'Continue' in the Bible

God sent me [to Egypt] ahead of you to preserve for you a remnant on the earth, and to keep you alive by a great escape.

In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at evening, you shall eat unleavened bread, [and continue] until the twenty-first day of the month at evening.

They shall be hated things to you. You may not eat their meat; you shall detest their carcasses.

Do not charge him usurious interest, but fear your God [with profound reverence], so your countryman may [continue to] live among you.

so that his heart will not be lifted up above his countrymen [by a false sense of self-importance and self-reliance] and that he will not turn away (deviate) from the commandment, to the right or to the left, so that he and his sons may continue [to reign] for a long time in his kingdom in Israel.

But if the man does not want to marry his brother’s [widowed] wife, then she shall go up to the gate [of the city, where court is held] to the elders, and say, ‘My brother-in-law refuses to continue his brother’s name in Israel; he is not willing to perform the duty of a husband’s brother.’

know and understand with certainty that the Lord your God will not continue to drive these nations out from before you; but they will be a snare and trap to you, and a whip on your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from this good land which the Lord your God has given you.

But now your kingdom shall not endure. The Lord has sought out for Himself a man (David) after His own heart, and the Lord has appointed him as leader and ruler over His people, because you have not kept (obeyed) what the Lord commanded you.”

Therefore now, may it please You to bless the house (royal dynasty) of Your servant, so that it may continue forever before You; for You, O Lord God, have spoken it, and with Your blessing may the house of Your servant be blessed forever.”

Therefore may it please You to bless the house (descendants) of Your servant, that it may continue before You forever; for what You bless, O Lord, is blessed forever.”

“If you say, ‘How shall we [continue to] persecute him?’And ‘What pretext for a case against him can we find [since we claim the root of these afflictions is found in him]?’

But the Lord will remain and sit enthroned forever;He has prepared and established His throne for judgment.

As for me, I shall see Your face in righteousness;I will be [fully] satisfied when I awake [to find myself] seeing Your likeness.

O continue Your lovingkindness to those who know You,And Your righteousness (salvation) to the upright in heart.

Their inward thought is that their houses will continue forever,And their dwelling places to all generations;They have named their lands after their own names [ignoring God].

May his name endure forever;May his name continue as long as the sun;And let men bless themselves by him;Let all nations call him blessed.

“His descendants shall endure foreverAnd his throne [will continue] as the sun before Me.

He who practices deceit will not dwell in my house;He who tells lies and half-truths will not continue [to remain] in my presence.

I said, “O my God, do not take me away in the midst of my days;Your years are [eternal] throughout all generations.

“The children of Your servants will continue,And their descendants will be established before You.”

Let there be no one to extend kindness to him,Nor let anyone be gracious to his fatherless children.

They continue this day according to Your ordinances,For all things [all parts of the universe] are Your servants.

Let the righteous [thoughtfully] strike (correct) me—it is a kindness [done to encourage my spiritual maturity].It is [the choicest anointing] oil on the head;Let my head not refuse [to accept and acknowledge and learn from] it;For still my prayer is against their wicked deeds.

Do not let your heart envy sinners [who live godless lives and have no hope of salvation],But [continue to] live in the [reverent, worshipful] fear of the Lord day by day.

When a land does wrong, it has many princes,But when the ruler is a man of understanding and knowledge, its stability endures.

Does the farmer plow all day to plant seed?Does he continually dig furrows and harrow his ground [after it is prepared]?

“For My people are stupid and foolish,” [says the Lord to Jeremiah];“They do not know Me;They are foolish childrenAnd have no understanding.They are shrewd [enough] to do evil,But they do not know [how] to do good.”

The bellows blow fiercely,The lead is consumed by the fire;In vain they continue refining,But the wicked are not separated and removed.

How long [shall this state of affairs continue]? Is there anything in the hearts of the prophets who prophesy falsehood, even these prophets of the deception of their own heart,

When their liquor is gone [and their drinking parties are over],They habitually go to play the prostitute;Ephraim’s rulers continue to dearly love shame [more than her glory which is the Lord, Israel’s God].

Will they continue to empty their netAnd [mercilessly] go on destroying nations without sparing?