'Cling' in the Bible

(Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother and cling to his wife, and they will become one flesh.)

But the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, “Because you have not believed (trusted) Me, to treat Me as holy in the sight of the sons of Israel, you therefore shall not bring this assembly into the land which I have given them.”

So no inheritance of the Israelites shall be transferred from tribe to tribe, for every one of the Israelites shall hold to the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers (tribal ancestors).

So no inheritance shall be transferred from one tribe to another, but each of the tribes of the Israelites shall hold to its own inheritance.”

But you who did cling to Yahweh your God are all alive this day.

You are to fear the LORD your God and serve him. Cling to him and swear by his name.

"If you carefully observe all of these commands that I'm giving you to do to love the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, and to cling to him,

You must follow the LORD your God, fear him, observe his commandments, listen to his voice, serve him, and cling to him.

Nothing from that which is put under the ban shall cling to your hand, in order that the Lord may turn from His burning anger and show mercy to you, and have compassion on you and make you increase, just as He has sworn to your fathers,

The Lord will make pestilence cling to you until He has exterminated you from the land you are entering to possess.

He will afflict you again with all the diseases of Egypt, which you dreaded, and they will cling to you.

You'll cling to life, being fearful by both night and day, with no assurance of survival.

Love the LORD your God, obey his voice, and cling to him, because he is your life even your long life so that you may live in the land that the LORD promised to give Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob."

Only be very careful and diligently observe the commandment and the law which Moses the servant of the Lord has commanded you to love the Lord your God and walk in all His ways and keep His commandments and hold fast to Him and serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul [your very life].”

But you are to cling to the Lord your God, as you have done to this day.

For if you turn away and cling to the rest of these nations remaining among you, and if you intermarry or associate with them and they with you,

Now therefore, please let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If it is so that Yahweh has stirred you up against me, let him accept an offering. But if it is the children of men, they are cursed before Yahweh; for they have driven me out this day that I shouldn't cling to Yahweh's inheritance, saying, 'Go, serve other gods!'

But he did cling to the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat who caused Israel to sin, and he did not depart from it.

Therefore, Naaman’s skin disease will cling to you and your descendants forever.” So Gehazi went out from his presence diseased—white as snow.

He shall lean on his house, but it shall not stand. He shall cling to it, but it shall not endure.

My skin and my flesh cling to my bones;I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.

They are wet from mountain rains; without shelter, they cling to a rock.

I will cling to my righteousness and never let it go.My conscience will not accuse me as long as I live!

The voices of the commanders-in-chief were hushed, and their tongues would cling to the roofs of their mouths."

at [the] flowing of [the] dust into a cast and [the] clods cling together?

They lock tightly together, one to the next; they cling together and cannot be separated.

Its flesh's folds of skin cling together; it is cast on it--it will not be moved.

For we have sunk down to the dust;our bodies cling to the ground.

I will not set anything worthless before my eyes.I hate the practice of transgression;it will not cling to me.

Because of the sound of my sighing, my bones cling to my skin.

I cling to Your decrees;Lord, do not put me to shame.

Let my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth, if I do not remember you, if do not I exalt Jerusalem above my highest joy.

"At that time, seven women will cling tightly to one man and will make him this offer: "We'll provide our own bread. We'll provide our own clothes. Just let us marry you so we won't be stigmatized anymore.'"

For just as the belt clings tightly to a person's waist, so I've made all the people of Israel and all the people of Judah cling tightly to me,' declares the LORD. "I did this so that they would be my people, name, praise, and glory. But they wouldn't listen.'

And I will make your tongue cling to the roof of your mouth, and you will be silenced, and you will not be a reproving man for them, for they {are a rebellious house}.

I will put hooks in your jawsand make the fish of your streamscling to your scales.I will haul you upfrom the middle of your Nile,and all the fish of your streamswill cling to your scales.

And [in] that you saw the iron was mixed with wet clay, [so] {they will mix in marriage} and they will not cling {to one another}, just as iron [does] not mix with clay.

Those who cling to worthless idolsforsake faithful love,

"Many nations will cling to the LORD at that time and will become my people. I will live in your midst, and you will know that the LORD of the Heavenly Armies has sent me to you.

and when they come from market they will not eat without bathing first; and they have a good many other customs which they have received traditionally and cling to, such as the rinsing of cups and pots and of bronze utensils, and the washing of beds.)

You disregard and neglect the commandment of God, and cling [faithfully] to the tradition of men.”

For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother, and shall cling to his wife,

But as for the seed that landed on good soil, these are the ones who, after hearing the word, cling to it with an honest and good heart, and bear fruit with steadfast endurance.

"No servant can be in bondage to two masters. For either he will hate one and love the other, or else he will cling fast to one and scorn the other. You cannot be bondservants both of God and of gold."

“I do not pray for these alone [it is not for their sake only that I make this request], but also for [all] those who [will ever] believe and trust in Me through their message,

“Don’t cling to Me,” Jesus told her, “for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to My brothers and tell them that I am ascending to My Father and your Father—to My God and your God.”

Love must be without hypocrisy. Detest evil; cling to what is good.

and that upon re-visiting you I may be humbled by my God in your presence, and may have to mourn over many whose hearts still cling to their old sins, and who have not repented of the impurity, fornication, and gross sensuality, of which they have been guilty.

Those who cling to their old sins, and indeed all of you, I have forewarned and still forewarn (as I did on my second visit when present, so I do now, though absent)

So then, brothers, stand firm, and cling to the traditions that you were taught by us, either by word of mouth or by our letter.

But you must cling to the things which you have learnt and have been taught to believe, knowing who your teachers were,

I know where you live -- where Satan's throne is. Yet you continue to cling to my name and you have not denied your faith in me, even in the days of Antipas, my faithful witness, who was killed in your city where Satan lives.

Yet I have a few things against you, because you have with you some that cling to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to put a stumbling-block in the way of the descendants of Israel--to eat what had been sacrificed to idols, and commit fornication.

So even you have some that cling in the same way to the teaching of the Nicolaitans.

Only that which you already possess, cling to until I come.

I am coming quickly: cling to that which you already possess, so that your wreath of victory be not taken away from you.

Our brothers conquered him by the blood of the lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they did not cling to their lives even in the face of death.