'Keep' in the Bible

Have you no knowledge of what I and my fathers have done to all the peoples of every land? were the gods of the nations of those lands able to keep their land from falling into my hands?

Who was there among all the gods of those nations, which my fathers put to destruction, who was able to keep his people safe from my hands? and is it possible that your God will keep you safe from my hands?

So do not be tricked by Hezekiah or let him get you to do this, and do not put any faith in what he says: for no god of any nation or kingdom has been able to keep his people safe from my hands, or the hands of my fathers: how much less will your God keep you safe from my hands!

And he sent letters, in addition, to put shame on the Lord, the God of Israel, and to say evil against him, saying, As the gods of the nations of other lands have not been able to keep their people safe from my hands, no more will the God of Hezekiah keep his people safe from my hands.

Then the king, taking his place by the pillar, made an agreement before the Lord, to go in the way of the Lord, and to keep his orders and his decisions and his rules with all his heart and with all his soul, and to keep the words of the agreement recorded in this book.

And he made all the people in Jerusalem and Benjamin give their word to keep it. And the people of Jerusalem kept the agreement of God, the God of their fathers.

But he sent representatives to him, saying, What have I to do with you, O king of Judah? I have not come against you this day, but against those with whom I am at war; and God has given me orders to go forward quickly: keep out of God's way, for he is with me, or he will send destruction on you.

So now, Tattenai, ruler of the land across the river, and Shethar-bozenai and your people the Apharsachites across the river, keep far from that place:

And if anyone does not keep the law of your God and the law of the king, take care that punishment is given to him, by death or by driving him from his country or by taking away his goods or by putting him in prison.

Take care of them and keep them, till you put them on the scales before the chiefs of the priests and the Levites and the chiefs of the families of Israel, in Jerusalem, in the rooms of the house of the Lord.

O Lord God of Israel, righteousness is yours; we are only a small band which has been kept from death, as at this day: see, we are before you in our sin; for no one may keep his place before you because of this.

Keep in mind, O Lord, the order you gave your servant Moses, saying, If you do wrong I will send you wandering among the peoples:

But if you come back to me and keep my orders and do them, even if those of you who have been forced out are living in the farthest parts of heaven, I will get them from there, and take them back to the place marked out by me for the resting-place of my name.

And after looking, I got up and said to the great ones and to the chiefs and to the rest of the people, Have no fear of them: keep in mind the Lord who is great and greatly to be feared, and take up arms for your brothers, your sons, and your daughters, your wives and your houses.

And at the same time I said to the people, Let everyone with his servant come inside Jerusalem for the night, so that at night they may keep watch for us, and go on working by day.

Then they said, We will give them back, and take nothing for them; we will do as you say. Then I sent for the priests and made them take an oath that they would keep this agreement.

And shaking out the folds of my robe, I said, So may God send out from his house and his work every man who does not keep this agreement; even so let him be sent out and made as nothing. And all the meeting of the people said, So be it, and gave praise to the Lord. And the people did as they had said.

Keep in mind, O my God, for my good, all I have done for this people.

And I said, Am I the sort of man to go in flight? what man, in my position, would go into the Temple to keep himself safe? I will not go in.

Keep in mind, O my God, Tobiah and Sanballat and what they did, and Noadiah, the woman prophet, and the rest of the prophets whose purpose was to put fear into me.

You are the Lord, even you only; you have made heaven, the heaven of heavens with all their armies, the earth and all things in it, the seas and everything in them; and you keep them from destruction: and the armies of heaven are your worshippers.

And you gave your good spirit to be their teacher, and did not keep back your manna from their mouths, and gave them water when they had need of it.

And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the door-keepers, the music-makers, the Nethinim, and all those who had made themselves separate from the peoples of the lands, to keep the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, everyone who had knowledge and wisdom;

They were united with their brothers, their rulers, and put themselves under a curse and an oath, to keep their steps in the way of God's law, which was given by Moses, the servant of God, and to keep and do all the orders of the Lord, our Lord, and his decisions and his rules;

And when the time came for the wall of Jerusalem to be made holy, they sent for the Levites out of all their places to come to Jerusalem, to keep the feast with joy, and with praise and melody, with brass and corded instruments of music.

Keep me in mind, O my God, in connection with this, and do not let the good which I have done for the house of my God and its worship go from your memory completely.

And I gave the Levites orders to make themselves clean and come and keep the doors and make the Sabbath holy. Keep this in mind to my credit, O my God, and have mercy on me, for great is your mercy.

Keep them in mind, O my God, because they have put shame on the priests' name and on the agreement of the priests and the Levites.

And for the wood offering, at fixed times, and for the first fruits. Keep me in mind, O my God, for good.

And Haman said to King Ahasuerus, There is a certain nation living here and there in small groups among the people in all the divisions of your kingdom; their laws are different from those of any other nation, and they do not keep the king's laws: for this reason it is not right for the king to let them be.

It is common knowledge among all the king's servants and the people of every part of the kingdom, that if anyone, man or woman, comes to the king in his inner room without being sent for, there is only one law for him, that he is to be put to death; only those to whom the king's rod of gold is stretched out may keep their lives: but I have not been sent for to come before the king these thirty days.

Ordering them to keep the fourteenth day of the month Adar and the fifteenth day of the same month, every year,

As days on which the Jews had rest from their haters, and the month which for them was turned from sorrow to joy, and from weeping to a good day: and that they were to keep them as days of feasting and joy, of sending offerings to one another and good things to the poor.

The Jews made a rule and gave an undertaking, causing their seed and all those who were joined to them to do the same, so that it might be in force for ever, that they would keep those two days, as ordered in the letter, at the fixed time every year;

Because it did not keep the doors of my mother's body shut, so that trouble might be veiled from my eyes.

If one says a word, will it be a weariness to you? but who is able to keep from saying what is in his mind?

He will keep you safe from six troubles, and in seven no evil will come near you.

When there is need of food he will keep you from death, and in war from the power of the sword.

He will keep you safe from the evil tongue; and you will have no fear of wasting when it comes.

O, keep in mind that my life is wind: my eye will never again see good.

So I will not keep my mouth shut; I will let the words come from it in the pain of my spirit, my soul will make a bitter outcry.

I have no desire for life, I would not be living for ever! Keep away from me, for my days are as a breath.

So is the end of all who do not keep God in mind; and the hope of the evil-doer comes to nothing:

O keep in mind that you made me out of earth; and will you send me back again to dust?

Are your words of pride to make men keep quiet? and are you to make sport, with no one to put you to shame?

If only you would keep quiet, it would be a sign of wisdom!

Keep quiet, and let me say what is in my mind, whatever may come to me.

Give ear with care to my words, and keep what I say in your minds.

Is any one able to take up the argument against me? If so, I would keep quiet and give up my breath.

If only you would keep me safe in the underworld, putting me in a secret place till your wrath is past, giving me a fixed time when I might come to your memory again!

He does not get wealth for himself, and is unable to keep what he has got; the heads of his grain are not bent down to the earth.

I might give you strength with my mouth, and not keep back the comfort of my lips.

If I say what is in my mind, my pain becomes no less: and if I keep quiet, how much of it goes from me?

All the men of my circle keep away from me; and those dear to me are turned against me.

You do not give water to the tired traveller, and from him who has no food you keep back bread.

Will you keep the old way by which evil men went?

I will keep it safe, and will not let it go: my heart has nothing to say against any part of my life.

I will give you teaching about the hand of God; I will not keep secret from you what is in the mind of the Ruler of all.

And he said to man, Truly the fear of the Lord is wisdom, and to keep from evil is the way to knowledge.

I am disgusting to them; they keep away from me, and put marks of shame on me.

And am I to go on waiting while they have nothing to say? while they keep quiet and give no more answers?

For I am full of words, I am unable to keep in my breath any longer:

To keep back his soul from the underworld, and his life from destruction.

Take note O Job, give ear to me; keep quiet, while I say what is in my mind.

If not, give attention to me, and keep quiet, and I will give you wisdom.

Those who have no fear of God keep wrath stored up in their hearts; they give no cry for help when they are made prisoners.

After it a voice is sounding, thundering out the word of his power; he does not keep back his thunder-flames; from his mouth his voice is sounding.

Give ear to this, O Job, and keep quiet in your place; and take note of the wonders worked by God.

Shaking with passion, he is biting the earth; he is not able to keep quiet at the sound of the horn;

He is so cruel that no one is ready to go against him. Who then is able to keep his place before me?

I will not keep quiet about the parts of his body, or about his power, and the strength of his frame.

I will take my rest on my bed in peace, because you only, Lord, keep me safe.

My voice will come to you in the morning, O Lord; in the morning will I send my prayer to you, and keep watch.

What is man, that you keep him in mind? the son of man, that you take him into account?

Why do you keep far away, O Lord? why are you not to be seen in times of trouble?

You will keep them, O Lord, you will keep them safe from this generation for ever.

Keep me safe, O God: for in you I have put my faith.

Keep your servant back from sins of pride; let them not have rule over me: then will I be upright and free from great sin.

May he keep all your offerings in mind, and be pleased with the fat of your burned offerings; (Selah.)

All the ends of the earth will keep it in mind and be turned to the Lord: all the families of the nations will give him worship.

O Lord, keep in mind your pity and your mercies; for they have been from the earliest times.

Do not keep in mind my sins when I was young, or my wrongdoing: let your memory of me be full of mercy, O Lord, because of your righteousness.

All the ways of the Lord are mercy and good faith for those who keep his agreement and his witness.

O keep my soul, and take me out of danger: let me not be shamed, for I have put my faith in you.

For my clean and upright ways keep me safe, because my hope is in you.

For in the time of trouble he will keep me safe in his tent: in the secret place of his tent he will keep me from men's eyes; high on a rock he will put me.

My cry goes up to you, O Lord, my Rock; do not keep back your answer from me, so that I may not become like those who go down into the underworld.

In you, O Lord, have I put my hope; let me never be shamed; keep me safe in your righteousness.

You will keep them safe in your house from the designs of man; in the secret of your tent will you keep them from angry tongues.

I made my wrongdoing clear to you, and did not keep back my sin. I said, I will put it all before the Lord; and you took away my wrongdoing and my sin. (Selah.)

You are my safe and secret place; you will keep me from trouble; you will put songs of salvation on the lips of those who are round me. (Selah.)

To keep their souls from death; and to keep them living in time of need.

The angel of the Lord is ever watching over those who have fear of him, to keep them safe.

Keep yourselves in the fear of the Lord, all you his saints; for those who do so will have no need of anything.

Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from words of deceit.

Take up your spear and keep back my attackers; say to my soul, I am your salvation.

Be waiting for the Lord, and keep his way; and you will be lifted up, and have the land for your heritage: when the evil-doers are cut off, you will see it.

And the Lord will be their help, and keep them safe: he will take them out of the hands of the evil-doers, and be their saviour, because they had faith in him.

I said, I will give attention to my ways, so that my tongue may do no wrong; I will keep my mouth under control, while the sinner is before me.

Take not away your gentle mercies from me, O Lord; let your mercy and your faith keep me safe for ever.