So then, he who gets married to his virgin does well, and he who keeps her unmarried does better.
But in every man who keeps his word, the love of God is made complete. By this we may be certain that we are in him:
But if a man has this world's goods, and sees that his brother is in need, and keeps his heart shut against his brother, how is it possible for the love of God to be in him?
He who keeps his laws is in God and God is in him. And the Spirit which he gave us is our witness that he is in us.
We are certain that one who is a child of God will do no sin, but the Son of God keeps him so that he is not touched by the Evil One.
Because, like sheep, you had gone out of the way; but now you have come back to him who keeps watch over your souls.
Anyone who goes on and does not keep to the teaching of Christ, has not God: he who keeps to the teaching has the Father and the Son.
Then he said, May God's punishment come on me if Elisha, the son of Shaphat, keeps his head on his body after this day.
My God, my Rock, in him will I put my faith; my breastplate, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my safe place; my saviour, who keeps me safe from the violent man.
If we are without faith, still he keeps faith, for he will never be untrue to himself.
A fighting man, when he is with the army, keeps himself free from the business of this life so that he may be pleasing to him who has taken him into his army.
So if I come, I will keep in mind the things he does, talking against us with evil words: and as if this was not enough, he does not take the brothers into his house, and those who are ready to take them in, he keeps from doing so, putting them out of the church if they do.
He is the Rock, complete is his work; for all his ways are righteousness: a God without evil who keeps faith, true and upright is he.
Be certain, then, that the Lord your God is God; whose faith and mercy are unchanging, who keeps his word through a thousand generations to those who have love for him and keep his laws;
If the wrath of the ruler is against you, keep in your place; in him who keeps quiet even great sins may be overlooked.
Wisdom keeps a man from danger even as money does; but the value of knowledge is that wisdom gives life to its owner.
Whoever keeps the law will come to no evil: and a wise man's heart has knowledge of time and of decision.
But if the evil-doer, turning away from all the sins which he has done, keeps my rules and does what is ordered and right, life will certainly be his; death will not be his fate.
And I gave them my rules and made clear to them my orders, which, if a man keeps them, will be life to him.
I said, O my God, shame keeps me from lifting up my face to you, my God: for our sins are increased higher than our heads and our evil-doing has come up to heaven.
But he would not, and said to her, You see that my master keeps no account of what I do in his house, and has put all his property in my control;
Send out a cry, O door! Make sounds of sorrow, O town! All your land has come to nothing, O Philistia; for there comes a smoke out of the north, and everyone keeps his place in the line.
And I will give the key of the family of David into his care; and what he keeps open will be shut by no one, and what he keeps shut no one will make open.
Let the doors be open, so that the upright nation which keeps faith may come in.
The Lord who takes up Israel's cause, even his Holy One, says to him whom men make sport of, who is hated by the nations, a servant of rulers: Kings will see and get up from their places, and chiefs will give worship: because of the Lord who keeps faith; even the Holy One of Israel who has taken you for himself.
Happy is the man who does this, and the son of man whose behaviour is so ordered; who keeps the Sabbath holy, and his hand from doing any evil.
And as for those from a strange country, who are joined to the Lord, to give worship to him and honour to his name, to be his servants, even everyone who keeps the Sabbath holy, and keeps his agreement with me:
For anyone who keeps all the law, but makes a slip in one point, is judged to have gone against it all.
Be certain that he through whom a sinner has been turned from the error of his way, keeps a soul from death and is the cause of forgiveness for sins without number.
He who keeps in this town will come to his death by the sword and through need of food and through disease; but he who goes out and gives himself up to the Chaldaeans who are shutting you in, will go on living, and will keep his life safe.
Let him be cursed who does the Lord's work half-heartedly; let him be cursed who keeps back his sword from blood.
Go quickly through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and get knowledge, and make a search in her wide places if there is a man, if there is one in her who is upright, who keeps faith; and she will have my forgiveness.
And they do not say in their hearts, Now let us give worship to our God, who gives the rain, the winter and the spring rain, at the right time; who keeps for us the ordered weeks of the grain-cutting.
As the spring keeps its waters cold, so she keeps her evil in her: the sound of cruel and violent behaviour is in her; before me at all times are disease and wounds.
Truly, he keeps back the waters and they are dry; he sends them out and the earth is overturned.
Still the upright keeps on his way, and he who has clean hands gets new strength.
Though evil-doing is sweet in his mouth, and he keeps it secretly under his tongue;
Though he takes care of it, and does not let it go, but keeps it still in his mouth;
You say, God keeps punishment stored up for his children. Let him send it on the man himself, so that he may have the punishment of it!
He is taken to his last resting-place, and keeps watch over it.
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.
He keeps back the streams from flowing, and makes the secret things come out into the light.
But he keeps safe from their sword those who have no father, and the poor from the power of the strong.
Who gives orders to the sun, and it does not give its light; and who keeps the stars from shining.
He who has my laws and keeps them, he it is who has love for me: and he who has love for me will be loved by my Father, and I will have love for him and will let myself be seen clearly by him.
Did not Moses give you the law? Even so, not one of you keeps the law. Why have you a desire to put me to death?
Truly I say to you, If a man keeps my word he will never see death.
The Jews said to him, Now we are certain that you have an evil spirit. Abraham is dead, and the prophets are dead; and you say, If a man keeps my word he will never see death.
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