'Keep' in the Bible

He said to him, "Why do you ask me about what is good? There is only one who is good. But if you want to enter into life, keep the commandments."

"But woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You keep locking people out of the kingdom of heaven! For you neither enter nor permit those trying to enter to go in.

He came again and found them sleeping; they could not keep their eyes open.

If this matter is heard before the governor, we will satisfy him and keep you out of trouble."

When he came again he found them sleeping; they could not keep their eyes open. And they did not know what to tell him.

The next morning Jesus departed and went to a deserted place. Yet the crowds were seeking him, and they came to him and tried to keep him from leaving them.

"Get dressed for service and keep your lamps burning;

Whoever tries to keep his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life will preserve it.

He answered, "I tell you, if they keep silent, the very stones will cry out!"

The Jewish leaders surrounded him and asked, "How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly."

But some of them said, "This is the man who caused the blind man to see! Couldn't he have done something to keep Lazarus from dying?"

I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them safe in your name that you have given me, so that they may be one just as we are one.

I am not asking you to take them out of the world, but that you keep them safe from the evil one.

Jesus replied, "My kingdom is not from this world. If my kingdom were from this world, my servants would be fighting to keep me from being handed over to the Jewish authorities. But as it is, my kingdom is not from here."

But to keep this matter from spreading any further among the people, let us warn them to speak no more to anyone in this name."

But Peter said, "Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and keep back for yourself part of the proceeds from the sale of the land?

that you abstain from meat that has been sacrificed to idols and from blood and from what has been strangled and from sexual immorality. If you keep yourselves from doing these things, you will do well. Farewell.

So because these facts are indisputable, you must keep quiet and not do anything reckless.

And now I advise you to keep up your courage, for there will be no loss of life among you, but only the ship will be lost.

Therefore keep up your courage, men, for I have faith in God that it will be just as I have been told.

when he said, 'Go to this people and say, "You will keep on hearing, but will never understand, and you will keep on looking, but will never perceive.

The faith you have, keep to yourself before God. Blessed is the one who does not judge himself by what he approves.

But now there is nothing more to keep me in these regions, and I have for many years desired to come to you

But the man who is firm in his commitment, and is under no necessity but has control over his will, and has decided in his own mind to keep his own virgin, does well.

so that now instead you should rather forgive and comfort him. This will keep him from being overwhelmed by excessive grief to the point of despair.

But if the ministry that produced death -- carved in letters on stone tablets -- came with glory, so that the Israelites could not keep their eyes fixed on the face of Moses because of the glory of his face (a glory which was made ineffective),

and not like Moses who used to put a veil over his face to keep the Israelites from staring at the result of the glory that was made ineffective.

because I know your eagerness to help. I keep boasting to the Macedonians about this eagerness of yours, that Achaia has been ready to give since last year, and your zeal to participate has stirred up most of them.

For all who rely on doing the works of the law are under a curse, because it is written, "Cursed is everyone who does not keep on doing everything written in the book of the law."

making every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

Therefore, if you have been raised with Christ, keep seeking the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.

Keep thinking about things above, not things on the earth,

For this is God's will: that you become holy, that you keep away from sexual immorality,

But we command you, brothers and sisters, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from any brother who lives an undisciplined life and not according to the tradition they received from us.

He must manage his own household well and keep his children in control without losing his dignity.

Do not lay hands on anyone hastily and so identify with the sins of others. Keep yourself pure.

But you, as a person dedicated to God, keep away from all that. Instead pursue righteousness, godliness, faithfulness, love, endurance, and gentleness.

But keep away from youthful passions, and pursue righteousness, faithfulness, love, and peace, in company with others who call on the Lord from a pure heart.

I wanted to keep him so that he could serve me in your place during my imprisonment for the sake of the gospel.

and said, "This is the blood of the covenant that God has commanded you to keep."

For if we deliberately keep on sinning after receiving the knowledge of the truth, no further sacrifice for sins is left for us,

Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they keep watch over your souls and will give an account for their work. Let them do this with joy and not with complaints, for this would be no advantage for you.

Pure and undefiled religion before God the Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their misfortune and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

and one of you says to them, "Go in peace, keep warm and eat well," but you do not give them what the body needs, what good is it?

Dear friends, I urge you as foreigners and exiles to keep away from fleshly desires that do battle against the soul,

For the one who wants to love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from uttering deceit.

Above all keep your love for one another fervent, because love covers a multitude of sins.

For if these things are really yours and are continually increasing, they will keep you from becoming ineffective and unproductive in your pursuit of knowing our Lord Jesus Christ more intimately.

If we say we have fellowship with him and yet keep on walking in the darkness, we are lying and not practicing the truth.

Now by this we know that we have come to know God: if we keep his commandments.

The one who says "I have come to know God" and yet does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in such a person.

and whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do the things that are pleasing to him.

For this is the love of God: that we keep his commandments. And his commandments do not weigh us down,

You also know that the angels who did not keep within their proper domain but abandoned their own place of residence, he has kept in eternal chains in utter darkness, locked up for the judgment of the great Day.

Now to the one who is able to keep you from falling, and to cause you to stand, rejoicing, without blemish before his glorious presence,

Because you have kept my admonition to endure steadfastly, I will also keep you from the hour of testing that is about to come on the whole world to test those who live on the earth.

So the dragon became enraged at the woman and went away to make war on the rest of her children, those who keep God's commandments and hold to the testimony about Jesus. And the dragon stood on the sand of the seashore.