'Kept' in the Bible

For she kept saying to herself, "If only I touch his cloak, I will be healed."

The crowds that went ahead of him and those following kept shouting, "Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!"

Then they sat down and kept guard over him there.

But as the man went out he began to announce it publicly and spread the story widely, so that Jesus was no longer able to enter any town openly but stayed outside in remote places. Still they kept coming to him from everywhere.

for she kept saying, "If only I touch his clothes, I will be healed."

They kept this statement to themselves, discussing what this rising from the dead meant.

Both those who went ahead and those who followed kept shouting, "Hosanna! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord!

After some time his wife Elizabeth became pregnant, and for five months she kept herself in seclusion. She said,

All who heard these things kept them in their hearts, saying, "What then will this child be?" For the Lord's hand was indeed with him.

And the child kept growing and becoming strong in spirit, and he was in the wilderness until the day he was revealed to Israel.

Then he went down with them and came to Nazareth, and was obedient to them. But his mother kept all these things in her heart.

For Jesus had started commanding the evil spirit to come out of the man. (For it had seized him many times, so he would be bound with chains and shackles and kept under guard. But he would break the restraints and be driven by the demon into deserted places.)

After the voice had spoken, Jesus was found alone. So they kept silent and told no one at that time anything of what they had seen.

There was also a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying, 'Give me justice against my adversary.'

But they kept on shouting, "Crucify, crucify him!"

(but their eyes were kept from recognizing him).

and said to him, "Everyone serves the good wine first, and then the cheaper wine when the guests are drunk. You have kept the good wine until now!"

Some people said, "This is the man!" while others said, "No, but he looks like him." The man himself kept insisting, "I am the one!"

So Jesus said, "Leave her alone. She has kept it for the day of my burial.

So they kept on repeating, "What is the meaning of what he says, 'In a little while'? We do not understand what he is talking about."

When I was with them I kept them safe and watched over them in your name that you have given me. Not one of them was lost except the one destined for destruction, so that the scripture could be fulfilled.

He kept back for himself part of the proceeds with his wife's knowledge; he brought only part of it and placed it at the apostles' feet.

So Peter was kept in prison, but those in the church were earnestly praying to God for him.

But they said to her, "You've lost your mind!" But she kept insisting that it was Peter, and they kept saying, "It is his angel!"

But the word of God kept on increasing and multiplying.

The whole group kept quiet and listened to Barnabas and Paul while they explained all the miraculous signs and wonders God had done among the Gentiles through them.

She followed behind Paul and us and kept crying out, "These men are servants of the Most High God, who are proclaiming to you the way of salvation."

he said, "I will give you a hearing when your accusers arrive too." Then he ordered that Paul be kept under guard in Herod's palace.

Then Festus replied that Paul was being kept at Caesarea, and he himself intended to go there shortly.

But when Paul appealed to be kept in custody for the decision of His Majesty the Emperor, I ordered him to be kept under guard until I could send him to Caesar."

But what was the divine response to him? "I have kept for myself seven thousand people who have not bent the knee to Baal."

Now to him who is able to strengthen you according to my gospel and the proclamation of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery that had been kept secret for long ages,

But I am sending these brothers so that our boasting about you may not be empty in this case, so that you may be ready just as I kept telling them.

When I was with you and was in need, I was not a burden to anyone, for the brothers who came from Macedonia fully supplied my needs. I kept myself from being a burden to you in any way, and will continue to do so.

Now before faith came we were held in custody under the law, being kept as prisoners until the coming faith would be revealed.

that is, the mystery that has been kept hidden from ages and generations, but has now been revealed to his saints.

Now may the God of peace himself make you completely holy and may your spirit and soul and body be kept entirely blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

I have competed well; I have finished the race; I have kept the faith!

By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of the blood, so that the one who destroyed the firstborn would not touch them.

Marriage must be honored among all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge sexually immoral people and adulterers.

For if God did not spare the angels who sinned, but threw them into hell and locked them up in chains in utter darkness, to be kept until the judgment,

But by the same word the present heavens and earth have been reserved for fire, by being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly.

From Jude, a slave of Jesus Christ and brother of James, to those who are called, wrapped in the love of God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ.

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.

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.