'Keep' in the Bible

And he said to him, "Why are you asking me about [what is] good? There is one [who is] good. But if you want to enter into life, keep the commandments!"

And he came again [and] found them sleeping, {for they could not keep their eyes open}.

And if this [matter] is heard before the governor, we will satisfy him and {keep you out of trouble}."

And he said to them, "You splendidly ignore the commandment of God so that you can keep your tradition.

And again he came [and] found them sleeping, {for they could not keep their eyes open}, and they did not know what to reply to him.

Whoever seeks to preserve his life will lose it, but whoever loses [it] will keep it.

And he answered [and] said, "I tell you that if these keep silent, the stones will cry out!"

And you have not known him, but I know him. And if I were to say that I do not know him, I would be a liar like you! But I know him and I keep his word.

So the Jews surrounded him and began to say to him, "{How long will you keep us in suspense}? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly!"

So Jesus said, "Leave her alone, so that she may keep it for the day of my preparation for burial.

"If you love me, you will keep my commandments.

Jesus answered and said to him, "If anyone loves me he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and {will take up residence with him}.

The one who does not love me does not keep my words, and the word that you hear is not mine, but the Father's who sent me.

If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and remain in his love.

Remember the word that I said to you: 'A slave is not greater than his master.' If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will keep yours also.

And I am no longer in the world, and they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them in your name, which you have given to me, so that they may be one, just as we [are].

And now I tell you, keep away from these men, and leave them alone, because if this plan or this matter is from people, it will be overthrown.

[that you] abstain from food sacrificed to idols, and from blood, and from what has been strangled, and from sexual immorality. [If you] keep yourselves from {these things} you will do well. Farewell.

And the Lord said to Paul by a vision in the night, "Do not be afraid, but speak and do not keep silent,

Therefore keep up your courage, men, for I believe God that it will be like this--according to {the} way it was told to me.

saying, 'Go to this people and say, "{You will keep on hearing} and will never understand, and {you will keep on seeing} and will never perceive.

But he who stands firm in his heart, not having necessity, but has authority concerning his own will, and has decided this in his own heart, to keep his own virgin, he will do well.

[it] does not behave dishonorably, [it] {is not selfish}, [it] does not become angry, [it] does not keep a record of wrongs,

because I know your readiness [to help], [concerning] which I keep on boasting to the Macedonians about you, that Achaia has been ready [to help] since last year, and your zeal has stirred up the majority [of them].

And [when I] was present with you and was in need, I did not burden anyone, for the brothers who came from Macedonia supplied my need, and in everything I kept myself from being a burden to you, and will keep [myself from being a burden].

And again I testify to every man who becomes circumcised, that he is under obligation to keep the whole law.

being eager to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace;

But we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, [that] you keep away from every brother who lives irresponsibly and not according to the tradition that they received from us.

Lay hands on no one hastily, and do not participate in the sins of others. Keep yourself pure.

whom I wanted to keep with me, in order that he might serve me on behalf of you during my imprisonment for the gospel.

For [if] we keep on sinning deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins,

Obey your leaders and submit [to them], for they keep watch over your souls as those who will give an account, so that they can do this with joy and not [with] groaning, for this [would be] unprofitable for you.

Pure and undefiled religion in the sight of our God and Father is this: to look after orphans and widows in their affliction, [and] to keep oneself unstained by the world.

and one of you should say to them, "Go in peace, keep warm and {eat well}," but does not give them what is necessary for the body, what [is] the benefit?

For "The one who wants to love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and [his] lips must not speak deceit.

Above all, keep your love for one another constant, because love covers a large number of sins.

And by this we know that we have come to know him, if we keep his commandments.

The one who says "I have come to know him," and does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in this person.

and whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do [what is] pleasing {in his sight}.

By this we know that we love the children of God: whenever we love God and keep his commandments.

For this is the love of God: that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome,

And [the] angels who did not keep to their own domain but deserted their proper dwelling place, he has kept in eternal bonds under deep gloom for the judgment of the great day,

keep yourselves in the love of God, looking forward to the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to eternal life.

Because you have kept the word of my patient endurance, I also will keep you from the hour of testing that is about to come upon the whole inhabited world, to put to the test those who live on the earth.

And the dragon was angry at the woman, and went away to {fight against} the rest of her children, those who keep the commandments of God and who hold to the testimony about Jesus.

Here is the patient endurance of the saints, those who keep the commandments of God and the faith in Jesus.

And he said to me, "{Do not do that!} I am your fellow slave, and of your brothers the prophets, and of those who keep the words of this book. Worship God!"