8 occurrences

'Maintain' in the Bible

"{And then} because you listen [to] these regulations and you diligently keep and you do them, then Yahweh your God will maintain his covenant and his loyal love that he swore to your ancestors.

Verse ConceptsMultiplyingGod's Covenant With The PatriarchsGod Keeps Covenanthealthcare

They will divide it among themselves into seven portions; {Judah will maintain its border} from [the] south, and {the house of Joseph will maintain its border} from [the] north.

Verse ConceptsNorthTribes Of IsraelSeven Things

Let these my words which I pleaded before Yahweh [be] near to Yahweh our God, by day and by night, to maintain the justice of his servant and the justice of his people Israel {as each day requires}

Verse ConceptsWorship Day And Night

For the sake of Zion I will not be silent, and for the sake of Jerusalem I will not maintain a quiet attitude, until her righteousness goes out like the bright light, and her salvation burns like a torch.

Verse ConceptsBeing Earnest For IsraelRadiancySilenceGod's Salvation Made KnownSalvation, Illustrations OfFervourZealousness, Examples OfRadiant LivesThe SunGod Being SilentA Righteous PeopleFor The Sake Of God's Peoplezionvindication

Will he be angry {forever}? Will he maintain [it] {always}'? Look, you have spoken, but you have done all the evil that you could."

Verse ConceptsGod Will No More Be Angry

For [when] they maintain this, it escapes [their] notice that the heavens existed long ago and the earth held together out of water and through water by the word of God,

Verse ConceptsForgettingEarth, Creation OfDelusionsWilful IgnoranceCreation Of The SkyCreation Of The EarthThe Effect Of The Word Of GodIgnorance of GodGod's CreationFloodsignoranceEarth Being Fixed And Immovable

Bible Theasaurus

Assert (5 instances)
Asseverate (1 instance)
Defend (63 instances)
Exert (9 instances)
Maintain (89 instances)
Observe (357 instances)
Preserve (85 instances)
Sustain (46 instances)
Uphold (32 instances)
Wield (12 instances)

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Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
προΐ́στημι 
Proistemi 
rule , maintain , be over
Usage: 8