sha.mar H8104

שָׁמַר (sha.mar) means “to keep: obey” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

שָׁמַר Hebrew · H8104 469 tagged occurrences in 440 verses

Pronunciation guide: shaw-mar' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H8104G

שָׁמַר · sha.mar · to keep: obey

: obey/observe 1) to keep, guard, observe, give heed 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to keep, have charge of 1a2) to keep, guard, keep watch and ward, protect, save life 1a2a) watch, watchman (participle) 1a3) to watch for, wait for 1a4) to watch, observe 1a5) to keep, retain, treasure up (in memory) 1a6) to keep (within bounds), restrain 1a7) to observe, celebrate, keep (sabbath or covenant or commands), perform (vow) 1a8) to keep, preserve, protect 1a9) to keep, reserve 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be on one's guard, take heed, take care, beware 1b2) to keep oneself, refrain, abstain 1b3) to be kept, be guarded 1c) (Piel) to keep, pay heed 1d) (Hithpael) to keep oneself from

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TBESH · H8104H

שָׁמַר · sha.mar · to keep: guard

: guard 1) to keep, guard, observe, give heed 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to keep, have charge of 1a2) to keep, guard, keep watch and ward, protect, save life 1a2a) watch, watchman (participle) 1a3) to watch for, wait for 1a4) to watch, observe 1a5) to keep, retain, treasure up (in memory) 1a6) to keep (within bounds), restrain 1a7) to observe, celebrate, keep (sabbath or covenant or commands), perform (vow) 1a8) to keep, preserve, protect 1a9) to keep, reserve 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be on one's guard, take heed, take care, beware 1b2) to keep oneself, refrain, abstain 1b3) to be kept, be guarded 1c) (Piel) to keep, pay heed 1d) (Hithpael) to keep oneself from

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TBESH · H8104I

שָׁמַר · sha.mar · to keep: look at

: look_at/watch 1) to keep, guard, observe, give heed 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to keep, have charge of 1a2) to keep, guard, keep watch and ward, protect, save life 1a2a) watch, watchman (participle) 1a3) to watch for, wait for 1a4) to watch, observe 1a5) to keep, retain, treasure up (in memory) 1a6) to keep (within bounds), restrain 1a7) to observe, celebrate, keep (sabbath or covenant or commands), perform (vow) 1a8) to keep, preserve, protect 1a9) to keep, reserve 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be on one's guard, take heed, take care, beware 1b2) to keep oneself, refrain, abstain 1b3) to be kept, be guarded 1c) (Piel) to keep, pay heed 1d) (Hithpael) to keep oneself from

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TBESH · H8104J

שָׁמַר · sha.mar · to keep: careful

: careful/dilligent 1) to keep, guard, observe, give heed 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to keep, have charge of 1a2) to keep, guard, keep watch and ward, protect, save life 1a2a) watch, watchman (participle) 1a3) to watch for, wait for 1a4) to watch, observe 1a5) to keep, retain, treasure up (in memory) 1a6) to keep (within bounds), restrain 1a7) to observe, celebrate, keep (sabbath or covenant or commands), perform (vow) 1a8) to keep, preserve, protect 1a9) to keep, reserve 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be on one's guard, take heed, take care, beware 1b2) to keep oneself, refrain, abstain 1b3) to be kept, be guarded 1c) (Piel) to keep, pay heed 1d) (Hithpael) to keep oneself from

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

a primitive root; properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.

KJV glosses: beward, be circumspect, take heed (to self), keep(-er, self), mark, look narrowly, observe, preserve, regard, reserve, save (self), sure, (that lay) wait (for), watch(-man).

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How translators render H8104

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering	Count
keep	28
be careful	22
and keep	20
kept	13
to keep	12
and to keep	7
carefully	7
guard	7
who keeps	6
you are to keep	6
you must keep	6
who guarded	5
by keeping	4
careful	4
protects	4
who keep	4
he kept	3
i have kept	3
in charge of	3
keeping	3
keeps	3
observe	3
preserves	3
protect	3
that i may keep	3
the watchmen	3
to take care of	3
you have kept	3
and are careful	2
and be careful	2
and carefully	2
and if you keep	2
and kept	2
and kept myself	2
be on your guard	2
but whoever heeds	2
doorkeepers	2
he who guards	2
he who keeps	2
keep me	2
keeper	2
maintain	2
make sure	2
more than watchmen wait	2
must keep	2
obey	2
on duty	2
preserve	2
so guard yourselves	2
so keep	2
so that you may keep	2
take heed	2
the keeper	2
therefore you shall keep	2
they are careful	2
to guard	2
watch	2
watchman	2
will keep	2
you carefully keep	2
you must be careful	2
a keeper	1
and attend	1
and carefully keep	1
and follow it	1
and guard	1
and have kept	1
and he who looks after	1
and i will watch over you	1
and if we are careful	1
and keep it	1
and keep them	1
and keep them carefully	1
and keep to	1
and keep you	1
and keeping	1
and keeps	1
and protect	1
and secured	1
and she will preserve you	1
and stand watch	1
and the doorkeepers	1
and they shall attend	1
and those who lie in wait	1
and to carefully	1
and to those who keep	1
and watch over it	1
and watch over me	1
and when the spies	1
and will keep	1
and you are to keep	1
and you have maintained	1
and you must keep	1
and you shall attend	1
and you shall keep	1
are carrying out	1
are those who keep	1
are to guard	1
are to keep	1
are to obey	1
be careful not	1
besieged	1
but be careful	1
but have kept	1
but those who keep	1
by carefully	1
by carefully observing	1
by guarding it	1
calm down	1
consider	1
defending	1
flamed	1
for safekeeping	1
guard me	1
guarding	1
had remained	1
has preserved	1
have avoided	1
have charge	1
have done	1
have kept themselves	1
have you watched	1
he also protected us	1
he guards	1
he has protected	1
he preserves	1
he protects	1
he remains	1
he tended sheep	1
he was preserved	1
he watches over	1
he who watches	1
he will preserve	1
hoarded	1
i have protected	1
i keep	1
i may keep	1
i obey	1
i will guard	1
i will keep	1
i will keep watch	1
i will watch	1
in fulfilling	1
in order to keep	1
is to do	1
is watched by	1
is your keeper	1
it has been kept	1
its watchmen	1
keep away	1
keep them	1
keep track	1
keep watch	1
keeping them	1
kept in mind	1
kept them	1
kept track	1
like men guarding	1
men to watch	1
my bodyguard	1
obeyed	1
of the guard	1
of the quartermaster	1
on guard	1
one that remains	1
one who safeguards	1
or carefully	1
or keep	1
others to keep	1
pay attention	1
pay close attention	1
pay heed	1
preserve me	1
protect them	1
restrain it	1
seal	1
see	1
see that you do	1
shall attend	1
shall guard	1
she must do	1
should preserve	1
so be careful	1
so that he was on his guard	1
so that they may keep	1
so that you can keep	1
so the levites were to carry out	1
so you are to keep	1
that i may obey	1
that i will keep	1
that they may keep you	1
that we should keep them	1
that you are to keep	1
that you may maintain	1
the custodian	1
the doorkeeper	1
the guard	1
the keepers	1
the priests must keep	1
the protector	1
the watchman	1
then you shall keep yourself	1
therefore watch	1
they are preserved	1
they are to perform	1
they carried out	1
they kept	1
they might keep	1
they must keep	1
they performed	1
they shall take care of	1
they were responsible for	1
they were to perform	1
they will keep	1
they will watch	1
those guardians	1
those responsible for	1
those who cling	1
those who cling to	1
those who uphold	1
to be cared for	1
to be preserved	1
to carefully	1
to carry out	1
to diligently	1
to give themselves	1
to guard them	1
to guard you	1
to keep you	1
to keeping	1
to protect you	1
to restrain it	1
to those who keep	1
to watch him	1
vvv	1
waiting	1
watch for	1
watched	1
watched over me	1
watches	1
watchmen	1
were assigned to guard	1
who kept	1
who kept watch	1
who were watching	1
whoever heeds	1
whoever keeps	1
will guard you	1
will he be indignant	1
will keep us	1
will protect	1
will watch over	1
will watch over you	1
will you stay	1
you are therefore to keep	1
you are to diligently keep	1
you carefully	1
you have preserved me	1
you keep	1
you keep them	1
you may be careful	1
you must carefully	1
you must spare	1
you shall therefore keep	1
you would keep	1
you would take note	1
your protector	1

KJV rendering counts
Rendering	Count
keep	27
to keep	24
and keep	20
take heed	13
and to keep	7
beware	6
and they shall keep	5
keeper	5
keepers	5
that kept	5
thou shalt keep	5
to observe	5
ye shall keep	5
heed	4
keeping	4
kept	4
observe	4
preserveth	4
shall keep	4
shall preserve	4
the keeper	4
and kept	3
and observe	3
and ye shall keep	3
and ye shall observe	3
he that keepeth	3
him and keep	3
keepeth	3
me and keep	3
the keepers	3
the watchmen	3
therefore shall ye keep	3
they kept	3
thou shalt therefore keep	3
which keepeth	3
which kept	3
ye shall therefore keep	3
and have not kept	2
but he that regardeth	2
for i have kept	2
hath kept	2
have i kept	2
i have kept	2
i will keep	2
observed	2
preserve	2
so shall i keep	2
that keepeth	2
that they may keep	2
that thou mayest observe	2
the watchman	2
therefore shall ye observe	2
therefore take heed	2
took no heed	2
unto him take heed	2
watchman	2
whoso keepeth	2
ye shall observe	2
against me and they that lay wait	1
against thee and have not kept	1
and hast not kept	1
and hath kept	1
and have kept	1
and he hath not kept	1
and he kept	1
and if thou wilt keep	1
and let them keep	1
and lookest narrowly	1
and preserved	1
and preserveth	1
and shall keep	1
and shalt also keep	1
and sure	1
and that they should keep	1
and the keepers	1
and the spies	1
and they shall wait on	1
and thou shalt observe	1
and to observe	1
and will not keep	1
and will observe	1
and ye have not kept	1
are kept	1
as keepers	1
as ye have not kept	1
be upon you take heed	1
because he kept	1
because they keep	1
because they kept	1
because thou hast not kept	1
because ye have not kept	1
before him and have kept	1
before him and i kept	1
behold he that keepeth	1
beneath who keepest	1
but have kept	1
but he kept	1
but he that keepeth	1
but now have i kept	1
but save	1
but such as keep	1
but thou observest	1
by it for to keep	1
by taking heed	1
canst thou mark	1
did keep	1
dost thou not watch	1
even they shall keep	1
every one that keepeth	1
for if ye shall diligently	1
for they have observed	1
for we keep	1
for you ye shall observe	1
forasmuch as this is done of thee and thou hast not kept	1
from it that ye may keep	1
had kept	1
hast thou marked	1
hath it been kept	1
hath not kept	1
hath preserved	1
have kept	1
have not kept	1
he keepeth	1
he kept	1
he marketh	1
he preserveth	1
he reserveth	1
he shall preserve	1
he that doth keep	1
he that observeth	1
he will keep	1
her let her observe	1
her not and she shall preserve	1
him and observe	1
him and to them that keep	1
him but kept	1
him of and saved	1
i will take heed	1
if thou keep	1
if thou shalt keep	1
if thou takest heed	1
if thou wilt not observe	1
if we observe	1
in keeping	1
in not keeping	1
it and keepeth	1
it and to keep	1
it shall keep	1
let her beware	1
mark	1
marked	1
me and have not kept	1
me and i shall keep	1
me the keepers	1
more than they that watch	1
must i not take heed	1
neither kept	1
neither observe	1
not to keep	1
now therefore beware	1
o keep	1
of the keeper	1
of them that keep	1
of those which kept	1
on it that keepeth	1
only if they will observe	1
only take heed	1
over thee to keep	1
part of them had kept	1
preserved	1
regardeth	1
shall even be keepers	1
shall ye observe	1
shalt thou keep	1
should keep	1
shouldest keep	1
shouldest mark	1
so shall ye keep	1
so will i keep	1
take thou heed	1
take ye heed	1
that by keeping	1
that i might keep	1
that i will keep	1
that i would keep	1
that keep	1
that they might observe	1
that thou mayest keep	1
that thou mayest regard	1
that thou observe	1
that waited	1
that we have kept	1
that ye shall keep	1
the watch	1
thee and keep	1
thee and of them that keep	1
thee and shalt observe	1
thee and thou shalt observe	1
thee from me take heed	1
thee keeper	1
thee now therefore i pray thee take heed	1
thee to keep	1
them and keep	1
them keepers	1
them that regard	1
themselves they mark	1
then keep	1
then thou markest	1
therefore thou shalt keep	1
thereof so he that waiteth	1
they are preserved	1
they shall therefore keep	1
they that keep	1
they that observe	1
they that watch	1
they will take heed	1
thou hast kept	1
thou hast not kept	1
thou which hast kept	1
thy keeper	1
to such as keep	1
to take heed	1
to thyself and keep	1
to watch	1
unto him beware	1
unto me and keep	1
unto me and they shall keep	1
unto me shall ye observe	1
unto thee and keep	1
unto thee if thou shalt keep	1
unto them ye have kept	1
unto you be circumspect	1
us who hath preserved	1
wait	1
waiteth	1
waiting	1
was he preserved	1
watched	1
watchmen	1
when the keepers	1
wherefore then hast thou not kept	1
whether they will keep	1
whether thou wouldest keep	1
which have kept	1
which he kept	1
which keep	1
which keepest	1
which the keepers	1
which ye shall keep	1
which ye shall observe	1
who hast kept	1
who keepest	1
who kept	1
why then hast thou not kept	1
will be with me and will keep me	1
will he keep	1
will i keep	1
will i wait	1
will keep	1
will preserve	1
wilt keep	1
with a keeper	1
with thee and thou hast kept	1
with thee and will keep	1
with thee shall keep	1
ye and keep	1
ye shall diligently	1
ye to keep	1
yea i shall observe	1
you and because he would keep	1
you observe	1

Verses containing H8104

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Jeremiah 35:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Jeremiah said to the house of the Rechabites: “This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Because you have obeyed the command of your forefather Jonadab and have kept all his commandments and have done all that he charged you to do,
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Jeremiah 51:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Raise a banner against the walls of Babylon; post the guard; station the watchmen; prepare the ambush. For the LORD has both devised and accomplished what He spoke against the people of Babylon.
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Jeremiah 52:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The captain of the guard also took away Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the priest of second rank, and the three doorkeepers.
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Ezekiel 11:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
so that they may follow My statutes, keep My ordinances, and practice them. Then they will be My people, and I will be their God.
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Ezekiel 17:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
so that the kingdom would be brought low, unable to lift itself up, surviving only by keeping his covenant.
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Ezekiel 18:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He follows My statutes and faithfully keeps My ordinances. That man is righteous; surely he will live, declares the Lord GOD.
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Ezekiel 18:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Yet you may ask, ‘Why shouldn’t the son bear the iniquity of his father?’ Since the son has done what is just and right, carefully observing all My statutes, he will surely live.
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Ezekiel 18:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But if the wicked man turns from all the sins he has committed, keeps all My statutes, and does what is just and right, he will surely live; he will not die.
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Ezekiel 20:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In the wilderness I said to their children: ‘Do not walk in the statutes of your fathers or keep their ordinances or defile yourselves with their idols.
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Ezekiel 20:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I am the LORD your God; walk in My statutes, keep My ordinances, and practice them.
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Ezekiel 20:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But the children rebelled against Me. They did not walk in My statutes or carefully observe My ordinances—though the man who does these things will live by them—and they profaned My Sabbaths. So I resolved to pour out My wrath upon them and vent My anger against them in the wilderness.
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Ezekiel 36:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes and to carefully observe My ordinances.
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Ezekiel 37:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
My servant David will be king over them, and there will be one shepherd for all of them. They will follow My ordinances and keep and observe My statutes.
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Ezekiel 40:45 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the man said to me: “The chamber that faces south is for the priests who keep charge of the temple,
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Ezekiel 40:46 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and the chamber that faces north is for the priests who keep charge of the altar. These are the sons of Zadok, the only Levites who may approach the LORD to minister before Him.”
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Ezekiel 43:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and if they are ashamed of all they have done, then make known to them the design of the temple—its arrangement and its exits and entrances—its whole design along with all its statutes, forms, and laws. Write it down in their sight, so that they may keep its complete design and all its statutes and may carry them out.
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Ezekiel 44:8 · BSB · 2 occurrences
And you have not kept charge of My holy things, but have appointed others to keep charge of My sanctuary for you.’
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Ezekiel 44:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Yet I will appoint them to keep charge of all the work for the temple and everything to be done in it.
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Ezekiel 44:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But the Levitical priests, who are descended from Zadok and who kept charge of My sanctuary when the Israelites went astray from Me, are to approach Me to minister before Me. They will stand before Me to offer Me fat and blood, declares the Lord GOD.
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Ezekiel 44:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They alone shall enter My sanctuary and draw near to My table to minister before Me. They will keep My charge.
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Ezekiel 44:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In any dispute, they shall officiate as judges and judge according to My ordinances. They must keep My laws and statutes regarding all My appointed feasts, and they must keep My Sabbaths holy.
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Ezekiel 48:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
It will be for the consecrated priests, the descendants of Zadok, who kept My charge and did not go astray as the Levites did when the Israelites went astray.
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Daniel 9:4 · BSB · 2 occurrences
And I prayed to the LORD my God and confessed, “O, Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps His covenant of loving devotion to those who love Him and keep His commandments,
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Hosea 4:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They will eat but not be satisfied; they will be promiscuous but not multiply. For they have abandoned the LORD to give themselves
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Hosea 12:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But you must return to your God; maintain love and justice, and always wait on your God.
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Hosea 12:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Jacob fled to the land of Aram and Israel worked for a wife—for a wife he tended sheep.
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Source alternate reference: 12.13
Hosea 12:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet he was preserved.
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Source alternate reference: 12.14
Amos 1:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Edom, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because he pursued his brother with the sword and stifled all compassion; his anger raged continually, and his fury flamed incessantly.
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Amos 2:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Judah, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they reject the Law of the LORD and fail to keep His statutes; they are led astray by the lies in which their fathers walked.
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Jonah 2:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Those who cling to worthless idols forsake His loving devotion.
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Source alternate reference: 2.9
Micah 6:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You have kept the statutes of Omri and all the practices of Ahab’s house; you have followed their counsel. Therefore I will make you a desolation, and your inhabitants an object of contempt; you will bear the scorn of the nations.”
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Micah 7:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Do not rely on a friend; do not trust in a companion. Seal the doors of your mouth from her who lies in your arms.
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Zechariah 3:7 · BSB · 2 occurrences
“This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘If you walk in My ways and keep My instructions, then you will govern My house and will also have charge of My courts; and I will give you a place among these who are standing here.
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Zechariah 11:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
It was revoked on that day, and so the afflicted of the flock who were watching me knew that it was the word of the LORD.
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Malachi 2:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For the lips of a priest should preserve knowledge, and people should seek instruction from his mouth, because he is the messenger of the LORD of Hosts.
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Malachi 2:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“So I in turn have made you despised and humiliated before all the people, because you have not kept My ways, but have shown partiality in matters of the law.”
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Malachi 2:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Has not the LORD made them one, having a portion of the Spirit? And why one? Because He seeks godly offspring. So guard yourselves in your spirit and do not break faith with the wife of your youth.
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Malachi 2:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“For I hate divorce,” says the LORD, the God of Israel. “He who divorces his wife covers his garment with violence,” says the LORD of Hosts. So guard yourselves in your spirit and do not break faith.
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Malachi 3:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Yet from the days of your fathers, you have turned away from My statutes and have not kept them. Return to Me, and I will return to you,” says the LORD of Hosts. “But you ask, ‘How can we return?’
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Malachi 3:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You have said, ‘It is futile to serve God. What have we gained by keeping His requirements and walking mournfully before the LORD of Hosts?
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