And the Lord said to the Satan, Have you taken note of my servant Job, for there is no one like him on the earth, a man without sin and upright, fearing God and keeping himself far from evil?
And the Lord said to the Satan, Have you taken note of my servant Job, for there is no one like him on the earth, a man without sin and upright, fearing God and keeping himself far from evil? and he still keeps his righteousness, though you have been moving me to send destruction on him without cause.
And his wife said to him, Are you still keeping your righteousness? Say a curse against God, and put an end to yourself.
Men gave ear to me, waiting and keeping quiet for my suggestions.
Keeping back his soul from the underworld, so that he may see the light of life.
But even now, says the Lord, come back to me with all your heart, keeping from food, with weeping and with sorrow:
And these are the kings of the land whom Joshua and the children of Israel overcame on the west side of Jordan, from Baal-gad in the valley of Lebanon to Mount Halak, which goes up to Seir; and Joshua gave the land to the tribes of Israel for a heritage, in keeping with their divisions;
I was forty years old when Moses, the servant of the Lord, sent me from Kadesh-barnea to make a search through the land; and the account which I gave him was in keeping with his desire.
Then you will say to them, Because the waters of Jordan were cut off before the ark of the Lord's agreement; when it went over Jordan the waters of Jordan were cut off: and these stones will be a sign for the children of Israel, keeping it in their memory for ever.
But still they would not give ear to their judges, but went after other gods and gave them worship; quickly turning from the way in which their fathers had gone, keeping the orders of the Lord; but they did not do so.
So they took the vessels of the people, and their horns from their hands, and he sent them away, every man to his tent, keeping only the three hundred; and the tents of Midian were lower down in the valley.
They were upright in the eyes of God, keeping all the rules and orders of God, and doing no wrong.
And when he went into a certain small town he came across ten men who were lepers, and they, keeping themselves at a distance,
But which of you, having a servant who is ploughing or keeping sheep, will say to him, when he comes in from the field, Come now and be seated and have a meal,
The tax-farmer, on the other hand, keeping far away, and not lifting up even his eyes to heaven, made signs of grief and said, God, have mercy on me, a sinner.
You have said, It is no use worshipping God: what profit have we had from keeping his orders, and going in clothing of sorrow before the Lord of armies?
Now the Pharisees, and all the Jews, do not take food without washing their hands with care, keeping the old rule which has been handed down to them:
How is it that you do not see that I was not talking to you about bread, but about keeping away from the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees?
Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were door-keepers keeping the watch at the store-houses of the doors.
Then I made protests to the chiefs of Judah, and said to them, What is this evil which you are doing, not keeping the Sabbath day holy?
Did not your fathers do the same, and did not our God send all this evil on us and on this town? but you are causing more wrath to come on Israel by not keeping the Sabbath holy.
And said, O Lord, the God of heaven, the great God, greatly to be feared, keeping faith and mercy with those who have love for him and are true to his laws:
Then let him take her to the priest, offering for her the tenth part of an ephah of barley meal, without oil or perfume; for it is a meal offering of a bitter spirit, a meal offering keeping wrongdoing in mind.
Not looking everyone to his private good, but keeping in mind the things of others.
The eyes of the Lord are in every place, keeping watch on the evil and the good.
All the day the sinner goes after his desire: but the upright man gives freely, keeping nothing back.
Happy is the man who gives ear to me, watching at my doors day by day, keeping his place by the pillars of my house.
You have taken my soul from the power of death, keeping my eyes from weeping, and my feet from falling.
I am greatly troubled, O Lord, give me life in keeping with your word.
Take your servant's interests into your keeping; let me not be crushed by the men of pride.
Great is the number of your mercies, O Lord; give me life in keeping with your decisions.
See how great is my love for your orders: give me life, O Lord, in keeping with your mercy.
<TAU> Let my cry come before you, O Lord; give me wisdom in keeping with your word.
<DALETH> My soul is joined to the dust: O give me life, in keeping with your word.
My soul is wasted with sorrow; give me strength again in keeping with your word
<TETH> You have done good to your servant, O Lord, in keeping with your word.
By them is your servant made conscious of danger, and in keeping them there is great reward.
Let my soul be overflowing with grief when these things come back to my mind, how I went in company to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with the song of those who were keeping the feast.
<To the chief music-maker; on Neginoth. Maschil. Of David. When the Ziphites came and said to Saul, Is not David keeping himself secret among us?> Let your name be my salvation, O God; let my cause be judged by your strength.
Keeping the word which came from my lips, and which my mouth said, when I was in trouble.
Why are you keeping back your hand, and covering your right hand in your robe?
But they were bitter against the Most High God, testing him, and not keeping his laws;
After this I saw four angels in their places at the four points of the earth, keeping back the four winds in their hands, so that there might be no moving of the wind on the earth, or on the sea, or on any tree.
And they, by their keeping of the law without circumcision, will be judges of you, by whom the law is broken though you have the letter of the law and circumcision.
Because, as numbers of men became sinners through the wrongdoing of one man, even so will great numbers get righteousness through the keeping of the word of God by one man.
Keeping to the true word of the teaching, so that he may be able to give comfort by right teaching and overcome the arguments of the doubters.
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