Keep the commandments and keep your life; despising them leads to death. | Whoever keeps the commandment keeps his life; he who despises his ways will die. |
Those who control their tongue will have a long life; opening your mouth can ruin everything. | Whoever guards his mouth preserves his life; he who opens wide his lips comes to ruin. |
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He guards the paths of the just and protects those who are faithful to him. | Guarding the paths of justice and watching over the way of his saints. |
Fools vent their anger, but the wise quietly hold it back. | A fool gives full vent to his spirit, but a wise man quietly holds it back. |
He will not let you stumble; the one who watches over you will not slumber. | He will not let your foot be moved; he who keeps you will not slumber. |
People who accept discipline are on the pathway to life, but those who ignore correction will go astray. | Whoever heeds instruction is on the path to life, but he who rejects reproof leads others astray. |
To acquire wisdom is to love yourself; people who cherish understanding will prosper. | Whoever gets sense loves his own soul; he who keeps understanding will discover good. |
Those who obey God’s commandments remain in fellowship with him, and he with them. And we know he lives in us because the Spirit he gave us lives in us. | Whoever keeps his commandments abides in God, and God in him. And by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit whom he has given us. |
Understand, therefore, that the Lord your God is indeed God. He is the faithful God who keeps his covenant for a thousand generations and lavishes his unfailing love on those who love him and obey his commands. | Know therefore that the Lord your God is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments, to a thousand generations. |
Those who accept my commandments and obey them are the ones who love me. And because they love me, my Father will love them. And I will love them and reveal myself to each of them. | Whoever has my commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves me. And he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and manifest myself to him. |
Keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you. | Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. |
And so I tell you, keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you. | And I tell you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. |
Keep me safe, O God, for I have come to you for refuge. | Preserve me, O God, for in you I take refuge. |
But God is my helper. The Lord keeps me alive! | Behold, God is my helper; the Lord is the upholder of my life. |
Don’t get sidetracked; keep your feet from following evil. | Do not swerve to the right or to the left; turn your foot away from evil. |
Too much talk leads to sin. Be sensible and keep your mouth shut. | When words are many, transgression is not lacking, but whoever restrains his lips is prudent. |
In peace I will lie down and sleep, for you alone, O Lord, will keep me safe. | In peace I will both lie down and sleep; for you alone, O Lord, make me dwell in safety. |
Rejoice in our confident hope. Be patient in trouble, and keep on praying. | Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer. |
Then keep your tongue from speaking evil and your lips from telling lies! | Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking deceit. |
The Lord keeps you from all harm and watches over your life. The Lord keeps watch over you as you come and go, both now and forever. | The Lord will keep you from all evil; he will keep your life. The Lord will keep your going out and your coming in from this time forth and forevermore. |
So you, too, must keep watch! For you don’t know what day your Lord is coming. | Therefore, stay awake, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming. |
Dear children, keep away from anything that might take God’s place in your hearts. | Little children, keep yourselves from idols. |
You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in you, all whose thoughts are fixed on you! | You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you. |
I’m not asking you to take them out of the world, but to keep them safe from the evil one. | I do not ask that you take them out of the world, but that you keep them from the evil one. |
You must keep my Sabbath days of rest and show reverence for my sanctuary. I am the Lord. | You shall keep my Sabbaths and reverence my sanctuary: I am the Lord. |