'Keeps' in the Bible

Then the king said, "This one [is] saying, 'This [is] my son, the living one, but your son [is] the dead one,' and the other one keeps saying, 'But no! Your son [is] the dead one, and my son [is] living!'"

I said, "O Yahweh God of the heavens, the great and awesome one who keeps the covenant and loyal love for the ones who love him and for those who keep his commands.

"And now our God, the great, mighty, and awesome God who keeps [his] covenant and loyal love, do not belittle in your presence all of the hardship that is found in us, our kings, our officials, our priests, our prophets, our ancestors, and all of our people, from the days of the kings of Assyria until this day.

to turn human beings aside [from their] deeds, and he keeps man from pride.

It keeps its tail straight like a cedar; [the] sinews of its thighs are tightly wound.

Yahweh protects him and keeps him alive; he is blessed in the land, and you do not give him into the will of his enemies.

Your testimonies [are] miracles, therefore my soul keeps them.

who made heaven and earth, the sea and all that [is] in them, the one who keeps faith forever,

A gossip walks [about] telling a secret, but the trustworthy in spirit keeps [the] matter.

He who keeps his mouth guards his life; he who opens his lips, ruin [belongs] to him.

The highway of the upright, it turns from evil, he who guards himself keeps his way.

Even a fool who keeps silent {shall be considered wise}; he who closes his lips [is] intelligent.

if you say, "Look, we do not know this," does not he who weighs hearts perceive [it]? And he who keeps your soul, he knows and will repay humankind according to his deeds.

He who keeps instruction [is] a child of understanding, but the companion of gluttons will shame his father.

For he does not remember the [brief] days of his life, for God keeps his heart preoccupied with enjoyment [of life].

Open [the] gates {so that} [the] righteous nation who keeps faithfulness may enter!

who keeps the word of his servant and carries out the plan of his messengers, who says of Jerusalem, 'It shall be inhabited,' and of the cities of Judah, 'They shall be rebuilt, and I will restore its ruins';

Surely you [are] a God who keeps yourself hidden, God of Israel, [the] savior.

Happy [is the] man [who] does this, and [the] son of humankind [who] keeps hold of it, who keeps [the] Sabbath {so as not to profane} it, and who keeps his hand from doing any evil."

And the {foreigners} [who] join themselves to Yahweh to serve him and to love the name of Yahweh, to become his servants, every one who keeps [the] Sabbath, {so as not to profane} it, and those who keep hold of my covenant,

And they do not say in their hearts, 'Let us fear please Yahweh our God, the [one who] gives [the] autumn rain and [the] spring rain in its season, {the set times of the harvest} he keeps for us.'

As a water well keeps its water cool, so she keeps cool her wickedness. Violence and destruction are heard within her, sickness and wounds [are] continually {before me}.

[The] bellows are burned up, lead is consumed by fire. {In vain} {he keeps on refining}, but [the] wicked are not torn apart.

[The one who] does the work of Yahweh [with] slackness [is] cursed, and [the one who] keeps away blood from his sword [is] cursed.

[and] in my statutes he goes about and my regulations he keeps, {performing faithfully} --[then] he is righteous, [and] certainly he will live," {declares} the Lord Yahweh.

"Yet you say, 'Why [does] the son not bear the guilt of the father?' And [since] the son does justice and righteousness and he keeps all of my statutes and does them, he shall surely live!

But if the wicked returns from all of his sins that he has done and he keeps all of my statutes and he does justice and righteousness, he shall surely live; he shall not die!

The prophet keeps watch [over] Ephraim for my God; the snare of a fowler [is] on all his ways, and hostility in the house of his God.

Therefore whoever abolishes one of the least of these commandments and teaches people to do so will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever keeps [them] and teaches [them], this person will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

Truly, truly I say to you, if anyone keeps my word, he will never experience death {forever}."

The Jews said to him, "Now we know that you have a demon! Abraham and the prophets died, and you say, 'If anyone keeps my word, he will never taste death {forever}.'

The one who has my commandments and keeps them--that one is the one who loves me. And the one who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and will reveal myself to him."

For whoever keeps the whole law but stumbles in one [point only] has become guilty of all [of it].

But whoever keeps his word, truly in this person the love of God has been perfected. By this we know that we are in him.

And the one who keeps his commandments resides in him, and he in him. And by this we know that he resides in us: by the Spirit whom he has given to us.

And the one who conquers and who keeps my works until the end, I will give him authority over the nations,

(Behold, I am coming like a thief. Blessed [is] the one who is on the alert and who keeps his clothing, so that he does not walk around naked and they see his shamefulness!)

"And behold, I am coming quickly! Blessed [is] the one who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book."