

The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.

I hold fast to your rules. O Lord, do not let me be ashamed!

Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked that forsake thy law.

Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe: and I will have respect unto thy statutes continually.

Therefore hold I straight all thy commandments; and all false ways I utterly abhor.

Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: yet thy commandments are my delights.

Happy he taking hold and dashing in pieces thy children against the rock.

Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.

May they praise God while they hold a two-edged sword in their hand,

None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.

She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.

He taught me and said to me,
“Let your heart hold fast my words;
Keep my commandments and live.

Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life.

Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.

Let her be as the loving hind, and pleasant roe: let her breasts alway satisfy thee, and hold thee ever content with her love.

The iniquities done by a wicked man will trap him,
And he will be held with the cords of his sin.

Can a man hold fire against his chest without burning his clothes?

And she laid hold on him, and kissed him, She hath hardened her face, and saith to him,

Grab hold of my instruction in lieu of money and knowledge instead of the finest gold,

If you are wise, your wisdom will assist you. If you mock, you alone will be held responsible.

Hand for hand! an evil man shall not be held innocent; but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.

Those who give freely gain even more; others hold back what they owe, becoming even poorer.

The life of a wealthy man may be held for ransom, but whoever is poor receives no threats.

Whoso despiseth the word shall be held by it; but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.

Every proud heart is an abomination to Jehovah: hand for hand, he shall not be held innocent.

To acquire wisdom, how much better than gold! and, to get hold of understanding, more choice than silver!

Whoso mocketh a poor man reproacheth his Maker; he that is glad at calamity shall not be held innocent.

A reproof will take hold upon, him understanding more than a hundred, blows the foolish.

The unity of brethren is stronger than a castle, and they that hold together are like the bar of a palace.

A false witness shall not be held innocent, and he that uttereth lies shall not escape.

A false witness shall not be held innocent, and he that uttereth lies shall perish.

Take his garment that is surety for a stranger; And hold him in pledge that is surety for foreigners.

{All day} he craves a craving, but the righteous will give and not hold back.

Do not rob the poor because he is poor [and defenseless],
Nor crush the afflicted [by legal proceedings] at the gate [where the city court is held],

Do not hold back discipline from the child,
Although you strike him with the rod, he will not die.

Deliver them that are carried away unto death, And those that are ready to be slain see that thou hold back.

Then I myself saw and my heart considered; I looked, and I took hold of instruction:

Laying hold on the ears of a dog, Is a passer-by making himself wrath for strife not his own.

Take his garment that is surety for a stranger; And hold him in pledge that is surety for a foreign woman.

A man oppressed with the blood of a soul, Unto the pit fleeth, none taketh hold on him.

A man of fidelity, aboundeth in blessings, but, one hasting to be rich, shall not be held innocent.

Lest I become satiated, and have denied, And have said, 'Who is Jehovah?' And lest I be poor, and have stolen, And have laid hold of the name of my God.

Slander not a servant unto his master, Lest he curse thee, and thou be held guilty.

The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings' palaces.

She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff.

I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life.

For no one knows what is best for a person during his life -- during the few days of his fleeting life -- for they pass away like a shadow. Nor can anyone tell him what the future will hold for him on earth.

It is good that thou shouldest take hold of this; yea, also from this withdraw not thine hand: for he that feareth God shall come forth of them all.

For even man knoweth not his time; as fish that are taken hold of by an evil net, and as birds that are taken hold of by a snare, like these are the sons of man snared at an evil time, when it falleth upon them suddenly.

{Feasts are held for celebration}, wine cheers the living, and money answers everything.

It was but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother's house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me.

They all hold swords, being expert in war: every man hath his sword upon his thigh because of fear in the night.

Thine head upon thee is like Carmel, and the hair of thine head like purple; the king is held in the galleries.

I said, I will go up to the palm tree, I will take hold of the boughs thereof: now also thy breasts shall be as clusters of the vine, and the smell of thy nose like apples;

When ye hold out your hands, I will turn my eyes from you. And though ye make many prayers, yet will I hear nothing at all; for your hands are full of blood.

When a man shall take hold of his brother of the house of his father, saying, Thou hast clothing, be thou our ruler, and let this ruin be under thy hand:

The Lord also says:

Because the daughters of Zion are haughty,
walking with heads held high
and seductive eyes,
going along with prancing steps,
jingling their ankle bracelets,

holiday clothes and veils, kerchiefs and pins,

And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name, to take away our reproach.

Their roaring shall be like a lion, they shall roar like young lions: yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and shall carry it away safe, and none shall deliver it.

Indeed this is what the Lord told me. He took hold of me firmly and warned me not to act like these people:

You are to regard only the Lord of Hosts as holy.
Only He should be feared;
only He should be held in awe.

that the Syrians shall lay hold upon them before, and the Philistines behind, and so devour Israel with open mouth. After all this, the wrath of the Lord shall not cease, but yet his hand shall be stretched out still.

Against an irreligious nation, will I send him, Yea against the people with whom I am wroth, will I command him, - To capture spoil And lay hold on prey, And cause them to be trodden down as the mire of the lanes.

This very day shall he halt at Nob: he shaketh his hand at the mount of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem.

Lift up the banner upon the high hill, call unto them; hold up your hand, that the princes may go in at the door.

And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames.

For if the LORD of Hosts determine a thing, who will disannul it? And if he stretch forth his hand, who will hold it in again?

Therefore are my loins filled with pain: pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman that travaileth: I was bowed down at the hearing of it; I was dismayed at the seeing of it.

‘Listen carefully, the Lord is about to hurl you away violently, O man;
And He is about to grasp you firmly

Therefore doth the curse devour the earth, and they that dwell therein are held guilty; therefore the inhabitants of the earth are consumed, and few men are left.

The happy sound of the tambourines stops, the revelry of those who celebrate comes to a halt, the happy sound of the harp ceases.

The Lord who commands armies will hold a banquet for all the nations on this mountain. At this banquet there will be plenty of meat and aged wine -- tender meat and choicest wine.

Or let him take hold of my strength, that he may make peace with me; and he shall make peace with me.

The meek-spirited shall hold a merry feast in the LORD, and the poor among them that be lowly shall rejoice in the holy one of Israel.

And he shall pass over to his strong hold for fear, and his princes shall be afraid of the ensign, saith the LORD, whose fire is in Zion, and his furnace in Jerusalem.

Highways are deserted; [the] traveler [on the] road ceases. One breaks a treaty, he rejects [the] cities, he does not hold man in high regard.

He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from taking hold of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil:

Look at Zion, the city where we hold religious festivals! You will see Jerusalem, a peaceful settlement, a tent that stays put; its stakes will never be pulled up; none of its ropes will snap in two.

Your ship’s ropes (tackle) hang loose;
They cannot hold the base of their mast firmly,
Nor spread out the sail.
Then an abundance of spoil and plunder will be divided;
Even the lame will take the plunder.

But they held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not.

Yes, it was for my own good that I suffered extreme anguish. But in love you have held back my life from the Pit in which it has been confined; you have tossed all my sins behind your back.

Who measured the water in his palm, and measured the heavens with a span, and held the dust of the earth in a third, and weighed the mountains in a balance and the bills in scales?

thou whom I have taken hold of from the ends of the earth, and called from the corners thereof, and said unto thee, Thou art my servant, I have chosen thee and not cast thee away;

‘Do not fear [anything], for I am with you;
Do not be afraid, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you, be assured I will help you;
I will certainly take hold of you with My righteous right hand [a hand of justice, of power, of victory, of salvation].’

For I the LORD thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee.

Lo, My servant, I take hold on him, My chosen one -- My soul hath accepted, I have put My Spirit upon him, Judgment to nations he bringeth forth.

I the LORD have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles;

“I [the Lord] have been silent for a long time,
I have been still and restrained Myself.
Now I will moan like a woman in labor,
I will both gasp and pant.

But these people are looted and plundered; all of them are trapped in pits and held captive in prisons. They were carried away as loot with no one to rescue them; they were carried away as plunder, and no one says, "Bring that back!"

I will say to the north: Give them up!
and to the south: Do not hold them back!
Bring My sons from far away,
and My daughters from the ends of the earth—

He feeds on ashes; his deceived mind misleads him. He cannot rescue himself, nor does he say, 'Is this not a false god I hold in my right hand?'

Thus said Jehovah, To His anointed, to Cyrus, Whose right hand I have laid hold on, To subdue nations before him, Yea, loins of kings I loose, To open before him two-leaved doors, Yea, gates are not shut:

Sit still, hold thy tongue, and get thee into some dark corner, O daughter Chaldea, for thou shalt no more be called lady of kingdoms.

For the sake of my reputation I hold back my anger; for the sake of my prestige I restrain myself from destroying you.

Yes, your land lies in ruins; it is desolate and devastated. But now you will be too small to hold your residents, and those who devoured you will be far away.

Therefore, whoso feareth the LORD among you, let him hear the voice of his servant. Who so walketh in darkness, and no light shineth upon him, let him trust in the LORD and hold him by his God.

Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek Jehovah: look unto the rock whence ye were hewn, and to the hold of the pit whence ye were digged.

There is not a leader to her Out of all the sons she hath borne, And there is none laying hold on her hand Out of all the sons she hath nourished.