The word in Scripture

Keep in the Bible

The word keep appears 362 times in the King James Version of the Bible. To keep is to guard, preserve, and hold fast. And like every true word of Scripture, it finds its fullness in Jesus Christ.

What keep means in the Bible

To keep is to guard, preserve, and hold fast.

Where the word keep appears

Here are 8 of the passages where the word keep appears, chosen from across the Scriptures, in the words of the King James Bible:

“Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.”Psalms 50:3

“Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings.”Psalms 140:4

“I the LORD do keep it; I will water it every moment: lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and day.”Isaiah 27:3

“Thus saith the LORD, Keep ye judgment, and do justice: for my salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed.”Isaiah 56:1

“He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.”John 12:25

“If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and abide in his love.”John 15:10

“For circumcision verily profiteth, if thou keep the law: but if thou be a breaker of the law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision.”Romans 2:25

“Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,”Jude 1:24