'Preserve' in the Bible

Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.

And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said unto the younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father: let us make him drink wine this night also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.

Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.

And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.

And the LORD commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear the LORD our God, for our good always, that he might preserve us alive, as it is at this day.

Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.

{Michtam of David.} Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust.

Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee.

Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.

Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O LORD: let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me.

The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies.

He shall abide before God for ever: O prepare mercy and truth, which may preserve him.

{To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.} Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of the enemy.

Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee; according to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to die;

Preserve my soul; for I am holy: O thou my God, save thy servant that trusteth in thee.

The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul.

The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.

{To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.} Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man;

Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings.

Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:

Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.

In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.

Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upholden by mercy.

The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor.

As birds flying, so will the LORD of hosts defend Jerusalem; defending also he will deliver it; and passing over he will preserve it.

Thus saith the LORD, In an acceptable time have I heard thee, and in a day of salvation have I helped thee: and I will preserve thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, to establish the earth, to cause to inherit the desolate heritages;

Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me.

Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it.

And the Lord shall deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me unto his heavenly kingdom: to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.