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keep

Meaning of “keep”

To guard, watch, protect, preserve, secure, retain, possess, hold, maintain, support, tend, manage, observe, obey, fulfil, celebrate, continue in, refrain from, or remain faithful to a person, place, trust, command, promise, way, time, or thing.

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362 occurrences354 verses52 booksKJV PCE

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: Genesis 2:15

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Proverbs 2:20
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That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.
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That thou mayest walke in the way of good men, and keepe the pathes of the righteous.

Proverbs 3:1
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MY son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:
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¶ My sonne, forget not my lawe; but let thine heart keepe my commaundements:

1611 marginal noteDeut.8.1. & 30.16.

Proverbs 3:26
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For the Lord shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken.
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For the LORD shalbe thy confidence, and shall keepe thy foote from being taken.

Proverbs 4:4
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He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.
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He taught me also, and said vnto me, Let thine heart reteine my wordes: keepe my commandements, and liue.

1611 marginal note1.Chron. 28.9.

Proverbs 4:6
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Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.
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Forsake her not, and she shall preserue thee: loue her, and she shall keepe thee.

Proverbs 4:21
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Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.
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Let them not depart from thine eyes: keepe them in the midst of thine heart.

Proverbs 4:23
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keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
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¶ Keepe thy heart with all diligence: for out of it are the issues of life.

1611 marginal noteHeb. aboue all keeping.

Complete reference index — all 354 verses
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Where “keep” appears

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Genesis13 occurrences
13 versesExodus25 occurrences
23 versesLeviticus20 occurrences
20 versesNumbers25 occurrences
24 versesDeuteronomy40 occurrences
39 versesJoshua4 occurrences
4 versesJudges3 occurrences
2 versesRuth1 occurrence
1 verse1 Samuel2 occurrences
2 verses2 Samuel5 occurrences
5 verses1 Kings12 occurrences
11 verses2 Kings5 occurrences
5 verses1 Chronicles8 occurrences
8 verses2 Chronicles14 occurrences
14 versesEzra1 occurrence
1 verseNehemiah3 occurrences
3 versesEsther3 occurrences
3 versesJob2 occurrences
2 versesPsalms51 occurrences
51 versesProverbs21 occurrences
21 versesEcclesiastes5 occurrences
5 versesSong of Solomon1 occurrence
1 verseIsaiah10 occurrences
9 versesJeremiah4 occurrences
4 versesLamentations1 occurrence
1 verseEzekiel7 occurrences
7 versesDaniel1 occurrence
1 verseHosea1 occurrence
1 verseAmos1 occurrence
1 verseMicah1 occurrence
1 verseNahum2 occurrences
2 versesHabakkuk1 occurrence
1 verseZechariah6 occurrences
5 versesMalachi1 occurrence
1 verseMatthew2 occurrences
2 versesMark1 occurrence
1 verseLuke4 occurrences
4 versesJohn10 occurrences
10 versesActs11 occurrences
11 versesRomans2 occurrences
2 verses1 Corinthians8 occurrences
8 verses2 Corinthians1 occurrence
1 verseGalatians1 occurrence
1 verseEphesians1 occurrence
1 versePhilippians1 occurrence
1 verse2 Thessalonians1 occurrence
1 verse1 Timothy3 occurrences
3 verses2 Timothy2 occurrences
2 versesJames2 occurrences
2 verses1 John5 occurrences
5 versesJude2 occurrences
2 versesRevelation5 occurrences
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