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,

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

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.'"

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

For bodily training is of some value, but godliness is of value in all things, as it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come.

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.

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.

but he holds his priesthood forever, because he continues for ever.

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

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.

"To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: 'These are the words of him who holds the seven stars in his right hand, who walks among the seven golden lampstands:

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.

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.

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."