'Keep' in the Bible

The king commanded all the people, “Keep the Passover of the Lord your God as written in the book of the covenant.”

Pharaoh Neco imprisoned him at Riblah in the land of Hamath to keep him from reigning in Jerusalem, and he imposed on the land a fine of 7,500 pounds of silver and 75 pounds of gold.

Jabez called out to the God of Israel: “If only You would bless me, extend my border, let Your hand be with me, and keep me from harm, so that I will not cause any pain.” And God granted his request.

Saul died for his unfaithfulness to the Lord because he did not keep the Lord’s word. He even consulted a medium for guidance,

to offer burnt offerings regularly, morning and evening, to the Lord on the altar of burnt offerings and to do everything that was written in the law of the Lord, which He had commanded Israel to keep.

Above all, may the Lord give you insight and understanding when He puts you in charge of Israel so that you may keep the law of the Lord your God.

Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, our ancestors, keep this desire forever in the thoughts of the hearts of Your people, and confirm their hearts toward You.

Give my son Solomon a whole heart to keep and to carry out all Your commands, Your decrees, and Your statutes, and to build the temple for which I have made provision.

Therefore, Lord God of Israel,keep what You promisedto Your servant, my father David:“You will never fail to have a manto sit before Me on the throne of Israel,if only your sons guard their way to walk in My Lawas you have walked before Me.”

As for you, if you walk before Me as your father David walked, doing everything I have commanded you, and if you keep My statutes and ordinances,

Then the king stood at his post and made a covenant in the Lord’s presence to follow the Lord and to keep His commands, His decrees, and His statutes with all his heart and with all his soul in order to carry out the words of the covenant written in this book.

Anyone who does not keep the law of your God and the law of the king, let a fair judgment be executed against him, whether death, banishment, confiscation of property, or imprisonment.

I said,Yahweh, the God of heaven, the great and awe-inspiring God who keeps His gracious covenant with those who love Him and keep His commands,

So we rebuilt the wall until the entire wall was joined together up to half its height, for the people had the will to keep working.

I also shook the folds of my robe and said, “May God likewise shake from his house and property everyone who doesn’t keep this promise. May he be shaken out and have nothing!”The whole assembly said, “Amen,” and they praised the Lord. Then the people did as they had promised.

Then I instructed the Levites to purify themselves and guard the gates in order to keep the Sabbath day holy.Remember me for this also, my God, and look on me with compassion in keeping with Your abundant, faithful love.

If you keep silent at this time, liberation and deliverance will come to the Jewish people from another place, but you and your father’s house will be destroyed. Who knows, perhaps you have come to your royal position for such a time as this.”

Should anyone try to speak with youwhen you are exhausted?Yet who can keep from speaking?

Am I the sea or a sea monster,that You keep me under guard?

Should your babbling put others to silence,so that you can keep on ridiculingwith no one to humiliate you?

All of you have seen this for yourselves,why do you keep up this empty talk?

They despise me and keep their distance from me;they do not hesitate to spit in my face.

They advance as through a gaping breach;they keep rolling in through the ruins.

He does not keep the wicked alive,but He gives justice to the afflicted.

Can your wealth or all your physical exertionkeep you from distress?

I keep the Lord in mind always.Because He is at my right hand,I will not be shaken.

Moreover, keep Your servant from willful sins;do not let them rule over me.Then I will be innocentand cleansed from blatant rebellion.

All the Lord’s ways show faithful love and truthto those who keep His covenant and decrees.

May integrity and what is rightwatch over me,for I wait for You.

to deliver them from deathand to keep them alive in famine.

Keep your tongue from eviland your lips from deceitful speech.

Wait for the Lord and keep His way,and He will exalt you to inherit the land.You will watch when the wicked are destroyed.

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

The Lord will keep him and preserve him;he will be blessed in the land.You will not give him over to the desire of his enemies.

I will keep watch for You, my strength,because God is my stronghold.

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

so that they might put their confidence in Godand not forget God’s works,but keep His commands.

They did not keep God’s covenantand refused to live by His law.

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

How long, Yahweh? Will You be angry forever?Will Your jealousy keep burning like fire?

A song. A psalm of Asaph.God, do not keep silent.Do not be deaf, God; do not be idle.

if they dishonor My statutesand do not keep My commands,

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

of those who keep His covenant,who remember to observe His precepts.

All this happenedso that they might keep His statutesand obey His instructions.Hallelujah!

Happy are those who keep His decreesand seek Him with all their heart.

I will keep Your statutes;never abandon me.

ב BetHow can a young man keep his way pure?By keeping Your word.

ג GimelDeal generously with Your servantso that I might live;then I will keep Your word.

Keep me from the way of deceitand graciously give me Your instruction.

ה HeTeach me, Lord, the meaning of Your statutes,and I will always keep them.

I will always obey Your instruction,forever and ever.

Yahweh, I remember Your name in the night,and I obey Your instruction.

ח KhetThe Lord is my portion;I have promised to keep Your words.

I hurried, not hesitatingto keep Your commands.

I am a friend to all who fear You,to those who keep Your precepts.

Before I was afflicted I went astray,but now I keep Your word.

I have solemnly swornto keep Your righteous judgments.

Redeem me from human oppression,and I will keep Your precepts.

I call to You; save me,and I will keep Your decrees.

I have seen the disloyal and feel disgustbecause they do not keep Your word.

If your sons keep My covenantand My decrees that I will teach them,their sons will also sit on your throne forever.”

For the choir director. A Davidic psalm.Rescue me, Lord, from evil men.Keep me safe from violent men

Protect me, Lord,from the clutches of the wicked.Keep me safe from violent menwho plan to make me stumble.

Lord, set up a guard for my mouth;keep watch at the door of my lips.

So follow the way of good people,and keep to the paths of the righteous.

My son, don’t forget my teaching,but let your heart keep my commands;

for the Lord will be your confidenceand will keep your foot from a snare.

he taught me and said:“Your heart must hold on to my words.Keep my commands and live.

Don’t lose sight of them;keep them within your heart.

Don’t turn to the right or to the left;keep your feet away from evil.

Keep your way far from her.Don’t go near the door of her house.

My son, keep your father’s command,and don’t reject your mother’s teaching.

Keep my commands and live;protect my teachingsas the pupil of your eye.

She will keep you from a forbidden woman,a stranger with her flattering talk.

“And now, my sons, listen to me;those who keep my ways are happy.

All the brothers of a poor man hate him;how much more do his friendskeep their distance from him!He may pursue them with words,but they are not there.

A sensible person sees danger and takes cover,but the inexperienced keep going and are punished.

The Lord’s eyes keep watch over knowledge,but He overthrows the words of the treacherous.

For it is pleasing if you keep them within youand if they are constantly on your lips.

Listen, my son, and be wise;keep your mind on the right course.

A sensible person sees danger and takes cover;the inexperienced keep going and are punished.

Those who reject the law praise the wicked,but those who keep the law battle against them.

Keep falsehood and deceitful words far from me.Give me neither poverty nor wealth;feed me with the food I need.

I applied my mind to seek and explore through wisdom all that is done under heaven. God has given people this miserable task to keep them occupied.

a time to search and a time to count as lost;a time to keep and a time to throw away;

I have seen the task that God has given people to keep them occupied.

Also, if two lie down together, they can keep warm; but how can one person alone keep warm?

Keep the king’s command because of your oath made before God.

When all has been heard, the conclusion of the matter is: fear God and keep His commands, because this is for all humanity.

Why do you want more beatings?Why do you keep on rebelling?The whole head is hurt,and the whole heart is sick.

And He replied:Go! Say to these people:Keep listening, but do not understand;keep looking, but do not perceive.

For this is what the Lord said to me with great power, to keep me from going the way of this people:

to keep the poor from getting a fair trialand to deprive the afflicted among my people of justice,so that widows can be their spoiland they can plunder the fatherless.

You will keep the mind that is dependent on Youin perfect peace,for it is trusting in You.

“I, Yahweh, have called Youfor a righteous purpose,and I will hold You by Your hand.I will keep You and appoint Youto be a covenant for the peopleand a light to the nations,

This is what the Lord says:I will answer you in a time of favor,and I will help you in the day of salvation.I will keep you, and I will appoint youto be a covenant for the people,to restore the land,to make them possess the desolate inheritances,

For the Lord says this:“For the eunuchs who keep My Sabbaths,and choose what pleases Me,and hold firmly to My covenant,

And the foreigners who join themselves to the Lordminister to Him, love the name of Yahwehand become His servants,all who keep the Sabbath without desecrating itand who hold firmly to My covenant—

“If you keep from desecrating the Sabbath,from doing whatever you want on My holy day;if you call the Sabbath a delight,and the holy day of the Lord honorable;if you honor it, not going your own ways,seeking your own pleasure, or talking too much;