'Held' in the Bible

(His closest advisors were: Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven officials of Persia and Media who had direct access to the king and who held the highest rank in the kingdom.)

The king held a great banquet for all his officials and staff. It was Esther’s banquet. He freed his provinces from tax payments and gave gifts worthy of the king’s bounty.

And it was so, when the king saw Esther the queen standing in the court, that she obtained favour in his sight: and the king held out to Esther the golden sceptre that was in his hand. So Esther drew near, and touched the top of the sceptre.

Then Haman said, "Even Queen Esther brought no one except me with the king to the banquet that she held. Furthermore, I (along with the king) have also been invited by her tomorrow.

For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although the enemy could not countervail the king's damage.

Then the king held out the golden sceptre toward Esther. So Esther arose, and stood before the king,

And his sons went and held a feast in the house of each one upon his day; and they sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.

“Your words have helped the one who was stumbling to stand,And you have strengthened feeble knees.

“I am accounted wicked and held guilty;Why then should I labor in vain [to appear innocent]?

If my head is held high, you hunt me like a lion. Again you show yourself powerful to me.

Complete darkness is held in reserve for his treasures,And unfanned fire will devour him;It will consume the survivor in his tent.

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

The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.

And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said, I am young, and ye are very old; Wherefore I held back, and durst not show you mine opinion.

And if, bound in fetters, they be held in cords of affliction,

Because my steps have held fast to your paths, my footsteps have not faltered.

And thou didst give me the shield of thy salvation, and thy right hand held me up; and thy condescending gentleness hath made me great.

Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee.

Evil will kill the wicked; those who hate the righteous will be held guilty.

The LORD redeems the lives of his servants; and none of those who trust in him will be held guilty. Davidic

I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred.

A man [who is held] in honor,Yet who lacks [spiritual] understanding and a teachable heart, is like the beasts that perish.

We who held sweet intercourse together. To the house of God we walked amid the throng.

Nevertheless, I am continually with you. You have held my right hand.

Do not be so certain you have won! Do not speak with your head held so high!

You have held my eyelids open;I am so troubled that I cannot speak.

When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O LORD, held me up.

He brought them out of darkness and the deep (deathly) darknessAnd broke their bonds apart.

The wicked person's iniquities will capture him, and he will be held with the cords of his sin.

If you are wise, your wisdom will assist you. If you mock, you alone will be held responsible.

Hand for hand! an evil man shall not be held innocent; but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.

The life of a wealthy man may be held for ransom, but whoever is poor receives no threats.

Whoso despiseth the word shall be held by it; but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.

Every proud heart is an abomination to Jehovah: hand for hand, he shall not be held innocent.

Whoso mocketh a poor man reproacheth his Maker; he that is glad at calamity shall not be held innocent.

A false witness shall not be held innocent, and he that uttereth lies shall not escape.

A false witness shall not be held innocent, and he that uttereth lies shall perish.

Do not rob the poor because he is poor [and defenseless],Nor crush the afflicted [by legal proceedings] at the gate [where the city court is held],

Speak not too much about a servant to his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be held guilty.

Her hands she hath sent forth on a spindle, And her hands have held a distaff.

{Feasts are held for celebration}, wine cheers the living, and money answers everything.

It was but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother's house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me.

Thine head upon thee is like Carmel, and the hair of thine head like purple; the king is held in the galleries.

The Lord also says:Because the daughters of Zion are haughty,walking with heads held highand seductive eyes,going along with prancing steps,jingling their ankle bracelets,

You are to regard only the Lord of Hosts as holy.Only He should be feared;only He should be held in awe.

Therefore doth the curse devour the earth, and they that dwell therein are held guilty; therefore the inhabitants of the earth are consumed, and few men are left.

But they held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not.

Yes, it was for my own good that I suffered extreme anguish. But in love you have held back my life from the Pit in which it has been confined; you have tossed all my sins behind your back.

"I have certainly stayed silent for a long time; I've kept still and held myself back. Now, like a woman giving birth, I'll cry out. All of a sudden I'll gasp and pant.

But these people are looted and plundered; all of them are trapped in pits and held captive in prisons. They were carried away as loot with no one to rescue them; they were carried away as plunder, and no one says, "Bring that back!"

This is what the Lord says to His anointed, to Cyrus [king of Persia],Whose right hand I have heldTo subdue nations before him,And I will ungird the loins of kings [disarming them];To open doors before him so that gates will not be shut:

And of whom hast thou been afraid or feared, that thou hast lied, and hast not remembered me, nor laid it to thy heart? have not I held my peace even of old, and thou fearest me not?

Look down from heaven, and see from your holy and glorious dwelling. Where are your zeal and your might? Where are the yearning of your heart and your compassion? They are held back from me.

I held out my hands all day long to a disobedient people, who walk in a way that isn't good, following their own inclinations

Israel was holiness unto Jehovah, the first-fruits of his increase: all that devour him shall be held guilty; evil shall come upon them, saith Jehovah.

Your iniquities have turned these things away, and your sins have held back from you what is good.

But our tents have been destroyed. The ropes that held them in place have been ripped apart. Our children are gone and are not coming back. There is no survivor to put our tents back up, no one left to hang their tent curtains in place.

And the word of Yahweh came to Jeremiah second [time] while he [was] still held back in the courtyard of the guard, {saying},

And Jeremiah instructed Baruch, {saying}, "I [am] held back, I am not able to enter the temple of Yahweh.

“Make him drunk, for he has become arrogant and magnified himself against the Lord [by denying Reuben’s occupation of the land the Lord had assigned him]. Moab also will wallow in his vomit, and he too shall become a laughingstock.

Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The children of Israel and the children of Judah were oppressed together: and all that took them captives held them fast; they refused to let them go.

"When a righteous man abandons his righteousness to practice unrighteousness, I'll set a stumbling block before him. He'll die. If you don't warn him, he'll die in his sin and the righteous deeds that he had practiced won't be remembered, but you'll be held responsible for his death.

I saw 70 men from the elders of the house of Israel standing among them, including Shaphan's son Jaazaniah. Each man held a censer in his hand. As the scent of the cloud of incense ascended,

All of a sudden, I noticed six men approaching from the direction of the upper gate, which faces north. Each of them held a destructive weapon in his hand. Among them there was one man, clothed in linen, who was equipped with a writing set at his side. They went in and presented themselves beside the bronze altar.

None of the transgressions he has committed will be held against him. He will live because of the righteousness he has practiced.

Thus says the Lord God,‘You will drink your sister’s cup,Which is deep and wide.You will be laughed at and held in derision;It contains much.

“This is what the Lord God says: I caused grieving on the day the cedar went down to Sheol. I closed off the underground deep because of it: I held back the rivers of the deep, and its abundant waters were restrained. I made Lebanon mourn on account of it, and all the trees of the field fainted because of it.

None of the sins he committed will be held against him. He has done what is just and right; he will certainly live.

All of a sudden, we were at the exterior wall that completely surrounded the Temple. The man whom I had observed held a measuring reed that was six cubits long as measured in cubits that were a cubit and a handbreadth long. As he measured the thickness of the wall, he measured out one reed. Its height was also one reed.

All the people of the land shall be held to this heave-offering for the prince in Israel.

King Belshazzar held a great feast for 1,000 of his nobles and drank wine in their presence.

"Then look! a second animal resembling a bear followed it. It was raised up on one side, with three ribs held between the teeth in its mouth. Therefore people kept telling it, "Get up and devour lots of meat!'

And I heard the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever that it shall be for a time, times, and an half; and when he shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished.

Samaria will be held guilty, because she has rebelled against her God. By the sword they will fall with their infants dashed to pieces, and their pregnant women torn open."

"Put on your mourning clothes, you priests; and cry aloud, you ministering servants at the altar! Come! Stay the night in mourner's clothes, you ministers of my God, because the grain offering and the wine offering is held back from the Temple of your God.

And I shall avenge their blood which I have not avenged,For the Lord dwells in Zion.

“Then they will sweep through like the wind and pass on.But they will be held guilty,They whose strength is their god.”

This is why the sky has held back its dew and the earth its produce.

whose possessors slay them without being held guilty; and they that sell them say, Blessed be Jehovah! for I am become rich; and their own shepherds pity them not.

Then he told the man, "Hold out your hand." He held it out and it became normal, as healthy as his other hand.

Then the Pharisees went out, and held a council against him, how they might destroy him.

But I tell you that for every careless word that men shall speak they will be held accountable on the day of Judgement.

And while desiring to kill him, he feared the crowd, because they held him for a prophet.

But when Herod's birthday celebration was held, the daughter of Herodias danced before the guests. She pleased Herod

Immediately Jesus extended His hand and caught him, saying to him, “O you of little faith, why did you doubt?”

I solemnly tell you that whatever you as a Church bind on earth will in Heaven be held as bound, and whatever you loose on earth will in Heaven be held to be loosed.

And seeking to lay hold of him, they were afraid of the crowds, because they held him for a prophet.

Those servants went out into the streets and gathered together all the people they could find, both bad and good; so the wedding hall was filled with dinner guests [sitting at the banquet table].

Then went the Pharisees and held a council how they might ensnare him in speaking.

As a result, you will be held accountable for all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of the righteous Abel to the blood of Berechiah's son Zechariah, whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar.

I tell you the truth, this generation will be held responsible for all these things!

But Jesus held his peace. And the high priest answered and said unto him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ, the Son of God.

When it was morning, all the chief priests and the elders of the people (Sanhedrin, Jewish High Court) conferred together against Jesus, [plotting how] to put Him to death [since under Roman rule they had no power to execute anyone];

And as they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, All hail. And they came and held him by the feet, and worshipped him.

So the latter held a conference with the Elders, and after consultation with them they heavily bribed the soldiers,

And he saith unto them, Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath days, or to do evil? to save life, or to kill? But they held their peace.

Jesus looked around at them in anger, deeply hurt because of their hard hearts. Then he told the man, "Hold out your hand." The man held it out, and his hand was restored to health.

Then the Pharisees went out and immediately began conspiring with the Herodians [to plot] against Him, as to how they might [fabricate some legal grounds to] put Him to death.

So Herodias held a grudge against him and wanted to kill him. But she could not,

"Elijah," He replied, "does indeed come first and reforms everything; but how is it that it is written of the Son of Man that He will endure much suffering and be held in contempt?