'Keep' in the Bible

If you are the Son of God, let yourself go down; for it is in the Writings, He will give his angels care over you; and, In their hands they will keep you up, so that your foot may not be crushed against a stone.

Whoever then goes against the smallest of these laws, teaching men to do the same, will be named least in the kingdom of heaven; but he who keeps the laws, teaching others to keep them, will be named great in the kingdom of heaven.

And if any man goes to law with you and takes away your coat, do not keep back your robe from him.

Give to him who comes with a request, and keep not your property from him who would for a time make use of it.

And let us not be put to the test, but keep us safe from the Evil One.

No man is able to be a servant to two masters: for he will have hate for the one and love for the other, or he will keep to one and have no respect for the other. You may not be servants of God and of wealth.

He who has the desire to keep his life will have it taken from him, and he who gives up his life because of me will have it given back to him.

And if Satan sends out Satan, he makes war against himself; how then will he keep his kingdom?

Do you still not see, or keep in mind the five cakes of bread of the five thousand, and the number of baskets you took up?

Because whoever has a desire to keep his life safe will have it taken from him; but whoever gives up his life because of me, will have it given back to him.

But Jesus said, Let the little ones come to me, and do not keep them away: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.

And he said to him, Why are you questioning me about what is good? One there is who is good: but if you have a desire to go into life, keep the rules of the law.

All things, then, which they give you orders to do, these do and keep: but do not take their works as your example, for they say and do not.

But a curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! because you are shutting the kingdom of heaven against men: for you do not go in yourselves, and those who are going in, you keep back.

Keep watch, then, because you are not certain of the day or of the hour.

And he said to them, Go into the town to such a man, and say to him, The Master says, My time is near: I will keep the Passover at your house with my disciples.

Then says he to them, My soul is very sad, even to death: keep watch with me here.

And he comes to the disciples, and sees that they are sleeping, and says to Peter, What, were you not able to keep watch with me one hour?

Keep watch with prayer, so that you may not be put to the test: the spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is feeble.

Teaching them to keep all the rules which I have given you: and see, I am ever with you, even to the end of the world.

And if Satan is at war with himself, and there is division in him, he will not keep his place but will come to an end.

He was living in the place of the dead: and no man was able to keep him down, no, not with a chain;

And when they come from the market-place, they take no food till their hands are washed; and a number of other orders there are, which have been handed down to them to keep--washings of cups and pots and brass vessels.

And the Pharisees and the scribes put the question to him, Why do your disciples not keep the rules of the fathers, but take their bread with unwashed hands?

For, turning away from the law of God, you keep the rules of men.

And he said to them, Truly you put on one side the law of God, so that you may keep the rules which have been handed down to you.

And he went away from there to the country of Tyre and Sidon. And he went into a house, desiring that no man might have knowledge of it: and he was not able to keep it secret.

Whoever has a desire to keep his life, will have it taken from him; and whoever gives up his life because of me and the good news, will keep it.

And when Jesus saw it, he was angry, and said to them, Let the little children come to me, and do not keep them away; for of such is the kingdom of God.

Take care, keep watch with prayer: for you are not certain when the time will be.

It is as when a man who is in another country for a time, having gone away from his house, and given authority to his servants and to everyone his work, gives the porter an order to keep watch.

So you are to keep watch: because you are not certain when the master of the house is coming, in the evening, or in the middle of the night, or at the cock's cry, or in the morning;

And what I say to you, I say to all, Keep watch.

And he said to them, My soul is very sad, even to death: be here a little time, and keep watch.

And he came, and saw them sleeping, and said to Peter, Simon, are you sleeping? were you not able to keep watch one hour?

Keep watch with prayer, so that you may not be put to the test; the spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is feeble.

Keep yourself from death, and come down from the cross.

His help he has given to Israel, his servant, so that he might keep in mind his mercy to Abraham and his seed for ever,

To do acts of mercy to our fathers and to keep in mind his holy word,

And, In their hands they will keep you up, so that your foot may not be crushed against a stone.

If a man gives you a blow on one side of your face, then let the other side be turned to him; from him who takes away your coat, do not keep back your robe.

And those in the good earth are those who, having given ear to the word, keep it with a good and true heart, and in quiet strength give fruit.

And when the woman saw that she was not able to keep it secret, she came, shaking with fear, and falling down before him she made clear before all the people the reason for her touching him, and how she was made well straight away.

For whoever has a desire to keep his life will have it taken from him, but whoever gives up his life because of me, will keep it.

And keep in that same house, taking what food and drink they give you: for the worker has a right to his reward. Do not go from house to house.

If, then, Satan is at war with himself, how will he keep his kingdom? because you say that I send evil spirits out of men by the help of Beelzebul.

But he said, More happy are they who give hearing to the word of God and keep it.

And he said to them, Take care to keep yourselves free from the desire for property; for a man's life is not made up of the number of things which he has.

Or what king, going to war with another king, will not first take thought if he will be strong enough, with ten thousand men, to keep off him who comes against him with twenty thousand?

No man may be a servant to two masters: for he will have hate for the one and love for the other; or he will keep to the one and have no respect for the other. You may not be servants of God and of wealth.

But Abraham said, Keep in mind, my son, that when you were living, you had your good things, while Lazarus had evil things: but now, he is comforted and you are in pain.

Keep in mind Lot's wife.

If anyone makes an attempt to keep his life, it will be taken from him, but if anyone gives up his life, he will keep it.

But Jesus sent for them, saying, Let the children come to me, and do not keep them away, for of such is the kingdom of heaven.

And he said in answer, I say to you, if these men keep quiet, the very stones will be crying out.

For the time will come when your attackers will put a wall round you, and come all round you and keep you in on every side,

Keep away from the scribes, whose pleasure it is to go about in long robes, and to have words of respect said to them in the market-places, and to take the chief seats in the Synagogues and the first places at feasts;

By going through all these things, you will keep your lives.

But keep watch at all times with prayer, that you may be strong enough to come through all these things and take your place before the Son of man.

And he said, I have had a great desire to keep this Passover with you before I come to my death;

And he said, Jesus, keep me in mind when you come in your kingdom.

For this cause the Jews had an even greater desire to put Jesus to death, because not only did he not keep the Sabbath but he said God was his Father, so making himself equal with God.

Then Jesus said to the Jews who had faith in him, If you keep my word, then you are truly my disciples;

You have no knowledge of him, but I have knowledge of him; and if I said I have no knowledge of him I would be talking falsely like you: but I have full knowledge of him, and I keep his word.

Then some of the Pharisees said, That man has not come from God, for he does not keep the Sabbath. Others said, How is it possible for a sinner to do such signs? So there was a division among them.

Then the Jews came round him, saying, how long are you going to keep us in doubt? If you are the Christ, say so clearly.

But some of them said, This man, who made open the eyes of the blind man, was he not able to keep his friend from death?

Then Jesus said, Let her be. Let her keep what she has for the day of my death.

He who is in love with life will have it taken from him; and he who has no care for his life in this world will keep it for ever and ever.

Now is my soul troubled; and what am I to say? Father, keep me from this hour. No: for this purpose have I come to this hour.

And if any man gives ear to my words and does not keep them, I am not his judge: I did not come to be judge of the world but to give salvation to the world.

If you have love for me, you will keep my laws.

Jesus said to him in answer, If anyone has love for me, he will keep my words: and he will be dear to my Father; and we will come to him and make our living-place with him.

He who has no love for me does not keep my words; and the word which you are hearing is not my word but the Father's who sent me.

Keep in mind how I said to you, I go away and come to you again. If you had love for me you would be glad, because I am going to the Father: for the Father is greater than I.

If a man does not keep himself in me, he becomes dead and is cut off like a dry branch; such branches are taken up and put in the fire and burned.

If you keep my laws, you will be ever in my love, even as I have kept my Father's laws, and am ever in his love.

If you are hated by the world, keep in mind that I was hated by the world before you.

Keep in mind the words I said to you, A servant is not greater than his lord. If they were cruel to me, they will be cruel to you; if they kept my words, they will keep yours.

And now I will be no longer in the world, but they are in the world and I come to you. Holy Father, keep them in your name which you have given to me, so that they may be one even as we are one.

My prayer is not that you will take them out of the world, but that you will keep them from the Evil One.

Jesus said in answer, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom was of this world, my disciples would have made a good fight to keep me out of the hands of the Jews: but my kingdom is not here.

Any to whom you give forgiveness, will be made free from their sins; and any from whom you keep back forgiveness, will still be in their sins.

And when they were all together, with him, he gave them orders not to go away from Jerusalem, but to keep there, waiting till the word of the Father was put into effect, of which, he said, I have given you knowledge:

And Peter, looking at him, with John, said, Keep your eyes on us.

For it is not possible for us to keep from saying what we have seen and have knowledge of.

But Peter said, Ananias, why has the Evil One put it into your heart to be false to the Holy Spirit, and to keep back part of the price of the land?

And we are witnesses of these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who keep his laws.

And having taken him, he put him in prison, with four bands of armed men to keep watch over him; his purpose being to take him out to the people after the Passover.

Now when the meeting was ended, a number of the Jews and of the God-fearing Gentiles who had become Jews, went after Paul and Barnabas: who put before them how important it was to keep on in the grace of God.

And even with these words, it was hard for them to keep the people from making an offering to them.

Making strong the souls of the disciples, saying to them that they were to keep the faith, and that we have to go through troubles of all sorts to come into the kingdom of God.

But some of the Pharisees, who were of the faith, got up and said, It is necessary for these to have circumcision and to keep the law of Moses.

But that we give them orders to keep themselves from things offered to false gods, and from the evil desires of the body, and from the flesh of animals put to death in ways against the law, and from blood.

To keep from things offered to false gods, and from blood, and from things put to death in ways which are against the law, and from the evil desires of the body; if you keep yourselves from these, you will do well. May you be happy.

And on their way through the towns, they gave them the rules which had been made by the Apostles and the rulers of the church at Jerusalem, so that they might keep them.

Teaching rules of living which it is not right for us to have or to keep, being Romans.

And when they had given them a great number of blows, they put them in prison, giving orders to the keeper of the prison to keep them safely:

And having made Jason and the others give an undertaking to keep the peace, they let them go.

So keep watch, having in mind that for three years without resting I was teaching every one of you, day and night, with weeping.