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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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First occurrence: Genesis 2:15

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Showing verses 111–120 of 354 · 362 word occurrences in this result

Deuteronomy 26:16
¶ This day the Lord thy God hath commanded thee to do these statutes and judgments: thou shalt therefore keep and do them with all thine heart, and with all thy soul.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 26:16 · retained source text

¶ This day the LORD thy God hath commanded thee to doe these Statutes and Iudgements: thou shalt therefore keepe and doe them with all thine heart, and with all thy soule.

Deuteronomy 26:17
Thou hast avouched the Lord this day to be thy God, and to walk in his ways, and to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and to hearken unto his voice:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 26:17 · retained source text

Thou hast auouched the LORD this day to be thy God, and to walke in his wayes, and to keepe his Statutes, and his Commaundements, and his Iudgements, and to hearken vnto his voice.

Deuteronomy 26:18
And the Lord hath avouched thee this day to be his peculiar people, as he hath promised thee, and that thou shouldest keep all his commandments;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 26:18 · retained source text

And the LORD hath auouched thee this day to be his peculiar people, as he hath promised thee, and that thou shouldest keepe all his Commaundements:

1611 marginal noteChap. 7.6.

Deuteronomy 27:1
AND Moses with the elders of Israel commanded the people, saying, keep all the commandments which I command you this day.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 27:1 · retained source text

¶ And Moses with the Elders of Israel commaunded the people, saying, Keepe all the Commandements which I command you this day.

Deuteronomy 28:9
The Lord shall establish thee an holy people unto himself, as he hath sworn unto thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments of the Lord thy God, and walk in his ways.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 28:9 · retained source text

The LORD shall establish thee an holy people vnto himselfe, as hee hath sworne vnto thee, if thou shalt keepe the Commaundements of the LORD thy God, and walke in his wayes.

Deuteronomy 28:45
Moreover all these curses shall come upon thee, and shall pursue thee, and overtake thee, till thou be destroyed; because thou hearkenedst not unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he commanded thee:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 28:45 · retained source text

Moreouer, all these curses shall come vpon thee, and shall pursue thee, and ouertake thee, til thou be destroied: because thou hearkenedst not vnto the voice of the LORD thy God, to keepe his Commandements, and his Statutes which he commanded thee.

Deuteronomy 29:9
keep therefore the words of this covenant, and do them, that ye may prosper in all that ye do.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 29:9 · retained source text

Keepe therefore the wordes of this Couenant and doe them, that yee may prosper in all that ye doe.

1611 marginal noteChap. 4.6. 1.king. 2.2. iosh. 1.7.

Deuteronomy 30:10
If thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which are written in this book of the law, and if thou turn unto the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 30:10 · retained source text

If thou shalt hearken vnto the voyce of the LORD thy God to keepe his Commandements, and his Statutes which are written in this booke of the Law, and if thou turne vnto the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soule.

Deuteronomy 30:16
In that I command thee this day to love the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his judgments, that thou mayest live and multiply: and the Lord thy God shall bless thee in the land whither thou goest to possess it.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 30:16 · retained source text

In that I command thee this day to loue the LORD thy God, to walke in his wayes, and to keepe his Commandements, and his Statutes, and his Iudgements, that thou maiest liue and multiply: and the LORD thy God shall blesse thee in the land, whither thou goest to possesse it.

Joshua 6:18
And ye, in any wise keep yourselves from the accursed thing, lest ye make yourselves accursed, when ye take of the accursed thing, and make the camp of Israel a curse, and trouble it.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Joshua 6:18 · retained source text

And you, in any wise keepe your selues from the accursed thing, lest yee make your selues accursed, when yee take of the accursed thing, and make the campe of Israel a curse, and trouble it.

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