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“Why do you ask Me about what is good?” Jesus replied. “There is only One who is good. If you want to enter life, keep the commandments.”

Matthew 19:17

• τήρησονteresonverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do keep

So practice and observe everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach.

Matthew 23:3

• τηρεῖτεtereiteverb · present active, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do observe

And sitting down, they kept watch over Him there.

Matthew 27:36

• ἐτήρουνeterounverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they were guarding

When the centurion and those with him who were guarding Jesus saw the earthquake and all that had happened, they were terrified and said, “Truly this was the Son of God.”

Matthew 27:54

• τηροῦντεςterountesverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: keeping guard over

The guards trembled in fear of him and became like dead men.

Matthew 28:4

• τηροῦντεςterountesverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: keeping guard

and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”

Matthew 28:20

• τηρεῖνtereinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to observe

and said, “Everyone serves the fine wine first, and then the cheap wine after the guests are drunk. But you have saved the fine wine until now!”

John 2:10

• τετήρηκαςteterekasverb · perfect active, indicative · 2nd person singulartagged: have kept

Truly, truly, I tell you, if anyone keeps My word, he will never see death.”

John 8:51

• τηρήσῃtereseverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: shall keep

“Now we know that You have a demon!” declared the Jews. “Abraham died, and so did the prophets, yet You say that anyone who keeps Your word will never taste death.

John 8:52

• τηρήσῃtereseverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: shall keep

You do not know Him, but I know Him. If I said I did not know Him, I would be a liar like you. But I do know Him, and I keep His word.

John 8:55

• τηρῶ.¶teroverb · present active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I keep

Because of this, some of the Pharisees said, “This man is not from God, for He does not keep the Sabbath.” But others said, “How can a sinful man perform such signs?” And there was division among them.

John 9:16

• τηρεῖtereiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He does keep

“Leave her alone,” Jesus replied. “She has kept this perfume in preparation for the day of My burial.

John 12:7

• τηρήσῃtereseverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: she may keep

If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.

John 14:15

• τηρήσετεtereseteverb · future active, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: you will keep

Whoever has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me. The one who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and reveal Myself to him.”

John 14:21

• τηρῶνteronverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: keeping

Jesus replied, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word. My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him.

John 14:23

• τηρήσειtereseiverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he will keep

Whoever does not love Me does not keep My words. The word that you hear is not My own, but it is from the Father who sent Me.

John 14:24

• τηρεῖtereiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: does keep

If you keep My commandments, you will remain in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and remain in His love.

John 15:10

• τηρήσητεtereseteverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 2nd person pluraltagged: you shall keep
• τετήρηκαteterekaverb · perfect active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: have kept

Remember the word that I spoke to you: ‘No servant is greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will persecute you as well; if they kept My word, they will keep yours as well.

John 15:20

• ἐτήρησανeteresanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they kept
• τηρήσουσινteresousinverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they will keep

I have revealed Your name to those You have given Me out of the world. They were Yours; You gave them to Me, and they have kept Your word.

John 17:6

• τετήρηκανteterekanverb · perfect active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they have kept

I will no longer be in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to You. Holy Father, protect them by Your name, the name You gave Me, so that they may be one as We are one.

John 17:11

• τήρησονteresonverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do keep

While I was with them, I protected and preserved them by Your name, the name You gave Me. Not one of them has been lost, except the son of destruction, so that the Scripture would be fulfilled.

John 17:12

• ἐτήρουνeterounverb · imperfect active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: was keeping

I am not asking that You take them out of the world, but that You keep them from the evil one.

John 17:15

• τηρήσῃςteresesverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 2nd person singulartagged: You may keep

So Peter was kept in prison, but the church was fervently praying to God for him.

Acts 12:5

• ἐτηρεῖτοetereitoverb · imperfect passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was kept

On the night before Herod was to bring him to trial, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, with sentries standing guard at the entrance to the prison.

Acts 12:6

• ἐτήρουνeterounverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: were watching

But some believers from the party of the Pharisees stood up and declared, “The Gentiles must be circumcised and required to obey the law of Moses.”

Acts 15:5

• τηρεῖνtereinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to keep

And after striking them with many blows, they threw them into prison and ordered the jailer to guard them securely.

Acts 16:23

• τηρεῖνtereinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to keep

He ordered the centurion to keep Paul under guard, but to allow him some freedom and permit his friends to minister to his needs.

Acts 24:23

• τηρεῖσθαιtereisthaiverb · present passive, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to keep

But Festus replied, “Paul is being held in Caesarea, and I myself am going there soon.

Acts 25:4

• τηρεῖσθαιtereisthaiverb · present passive, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: is to be kept

But when Paul appealed to be held over for the decision of the Emperor, I ordered that he be held until I could send him to Caesar.”

Acts 25:21

• τηρηθῆναιterethenaiverb · aorist passive, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to be kept
• τηρεῖσθαιtereisthaiverb · present passive, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to be kept

But the man who is firmly established in his heart and under no constraint, with control over his will and resolve in his heart not to marry the virgin, he will do well.

1 Corinthians 7:37

• τηρεῖνtereinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to keep

And when I was with you and in need, I was not a burden to anyone; for the brothers who came from Macedonia supplied my needs. I have refrained from being a burden to you in any way, and I will continue to do so.

2 Corinthians 11:9

• ἐτήρησαeteresaverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I kept
• τηρήσωteresoverb · future active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: will keep

and with diligence to preserve the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.

Ephesians 4:3

• τηρεῖνtereinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to keep

Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely, and may your entire spirit, soul, and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

1 Thessalonians 5:23

• τηρηθείηteretheieverb · aorist passive, optative · 3rd person singulartagged: would be preserved

Do not be too quick in the laying on of hands and thereby share in the sins of others. Keep yourself pure.

1 Timothy 5:22

• τήρειtereiverb · present active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do keep

Keep this commandment without stain or reproach until the appearance of our Lord Jesus Christ,

1 Timothy 6:14

• τηρῆσαίteresaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to keep

I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.

2 Timothy 4:7

• τετήρηκαteterekaverb · perfect active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I have kept

Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.

James 1:27

• τηρεῖνtereinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to keep

Whoever keeps the whole law but stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it.

James 2:10

• τηρήσῃtereseverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: may keep

and into an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, reserved in heaven for you,

1 Peter 1:4

• τετηρημένηνteteremenenverb · perfect passive, participle · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: reserved

For if God did not spare the angels when they sinned, but cast them deep into hell, placing them in chains of darkness to be held for judgment;

2 Peter 2:4

• τηρουμένουςteroumenousverb · present passive, participle · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: being kept

if all this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on the day of judgment.

2 Peter 2:9

• τηρεῖνtereinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to keep

These men are springs without water and mists driven by a storm. Blackest darkness is reserved for them.

2 Peter 2:17

• τετήρηται.¶teteretaiverb · perfect passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: has been reserved

And by that same word, the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.

2 Peter 3:7

• τηρούμενοιteroumenoiverb · present passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: being kept

By this we can be sure that we have come to know Him: if we keep His commandments.

1 John 2:3

• τηρῶμεν.¶teromenverb · present active, subjunctive · 1st person pluraltagged: we shall keep

If anyone says, “I know Him,” but does not keep His commandments, he is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

1 John 2:4

• τηρῶνteronverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: keeping

But if anyone keeps His word, the love of God has been truly perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him:

1 John 2:5

• τηρῇtereaverb · present active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: may keep

and we will receive from Him whatever we ask, because we keep His commandments and do what is pleasing in His sight.

1 John 3:22

• τηροῦμενteroumenverb · present active, indicative · 1st person pluraltagged: we keep

Whoever keeps His commandments remains in God, and God in him. And by this we know that He remains in us: by the Spirit He has given us.

1 John 3:24

• τηρῶνteronverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: keeping

For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome,

1 John 5:3

• τηρῶμενteromenverb · present active, subjunctive · 1st person pluraltagged: we may keep

We know that anyone born of God does not keep on sinning; the One who was born of God protects him, and the evil one cannot touch him.

1 John 5:18

• τηρεῖtereiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: protects

Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and a brother of James, To those who are called, loved by God the Father, and kept in Jesus Christ:

Jude 1:1

• τετηρημένοιςteteremenoisverb · perfect passive, participle · dative (“to / for”) · masculine pluraltagged: kept

And the angels who did not stay within their own domain but abandoned their proper dwelling—these He has kept in eternal chains under darkness, bound for judgment on that great day.

Jude 1:6

• τηρήσανταςteresantasverb · aorist active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: having kept
• τετήρηκενteterekenverb · perfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He has kept

They are wild waves of the sea, foaming up their own shame; wandering stars, for whom blackest darkness has been reserved forever.

Jude 1:13

• τετήρηταιteteretaiverb · perfect passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: has been reserved

keep yourselves in the love of God as you await the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you eternal life.

Jude 1:21

• τηρήσατεteresateverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do keep

Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear and obey what is written in it, because the time is near.

Revelation 1:3

• τηροῦντεςterountesverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: keeping

And to the one who overcomes and continues in My work until the end, I will give authority over the nations.

Revelation 2:26

• τηρῶνteronverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: is keeping

Remember, then, what you have received and heard. Keep it and repent. If you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know the hour when I will come upon you.

Revelation 3:3

• τήρειtereiverb · present active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do keep

I know your deeds. See, I have placed before you an open door, which no one can shut. For you have only a little strength, yet you have kept My word and have not denied My name.

Revelation 3:8

• ἐτήρησάςeteresasverb · aorist active, indicative · 2nd person singulartagged: you have kept

Because you have kept My command to persevere, I will also keep you from the hour of testing that is about to come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth.

Revelation 3:10

• ἐτήρησαςeteresasverb · aorist active, indicative · 2nd person singulartagged: you have kept
• τηρήσωteresoverb · future active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: will keep

And the dragon was enraged at the woman, and went to make war with the rest of her children, who keep the commandments of God and hold to the testimony of Jesus. And the dragon stood on the shore of the sea.

Revelation 12:17

• τηρούντωνterountonverb · present active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: are keeping

Here is a call for the perseverance of the saints who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.

Revelation 14:12

• τηροῦντεςterountesverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: keeping

“Behold, I am coming like a thief. Blessed is the one who remains awake and clothed, so that he will not go naked and let his shame be exposed.”

Revelation 16:15

• τηρῶνteronverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: keeping

“Behold, I am coming soon. Blessed is the one who keeps the words of prophecy in this book.”

Revelation 22:7

• τηρῶνteronverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: keeping

But he said to me, “Do not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers the prophets, and with those who keep the words of this book. Worship God!”

Revelation 22:9

• τηρούντωνterountonverb · present active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: keeping