'Keep' in the Bible

But keep on storing up treasures for yourselves in heaven, where moths and rust do not destroy and where thieves do not break in and steal,

"Keep asking, and it will be given to you. Keep searching, and you will find. Keep knocking, and the door will be opened for you.

So if you who are evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who keep on asking him!

He was still speaking when a bright cloud suddenly overshadowed them. A voice from the cloud said, "This is my Son, whom I love. I am pleased with him. Keep on listening to him!"

Jesus asked him, "Why ask me about what is good? There is only one who is good. If you want to get into that life, you must keep the commandments."

"How terrible it will be for you, blind guides! You say, "Whoever swears an oath by the sanctuary is excused, but whoever swears an oath by the gold of the sanctuary must keep his oath.'

Again you say, "Whoever swears an oath by the altar is excused, but whoever swears by the gift that is on it must keep his oath.'

"So keep on watching, because you don't know on what day your Lord is coming.

So keep on watching, because you don't know the day or the hour."

Then he came back and found them asleep, because they could not keep their eyes open.

Then he came back to the disciples and told them, "You might as well keep on sleeping and resting. Look! The time is near for the Son of Man to be betrayed into the hands of sinners.

If this is reported to the governor, we'll personally persuade him to keep you out of trouble."

He said, "The time is now! The kingdom of God is near! Repent, and keep believing the gospel!"

But when Jesus heard what they said, he told the synagogue leader, "Stop being afraid! Just keep on believing."

Then he told them, "You have such a fine way of rejecting the commandment of God in order to keep your own tradition!

Then a cloud appeared and overshadowed them. A voice came out of the cloud and said, "This is my Son, whom I love. Keep on listening to him!"

Salt is good. But if salt loses its taste, how can you restore its flavor? Keep on having salt among yourselves, and live in peace with one another."

So keep on watching, because you don't know when the master of the house is coming whether in the evening, at three o'clock in the morning, or at dawn.

Again he came back and found them asleep, because they could not keep their eyes open. They didn't even know what they should say to him.

At daybreak he left and went to a deserted place, while the crowds kept looking for him. When they came to him, they tried to keep him from leaving them.

Then they told him, "John's disciples frequently fast and pray, and so do those of the Pharisees. But your disciples keep right on eating and drinking."

If someone strikes you on the cheek, offer him the other one as well, and if someone takes your coat, don't keep back your shirt, either.

Keep on giving to everyone who asks you for something, and if anyone takes what is yours, do not insist on getting it back.

"Why do you keep calling me "Lord, Lord,' but don't do what I tell you?

Then a voice came out of the cloud and said, "This is my Son, whom I have chosen. Keep listening to him!"

Keep giving us every day our daily bread,

So I say to you: Keep asking, and it will be given you. Keep searching, and you will find. Keep knocking, and the door will be opened for you,

So if you who are evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who keep asking him!"

"You must keep your belts fastened and your lamps burning.

He told them, "Keep on struggling to enter through the narrow door, because I tell you that many people will try to enter, but won't be able to do so.

yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will grant her justice. Otherwise, she will keep coming and wear me out.'"

Then he took a loaf of bread, gave thanks, broke it in pieces, and handed it to them, saying, "This is my body, which is given for you. Keep on doing this in memory of me."

When he arrived, he told them, "Keep on praying that you may not be tempted."

He asked them, "Why are you sleeping? Get up and keep on praying that you may not be tempted."

The woman told him, "Sir, give me this water, so that I won't get thirsty or have to keep coming here to draw water."

You don't know him, but I know him. If I were to say that I don't know him, I would be a liar like you. But I do know him and keep his word.

Some of the Pharisees began to remark, "This man is not from God because he does not keep the Sabbath." But others were saying, "How can a sinful man perform such signs?" And there was a division among them.

So the Jewish leaders surrounded him and quizzed him, "How long are you going to keep us in suspense? If you're the Messiah, tell us so plainly."

If anyone hears my words and doesn't keep them, I don't condemn him, because I didn't come to condemn the world, but to save it.

"If you love me, keep my commandments.

Jesus answered him, "If anyone loves me, he will keep my word. Then my Father will love him, and we will go to him and make our home within him.

The one who doesn't love me doesn't keep my words. The words that you're hearing me say are not mine, but come from the Father who sent me.

If you keep my commandments, you'll abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in his love.

Remember what I told you: "A servant is not greater than his master.' If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will also keep yours.

"I have told you this to keep you from falling away.

So far you haven't asked for anything in my name. Keep asking and you will receive, so that your joy may be complete."

Jesus answered, "My kingdom does not belong to this world. If my kingdom belonged to this world, my servants would fight to keep me from being handed over to the Jewish leaders. But for now my kingdom is not from here."

Now he said this to show by what kind of death he would glorify God. After saying this, Jesus told him, "Keep following me."

Jesus told him, "If it's my will for him to remain until I come back, how does that concern you? You must keep following me!"

since David says about him, "I always keep my eyes on the Lord, for he is at my right hand so that I cannot be shaken.

But to keep it from spreading any further among the people, let us warn them never again to speak to anyone in this name."

Peter asked, "Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart so that you should lie to the Holy Spirit and keep back some of the money you got for the land?

"Go, stand in the Temple, and keep on telling the people the whole message about this life they can have."

We are witnesses of these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who keep on obeying him."

"I'm telling you to keep away from these men for now. Leave them alone, because if this plan or movement is of human origin, it will fail.

Even by saying this, it was all Paul and Barnabas could do to keep the crowds from offering sacrifices to them.

But some believers from the party of the Pharisees stood up and said, "The gentiles must be circumcised and ordered to keep the Law of Moses."

Instead, we should write to them to keep away from things polluted by idols, from sexual immorality, from anything strangled, and from blood.

to keep away from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from anything strangled, and from sexual immorality. If you avoid these things, you will do well. Goodbye."

After giving them a severe beating, they threw them in jail and ordered the jailer to keep them under tight security.

As for the gentiles who have become believers, we have sent a letter with our decision that they should keep away from food that has been sacrificed to idols, from blood, from anything strangled, and from sexual immorality."

He ordered the centurion to guard Paul but to let him have some freedom and not to keep any of his friends from caring for his needs.

"All of us fell to the ground, and I heard a voice asking me in the Hebrew language, "Saul! Saul! Why are you persecuting me? It is hurting you to keep on kicking against the cattle prods.'

The soldiers' plan was to kill the prisoners to keep them from swimming ashore and escaping,

Furthermore, because they did not think it worthwhile to keep knowing God fully, God delivered them to degraded minds to perform acts that should not be done.

Let their eyes be darkened so that they cannot see, and keep their backs forever bent."

Bless those who persecute you. Keep on blessing them, and never curse them.

Therefore, let's keep on pursuing those things that bring peace and that lead to building up one another.

He will keep you strong until the end, so that you will be blameless on the Day of our Lord Jesus the Messiah.

So let's keep celebrating the festival, neither with old yeast nor with yeast that is evil and wicked, but with yeast-free bread that is both sincere and true.

Keep on running away from sexual immorality. Any other sin that a person commits is outside his body, but the person who sins sexually sins against his own body.

However, if a man stands firm in his resolve, feels no necessity, and has made up his mind to keep her a virgin, he will be acting appropriately.

Therefore, if food that I eat causes my brother to stumble, I will never eat meat again, in order to keep my brother from stumbling.

Or is it only Barnabas and I who have to keep on working for a living?

No, I keep on disciplining my body, making it serve me so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not somehow be disqualified.

And so, my dear friends, keep on running away from idolatry.

gave thanks for it, and broke it in pieces, saying, "This is my body that is for you. Keep doing this in memory of me."

He did the same with the cup after the supper, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood. As often as you drink from it, keep doing this in memory of me."

Keep on desiring the better gifts. And now I will show you the best way of all.

Keep on pursuing love, and keep on desiring spiritual gifts, especially the ability to prophesy.

In the same way, since you're so desirous of spiritual gifts, you must keep on desiring them for building up the church.

As in all the churches of the saints, the women must keep silent in the churches. They are not allowed to speak out, but must place themselves in submission, as the oral law also says.

Now if we preach that the Messiah has been raised from the dead, how can some of you keep claiming there is no resurrection of the dead?

Remain alert. Keep standing firm in your faith. Keep on being courageous and strong.

not like Moses, who kept covering his face with a veil to keep the people of Israel from gazing at the end of what was fading away.

In their case, the god of this world has blinded the minds of those who do not believe to keep them from seeing the light of the glorious gospel of the Messiah, who is the image of God.

However, if I did want to boast, I would not be a fool, because I would be telling the truth. But I am not going to do it in order to keep anyone from thinking more of me than what he sees and hears about me.

To keep me from becoming conceited because of the exceptional nature of these revelations, a thorn was given to me and placed in my body. It was Satan's messenger to keep on tormenting me so that I would not become conceited.

Keep examining yourselves to see whether you are continuing in the faith. Test yourselves! You know, don't you, that Jesus the Messiah lives in you? Could it be that you are failing the test?

Finally, brothers, goodbye. Keep on growing to maturity. Keep listening to my appeals. Continue agreeing with each other and living in peace. Then the God of love and peace will be with you.

The Messiah has set us free so that we may enjoy the benefits of freedom. So keep on standing firm in it, and stop putting yourselves under the yoke of slavery again.

Stop getting drunk with wine, which leads to wild living, but keep on being filled with the Spirit.

And this is my prayer, that your love will keep on growing more and more with full knowledge and insight,

So then, my brothers, keep on rejoicing in the Lord. It is no trouble for me to write the same things to you; indeed, it is for your safety.

It's not that I have already reached this goal or have already become perfect. But I keep pursuing it, hoping somehow to embrace it just as I have been embraced by the Messiah Jesus.

I keep pursuing the goal to win the prize of God's heavenly call in the Messiah Jesus.

Keep on rejoicing in the Lord at all times. I will say it again: Keep on rejoicing!

Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is fair, whatever is pure, whatever is acceptable, whatever is commendable, if there is anything of excellence and if there is anything praiseworthy keep thinking about these things.

Likewise, keep practicing these things: what you have learned, received, heard, and seen in me. Then the God of peace will be with you.

Therefore, if you have been raised with the Messiah, keep focusing on the things that are above, where the Messiah is seated at the right hand of God.