'Kept' in the Bible

But we give the news of the secret wisdom of God, which he had kept in store before the world came into existence, for our glory;

I planted, Apollos watered, but God kept everything growing.

All this kept happening to them with a figurative meaning; but it was put on record by way of admonition to us upon whom the ends of the Ages have come.

I tell you a truth hitherto kept secret: we shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,