Preserve

…and seven pairs of every kind of bird of the air, male and female, to preserve their offspring on the face of all the earth.

Come, let us get our father drunk with wine so we can sleep with him and preserve his line.”

The next day the older daughter said to the younger, “Look, I slept with my father last night. Let us get him drunk with wine again tonight so you can go in and sleep with him and we can preserve our father’s line.”

God sent me before you to preserve you as a remnant on the earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance.

As for you, what you intended against me for evil, God intended for good, in order to accomplish a day like this—to preserve the lives of many people.

But if the man does not want to marry his brother’s widow, she is to go to the elders at the city gate and say, “My husband’s brother refuses to preserve his brother’s name in Israel. He is not willing to perform the duty of a brother-in-law for me.”

During his lifetime, Absalom had set up for himself a pillar in the King’s Valley, for he had said, “I have no son to preserve the memory of my name.” So he gave the pillar his name, and to this day it is called Absalom’s Monument.

But now, for a brief moment, grace has come from the LORD our God to preserve for us a remnant and to give us a stake in His holy place. Even in our bondage, our God has given us new life and light to our eyes.

…to preserve his soul from the Pit and his life from perishing by the sword.

A Miktam of David. Preserve me, O God, for in You I take refuge.

All the rich of the earth will feast and worship; all who go down to the dust will kneel before Him—even those unable to preserve their lives.

May integrity and uprightness preserve me, because I wait for You.

Your righteousness is like the highest mountains; Your judgments are like the deepest sea. O LORD, You preserve man and beast.

The LORD will protect and preserve him; He will bless him in the land and refuse to give him over to the will of his foes.

For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. Hear, O God, my voice of complaint; preserve my life from dread of the enemy.

May the groans of the captives reach You; by the strength of Your arm preserve those condemned to death.

Preserve my soul, for I am godly. You are my God; save Your servant who trusts in You.

I will forever preserve My loving devotion for him, and My covenant with him will stand fast.

The LORD will guard you from all evil; He will preserve your soul.

If I walk in the midst of trouble, You preserve me from the anger of my foes; You extend Your hand, and Your right hand saves me.

My son, do not lose sight of this: Preserve sound judgment and discernment.

Do not forsake wisdom, and she will preserve you; love her, and she will guard you.

…that you may maintain discretion and your lips may preserve knowledge.

Loving devotion and faithfulness preserve a king; by these he maintains his throne.

Like birds hovering overhead, so the LORD of Hosts will protect Jerusalem. He will shield it and deliver it; He will pass over it and preserve it.”

“This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Take these deeds—both the sealed copy and the open copy of the deed of purchase—and put them in a clay jar to preserve them for a long time.

Abandon your orphans; I will preserve their lives. Let your widows trust in Me.”

In those days and at that time, declares the LORD, a search will be made for Israel’s guilt, but there will be none, and for Judah’s sins, but they will not be found; for I will forgive the remnant I preserve.

The seller will surely not recover what he sold while both remain alive. For the vision concerning the whole multitude will not be revoked, and because of their iniquity, not one of them will preserve his life.

…and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: Woe to the women who sew magic charms on their wrists and make veils for the heads of people of every height, in order to ensnare their souls. Will you ensnare the souls of My people but preserve your own?

You will eat but not be satisfied, and your hunger will remain with you. What you acquire, you will not preserve; and what you save, I will give to the sword.

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.

Whoever tries to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life will preserve it.

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

But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and preserve their souls.