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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

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First occurrence: Genesis 2:15

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Proverbs 28:4

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They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them.

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1611 witness · Proverbs 28:4 · retained source text

They that forsake the law, praise the wicked: but such as keepe the Law, contend with them.

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8:61 1 Kings 9:4 1 Kings 9:6 1 Kings 11:33 1 Kings 11:38 1 Kings 20:39 2 Kings 11:6 2 Kings 11:7 2 Kings 17:13 2 Kings 23:3 2 Kings 23:21 1 Chronicles 4:10 1 Chronicles 12:33 1 Chronicles 12:38 1 Chronicles 22:12 1 Chronicles 23:32 1 Chronicles 28:8 1 Chronicles 29:18 1 Chronicles 29:19 2 Chronicles 6:16 2 Chronicles 13:11 2 Chronicles 22:9 2 Chronicles 23:6 2 Chronicles 28:10 2 Chronicles 30:1 2 Chronicles 30:2 2 Chronicles 30:3 2 Chronicles 30:5 2 Chronicles 30:13 2 Chronicles 30:23 2 Chronicles 34:31 2 Chronicles 35:16 2 Chronicles 35:18 Ezra 8:29 Nehemiah 1:9 Nehemiah 12:27 Nehemiah 13:22 Esther 3:8 Esther 9:21 Esther 9:27 Job 14:13 Job 20:13 Psalms 12:7 Psalms 17:8 Psalms 19:13 Psalms 22:29 Psalms 25:10 Psalms 25:20 Psalms 31:20 Psalms 33:19 Psalms 34:13 Psalms 35:22 Psalms 37:34 Psalms 39:1 Psalms 41:2 Psalms 50:3 Psalms 78:7 Psalms 83:1 Psalms 89:28 Psalms 89:31 Psalms 91:11 Psalms 103:9 Psalms 103:18 Psalms 105:45 Psalms 106:3 Psalms 113:9 Psalms 119:2 Psalms 119:4 Psalms 119:5 Psalms 119:8 Psalms 119:17 Psalms 119:33 Psalms 119:34 Psalms 119:44 Psalms 119:57 Psalms 119:60 Psalms 119:63 Psalms 119:69 Psalms 119:88 Psalms 119:100 Psalms 119:101 Psalms 119:106 Psalms 119:115 Psalms 119:129 Psalms 119:134 Psalms 119:136 Psalms 119:145 Psalms 119:146 Psalms 127:1 Psalms 132:12 Psalms 140:4 Psalms 141:3 Psalms 141:9 Proverbs 2:11 Proverbs 2:20 Proverbs 3:1 Proverbs 3:21 Proverbs 3:26 Proverbs 4:4 Proverbs 4:6 Proverbs 4:13 Proverbs 4:21 Proverbs 4:23 Proverbs 5:2 Proverbs 6:20 Proverbs 6:22 Proverbs 6:24 Proverbs 7:1 Proverbs 7:2 Proverbs 7:5 Proverbs 8:32 Proverbs 22:5 Proverbs 22:18 Proverbs 28:4 Ecclesiastes 3:6 Ecclesiastes 3:7 Ecclesiastes 5:1 Ecclesiastes 8:2 Ecclesiastes 12:13 Song of Solomon 8:12 Isaiah 26:3 Isaiah 27:3 Isaiah 41:1 Isaiah 42:6 Isaiah 43:6 Isaiah 56:1 Isaiah 56:4 Isaiah 62:6 Isaiah 65:6 Jeremiah 3:5 Jeremiah 3:12 Jeremiah 31:10 Jeremiah 42:4 Lamentations 2:10 Ezekiel 11:20 Ezekiel 18:21 Ezekiel 20:19 Ezekiel 36:27 Ezekiel 43:11 Ezekiel 44:16 Ezekiel 44:24 Daniel 9:4 Hosea 12:6 Amos 5:13 Micah 7:5 Nahum 1:15 Nahum 2:1 Habakkuk 2:20 Zechariah 3:7 Zechariah 13:5 Zechariah 14:16 Zechariah 14:18 Zechariah 14:19 Malachi 2:7 Matthew 19:17 Matthew 26:18 Mark 7:9 Luke 4:10 Luke 8:15 Luke 11:28 Luke 19:43 John 8:51 John 8:52 John 8:55 John 12:25 John 14:15 John 14:23 John 15:10 John 15:20 John 17:11 John 17:15 Acts 5:3 Acts 10:28 Acts 12:4 Acts 15:5 Acts 15:24 Acts 15:29 Acts 16:4 Acts 16:23 Acts 18:21 Acts 21:25 Acts 24:23 Romans 2:25 Romans 2:26 1 Corinthians 5:8 1 Corinthians 5:11 1 Corinthians 7:37 1 Corinthians 9:27 1 Corinthians 11:2 1 Corinthians 14:28 1 Corinthians 14:34 1 Corinthians 15:2 2 Corinthians 11:9 Galatians 6:13 Ephesians 4:3 Philippians 4:7 2 Thessalonians 3:3 1 Timothy 5:22 1 Timothy 6:14 1 Timothy 6:20 2 Timothy 1:12 2 Timothy 1:14 James 1:27 James 2:10 1 John 2:3 1 John 3:22 1 John 5:2 1 John 5:3 1 John 5:21 Jude 1:21 Jude 1:24 Revelation 1:3 Revelation 3:10 Revelation 12:17 Revelation 14:12 Revelation 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