'Kept' in the Bible

Then God said to him in the dream, “Yes, I know that in the integrity of your heart you have done this, and I also kept you from sinning against Me; therefore I did not let you touch her.

because Abraham obeyed Me and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes and My laws.”

Now Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter; but his sons were with his livestock in the field, so Jacob kept silent until they came in.

His brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept the saying in mind.