12 occurrences

'Keep' in the Bible

He said, “Go, and tell this people:‘Keep on listening, but do not perceive;Keep on looking, but do not understand.’

Verse ConceptsGospel, Responses ToSecrecyRejection Of God's CallReprobatesBeing Without Understanding

Now in that day a man may keep alive a heifer and a pair of sheep;

You will have songs as in the night when you keep the festival,And gladness of heart as when one marches to the sound of the flute,To go to the mountain of the Lord, to the Rock of Israel.

Verse ConceptsFlutesequipping, physicalClimbingGod, The RockJoy, Of IsraelNightPilgrimageCelebration

For a fool speaks nonsense,And his heart inclines toward wickedness:To practice ungodliness and to speak error against the Lord,To keep the hungry person unsatisfiedAnd to withhold drink from the thirsty.

Verse ConceptsFools, Characteristics OfMind, The HumanMorality, And CreationSin, Nature OfHypocrites, Description OfMischiefBeing MisleadStingy PeopleErrorHypocrisy

Thus says the Lord,“In a favorable time I have answered You,And in a day of salvation I have helped You;And I will keep You and give You for a covenant of the people,To restore the land, to make them inherit the desolate heritages;

Verse ConceptsCovenant, the newThe Accepted TimeGrace, In OtLast DaysOpportunities, And SalvationSeasons, Of LifeSustaining ProvidenceA Time Of SalvationGod AnsweredRight Time For GodInheritanceAcceptanceGod's TimingRecoveryFavorGods TimingA New Daycovenanthelphelpingpreservation

For thus says the Lord,“To the eunuchs who keep My sabbaths,And choose what pleases Me,And hold fast My covenant,

For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent,And for Jerusalem’s sake I will not keep quiet,Until her righteousness goes forth like brightness,And her salvation like a torch that is burning.

Verse ConceptsBeing Earnest For IsraelRadiancySilenceGod's Salvation Made KnownSalvation, Illustrations OfFervourZealousness, Examples OfRadiant LivesThe SunGod Being SilentA Righteous PeopleFor The Sake Of God's Peoplezionvindication

On your walls, O Jerusalem, I have appointed watchmen;All day and all night they will never keep silent.You who remind the Lord, take no rest for yourselves;

Verse ConceptsWorship Day And NightSleeplessnessWatchmanAnticipation

Will You restrain Yourself at these things, O Lord?Will You keep silent and afflict us beyond measure?

Verse ConceptsSilenceGod Being Silent

“Who say, ‘Keep to yourself, do not come near me,For I am holier than you!’These are smoke in My nostrils,A fire that burns all the day.

Verse ConceptsHypocrisy, Description OfNosesPrejudicePride, Examples OfSmokeHypocrites, Description OfFire Of EvilAll DayHolier Than ThouChanging YourselfsmokingSmoke Used Poetically

“Behold, it is written before Me,I will not keep silent, but I will repay;I will even repay into their bosom,

Verse ConceptsNot Being StillGod Will RequiteNot Still

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Preserve (85 instances)
Prevent (56 instances)

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