'Kept' in the Bible

There once was a man in the land of Uz named Job. The man was blameless as well as upright. He feared God and kept away from evil.

And he said to her, You are talking like one of the foolish women. If we take the good God sends us, are we not to take the evil when it comes? In all this Job kept his lips from sin.

or princes who amassed gold for themselves, and who kept filling their houses with silver.

You have been kind to me, and your grace has been with me, and your care has kept my spirit safe.

But you kept these things in the secret of your heart; I am certain this was in your thoughts:

(The things which wise men have got from their fathers, and have not kept secret from us;

“For You have kept their heart from understanding,Therefore You will not exalt them.

And he -- to the graves he is brought. And over the heap a watch is kept.

My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.

"Why are not times kept by Shaddai, and [why] do not [those who] know him see his days?

Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air.

Princes have kept in words, And a hand they place on their mouth.

The chiefs kept back their words, and their tongues were joined to the roofs of their mouths.

Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel.

They have abominated me, They have kept far from me, And from before me have not spared to spit.

“If I have kept the poor from their desire,Or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

If I kept my food for myself, and did not give some of it to the child with no father;

For the fear of God kept me back, and because of his power I might not do such things.

If I kept my evil doings covered, and my sin in the secret of my breast,

Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, and went not out of the door?

Now Elihu had kept quiet while Job was talking, because they were older than he;

And Elihu, the son of Barachel the Buzite, made answer and said, I am young, and you are very old, so I was in fear, and kept myself from putting my knowledge before you.

He kept my soul from the underworld, and my life sees the light in full measure.

And from the evil-doers their light is kept back, and the arm of pride is broken.

That I have kept back for a time of distress, For a day of conflict and battle.