'Check' in the Bible

In the future when you come to check on my wages, my honesty will testify for me. If I have any female goats that are not speckled or spotted, or any lambs that are not black, they will be considered stolen.”

So Jacob said to him, "Go now and check on the welfare of your brothers and of the flocks, and bring me word." So Jacob sent him from the valley of Hebron.

And Pharaoh sent [to check], and {it turned out} not even one from the livestock of Israel had died, but Pharaoh's heart was {insensitive}, and he did not release the people.

Also take these 10 portions of cheese to the field commander. Check on the welfare of your brothers and bring a confirmation from them.

Then Saul sent messengers to check on David. He told them, "Bring him to me on the bed so I may kill him."

Go and check again. Investigate and watch carefully where he goes and who has seen him there; they tell me he is extremely cunning.

I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer.

Don't be like a horse or mule, without understanding. They are held in check by a bit and bridle in their mouths; otherwise they will not remain near you.

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

A fool gives full vent to his anger,but a wise man holds it in check.

Thus says the Lord to this people, “Even so they have loved to wander; they have not kept their feet in check. Therefore the Lord does not accept them; now He will remember their iniquity and call their sins to account.”

So, since these things cannot be denied, you ought to be quiet and stay calm and not do anything rash.

The conclusion, my brethren, is this. Be earnestly ambitious to prophesy, and do not check speaking with tongues;

For we all stumble [in] many [ways]. If anyone does not stumble in what he says, he [is] a perfect individual, able to hold in check his whole body also.