But I will keep watching for the Lord; I will wait for the God who delivers me. My God will hear my lament. ¹ 

When he came again he found them sleeping; they could not keep their eyes open. ¹  And they did not know what to tell him.

The Jewish leaders ¹  surrounded him and asked, ²  “How long will you keep us in suspense? ³  If you are the Christ, ⁴  tell us plainly.” ⁵ 

But some of them said, “This is the man who caused the blind man to see! ¹  Couldn’t he have done something to keep Lazarus ²  from dying?”

I am not asking you to take them out of the world, but that you keep them safe ¹  from the evil one. ² 

But to keep this matter from spreading any further among the people, let us warn them to speak no more ¹  to anyone in this name.”

And now I advise ¹  you to keep up your courage, for there will be no loss of life among you, but only the ship will be lost. ² 

Therefore keep up your courage, men, for I have faith in God ¹  that it will be just as I have been told.

The faith ¹  you have, keep to yourself before God. Blessed is the one who does not judge himself by what he approves.

But now there is nothing more to keep me ¹  in these regions, and I have for many years desired ²  to come to you

so that now instead ¹  you should rather forgive and comfort him. ²  This will keep him from being overwhelmed by excessive grief to the point of despair. ³ 

Therefore, if you have been raised with Christ, keep seeking the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.

But you, as a person dedicated to God, ¹  keep away from all that. ²  Instead pursue righteousness, godliness, faithfulness, love, endurance, and gentleness.

But keep away from youthful passions, and pursue righteousness, faithfulness, love, and peace, in company with others ¹  who call on the Lord from a pure heart. ² 

I wanted to keep him so that he could serve me in your place ¹  during ²  my imprisonment for the sake of the gospel. ³ 

For if we deliberately keep on sinning after receiving the knowledge of the truth, no further sacrifice for sins is left for us, ¹ 

Pure and undefiled religion before ¹  God the Father ²  is this: to care for orphans and widows in their misfortune and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

Dear friends, I urge you as foreigners and exiles to keep away from fleshly desires that do battle against the soul,

For the one who wants to love life and see good days must keep ¹  his tongue from evil and his lips from uttering deceit.

If we say we have fellowship with him and yet keep on walking ¹  in the darkness, we are lying and not practicing ²  the truth.