176 occurrences in 13 translations

'Keep' in the Bible

Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.

Verse ConceptsSafetyShieldsProtection And Safetyjournaling

The wicked, however, keep walking around, exalting the vileness of human beings. To the Director: A Davidic Psalm.

Verse ConceptsPolitics

And I am perfect with him, And I keep myself from mine iniquity.

Verse ConceptsPlea Of Innocence

Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression.

Verse Conceptsethics, and graceBlameRestraintSin, Avoidance OfSin, Nature OfDivine Restraintsdominion

May he keep all your offerings in mind, and be pleased with the fat of your burned offerings; (Selah.)

Verse ConceptsPsalm InterjectionsSpiritual WarfareSacrificeTithes And Offering

All they that be fat upon earth shall eat and worship: all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him: and none can keep alive his own soul.

Verse ConceptsBanquets, Events CelebratedKneelingMortalityGod Opposes The Prouddust

O Lord, keep in mind your pity and your mercies; for they have been from the earliest times.

Verse ConceptsLovingkindnessBe Merciful!devotion

Do not keep in mind my sins when I was young, or my wrongdoing: let your memory of me be full of mercy, O Lord, because of your righteousness.

Verse ConceptsMemoriesSin, Deliverance From GodDivine RemembranceLimitations Of YouthGod ForgettingGod Forgive!Love And ForgivenessGoodnessThe PastMaking Mistakesrebellionteenagermindfulness

{A Psalm of David.} Unto thee, Jehovah, do I call; my rock, be not silent unto me, lest, if thou keep silence toward me, I become like them that go down into the pit.

Verse ConceptsDeafnessEarsGod, The RockPitsRocksSilenceSpiritual FoundationsSpiritual DeafnessGoing Down To The PitPossibility Of DeathGod Being SilentI PrayPits As A Term For Graves

In you, O Lord, have I put my hope; let me never be shamed; keep me safe in your righteousness.

Verse ConceptsNot AshamedMusicDisappointment

Incline your ear to me. Quickly deliver me. Become my rock of refuge, {a fortified keep} to save me.

Verse ConceptsGod, As SaviorHope, Results OfRefugeGod Being Our DefencePay Attention O God!Save Us!

Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.

Verse Conceptsdefence, divineSafetySanctuaryGod Being Our Hiding PlaceGod Being Our RefugeGod Hiding PeopleConspiracyshelter

Keep yourselves in the fear of the Lord, all you his saints; for those who do so will have no need of anything.

Verse ConceptsReverence, And BlessingSaintsFear Of God, Results OfPlenty Through GodFear God!Fearing God

Take up your spear and keep back my attackers; say to my soul, I am your salvation.

Verse ConceptsAxesPursuing ViolenceThrowing SpearsWeapons Of GodGod My Salvationdeliverance

Lord, how long dost thou behold? Keep back my soul from their desolations, From young lions my only one.

Verse ConceptsDoubting God's ConcernLionsRescueProlonged AfflictionsDeliverance From LionsBefore God Acts

This thou hast seen, O LORD: keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me.

Verse ConceptsSilenceGod Far Away

And the Lord will be their help, and keep them safe: he will take them out of the hands of the evil-doers, and be their saviour, because they had faith in him.

Verse ConceptsGod Saving From EnemiesGod's ProtectionProtection From EnemiesHelping Those In Needshelterhelphelping

{To the chief Musician, even to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David.} I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.

Verse ConceptsPrudenceReadinessRestraintSpeech, Positive Aspects OfTongueWatchfulness, Of BelieversSpeaking, Wisdom InVigilanceIndividuals Being SilentThe TongueGod's TimingGods TimingWaiting For God's TimingGuarding Yourself

I proclaim righteousness in the great assembly;see, I do not keep my mouth closed—as You know, Lord.

Verse ConceptsThe Lips Of The RighteousLipsSealsIn The CongregationGod's Deed Revealed

LORD, do not withhold your mercy from me, for your gracious love and truthfulness will keep me safe continuously.

Verse ConceptsLovingkindnessGod Keep!Protection And Safetypreservation

My soul is crushed down in me, so I will keep you in mind; from the land of Jordan and of the Hermons, from the hill Mizar.

Verse ConceptsDespondency, Examples OfDepression, Solutions ToHealthI Am SadThe Region Of JordanDepressionDespairwaterfalls

Be my judge, O God, supporting my cause against a nation without religion; O keep me from the false and evil man.

Verse Conceptsenemies, of believersInjustice, Hated By GodRescueGod Vindicatesvindication

I will keep the memory of your name living through all generations; and because of this the people will give you praise for ever.

Verse ConceptsFutureReminders Of God

(Because it takes a great price to keep his soul from death, and man is not able to give it.)

Verse ConceptsExpensiveRedemptionThe SoulBeauty And Self WorthValueSaving Moneysoulredeemedtrying

Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.

Verse ConceptsSilenceGod Appearing In FireThe Second Coming

I keep track of every bird in the hills, and the insects of the field are mine.

Verse ConceptsCreatorBirds, Features OfBeastsAll Things Belong To GodBirdsbugs

For the arrogant have arisen against me; oppressors have sought to take my life. They do not keep God in mind! Interlude

Verse ConceptsSuffering, Causes OfSuffering, Nature OfAttempting To Kill MePsalm Interjections

You keep track of my misery. Put my tears in your leather container! Are they not recorded in your scroll?

Verse ConceptsBottles, Figurative UseBook of lifeDiariesWeepingTearsWater ContainersWandererswandering

I keep the memory of my debt to you, O God; I will give you the offerings of praise.

Verse ConceptsVowsRight SacrificesWe Thank God

For thou hast delivered my soul from death; wilt thou not keep my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?

Verse ConceptsFeeteternal life, nature ofTravelling With GodStumblingWalkingNot StumblingKept Alive By GodNot DyingDeath PreventedGod Saves From Trouble

Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy on me; for the hope of my soul is in you: I will keep myself safely under the shade of your wings, till these troubles are past.

Verse ConceptsDisastersCavesdefence, divineGuardiansMusicOppression, God's Attitude ToRefugeShadowsWingsProtection, From GodTrusting In GodGod's WingsCaves As Places Of RefugeProtection From Danger

Take me out of the power of the workers of evil, and keep me safe from the men of blood.

Verse ConceptsEvildoersReady To KillProtection From Enemies

Put them not to death, for so my people will keep the memory of them: let them be sent in all directions by your power; make them low, O Lord our saviour.

Verse ConceptsScattering The PeoplesPeople Remembering

I will make your tent my resting-place for ever: I will keep myself under the cover of your wings. (Selah.)

Verse ConceptsWingsAnticipationEternally With GodGod's WingsPsalm InterjectionsWe Live With Godshelter

He dwelleth to the age before God, Kindness and truth appoint -- they keep him.

Verse ConceptsGod's Truth

O God, let the voice of my grief come to your ear: keep my life from the fear of those who are against me.

Verse ConceptsComplaintsHear Prayer!Pay Attention O God!Mental AbuseProtection From EnemiesEnemy Attacks

Keep me safe in your righteousness, and come to my help; give ear to my voice, and be my saviour.

Verse ConceptsRescuePay Attention O God!Save Us!

And even when I am old and gray-headed, O God, do not abandon me,Until I declare Your [mighty] strength to this generation,Your power to all who are to come.

Verse ConceptsMentoringAgingExperience, of GodGenerationsGod, Power OfInexperienceMouthsOld Age, Attitudes ToSanctity Of LifeHope For Old PeopleGreyDo Not Forsake Us!Hair

He will keep their souls free from evil designs and violent attacks; and their blood will be of value in his eyes.

Verse ConceptsBlood, as basis of lifeViolenceHuman Blood ShedPreciousoppression

Keep in mind your band of worshippers, for whom you gave payment in the days which are past, whom you took for yourself as the people of your heritage; even this mountain of Zion, which has been your resting-place.

Verse ConceptsMarketsPeople Of God, In Ot

Keep this in mind, O Lord, that your haters have said cruel things, and that your name has been looked down on by a people of evil behaviour.

Verse ConceptsBlasphemy, At GodInsultsFools, Description OfFools Attitude To God

Keep in mind your undertaking; for the dark places of the earth are full of pride and cruel acts.

Verse ConceptsViolence In The EarthViolenceNations DescribedDarkness Of EvilGod Keeps Covenant

Up! O God, be the judge of your cause; keep in mind the bitter things which the man of evil behaviour says against you every day.

Verse Conceptsdefence, divineRevival, Nature OfFools, Description OfAudacityUnceasingContinual SinGod ArisingFools Attitude To God

Keep in mind the voice of your haters; the outcry of those who come against you goes up every day.

Verse ConceptsNot Forgetting

While the earth and all its inhabitants melt away, it is I who keep its pillars firm." Interlude

Verse ConceptsearthquakesPillarsMetaphorical PillarsPsalm Interjections

You, you are to be feared; who may keep his place before you in the time of your wrath?

Verse ConceptsAnger Of God, DescriptionReverence, And God's NatureGod Has AngerGod Is To Be Fearedwrath

Make and keep your vowsto the Lord your God;let all who are around Him bring tributeto the awe-inspiring One.

Verse ConceptsGiftsGiving To GodVowsMaking VowsGod Is To Be Feared

I will keep God in memory, with sounds of grief; my thoughts are troubled, and my spirit is overcome. (Selah.)

Verse ConceptsComplaintsTroublePsalm InterjectionsBeing Overwhelmedoverwhelmed

You keep my eyes from sleep; I am so troubled that no words come.

Verse ConceptsInsomnia, Causes OfRest, PhysicalAnxiety And Depression

And I said, It is a weight on my spirit; but I will keep in mind the years of the right hand of the Most High.

Verse ConceptsHand Of GodRight Hand Of God

We will not keep them secret from our children; we will make clear to the coming generation the praises of the Lord and his strength, and the great works of wonder which he has done.

Verse ConceptsBad ParentsPraiseMiracles, Nature OfParents Duty To ChildrenChildrearingCaring For ChildrenMiracles Showing God's PowerGod's Deed RevealedTeaching ChildrenDescendants ofhiding

That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments:

Verse ConceptsdistrustNot ForgettingKeep The Commandments!Trust In God!

And their hearts were not right with him, and they did not keep their agreement with him.

Verse ConceptsNot Whole HeartedSpirit, Fallen And RedeemedBreaking The Covenantsteadfast

They did not keep in mind the work of his hand, or the day when he took them from the power of their haters;

Verse ConceptsQuerying God's Power

He let his wrath have its way; he did not keep back their soul from death, but gave their life to disease.

Verse ConceptsPestilenceHow Death Is InevitableNot SparingDeath Of The Wicked

But they rebelliously tested the Most High God,for they did not keep His decrees.

Verse ConceptsTesting GodThey Do Not Keep Commands

So will we not be turned back from you; keep us in life, and we will give praise to your name.

Verse ConceptsRevival, Nature OfSleep, SpiritualRevivingrevival

If only my people would obey me! If only Israel would keep my commands!

Verse ConceptsWalking In The Ways Of Godpeople

{A Song or Psalm of Asaph.} Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.

Verse ConceptsSilenceNot Being StillGod Being SilentNot Still

Will you go on being angry with us for ever? will you keep your wrath against us through all the long generations?

Verse ConceptsEternal JudgementWill God Be Angry?

Keep my soul, for I am pious, Save Thy servant -- who is trusting to Thee, O Thou, my God.

Verse ConceptsFaithfulness, To Goddefence, divineGod Keep!Godly Manpiety

The Lord will keep in mind, when he is writing the records of the people, that this man had his birth there. (Selah.)

Verse ConceptsWritingNames Written In HeavenPsalm Interjectionszion

You cause those who know me to keep their distance; you make me an appalling sight to them. I am trapped and cannot get free.

Verse ConceptsFriendlessnessAbandoning FriendsShutting DoorsFriends FailingPeople Being HatedBest Friendsshunning

His seed will keep their place for ever; his kingdom will be eternal, like the heavens.

Verse ConceptsHeaven, Nature OfChrist Reigning ForeverThe Dynasty Of David

How long, Lord? Will You hide Yourself forever?Will Your anger keep burning like fire?

Verse ConceptsProlonged AfflictionsGod HidingBefore God Acts

Bible Theasaurus

Arrest (38 instances)
Continue (334 instances)
Deposit (24 instances)
Dungeon (22 instances)
Livelihood (6 instances)
Maintain (89 instances)
Observe (357 instances)
Preserve (85 instances)
Prevent (56 instances)

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