33 verses contain “Holding” (in the KJV: 14, in the BSB: 23) — showing 1–33
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And the three companies
blew the
trumpets, and
brake the pitchers, and held the lamps in their left hands, and the
trumpets in their right hands to blow
withal: and they
cried, The sword of the LORD, and of
Gideon.
The three companies
blew their horns and
shattered their jars.
Holding the torches in their left hands and the horns in their right hands, they
shouted, “A sword for the LORD and for
Gideon!”
And as David returned from the slaughter of the
Philistine,
Abner took him, and brought him before Saul with the head of the
Philistine in his hand.
So when David returned from killing the
Philistine, still
holding his head in his hand,
Abner took him and brought him before Saul.
And it came to pass on the
morrow, that the evil spirit from God came upon Saul, and he
prophesied in the midst of the house: and David played with his hand, as at other times: and there was a
javelin in Saul’s hand.
The next day a spirit of distress sent from God came upon Saul, and he
prophesied inside the house while David played the
harp as usual. Now Saul was
holding a
spear,
And he said, Let me go, I pray thee; for our family hath a sacrifice in the city; and my brother, he hath commanded me to be there: and now, if I have found favour in thine eyes, let me get away, I pray thee, and see my brethren. Therefore he cometh not unto the king’s table.
saying, ‘Please let me go, because our clan is holding a sacrifice in the city, and my brother has told me to be there. So now, if I have found favor in your eyes, please let me go and see my brothers.’ That is why he did not come to the king’s table.”
And
Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal’s heart was
merry within him, for he was very
drunken: wherefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light.
When
Abigail returned to Nabal, there he was in the house,
holding a feast fit for a king, in high spirits and very
drunk. So she told him nothing until morning light.
Then made he ten lavers of brass: one
laver contained forty baths: and every
laver was four cubits: and upon every one of the ten bases one
laver.
He also made ten bronze basins, each holding forty baths and measuring four cubits across, one basin for each of the ten stands.
And their possessions and habitations were,
Bethel and the towns thereof, and eastward Naaran, and westward
Gezer, with the towns thereof;
Shechem also and the towns thereof, unto
Gaza and the towns thereof:
Their
holdings and settlements included
Bethel and its villages, Naaran to the east,
Gezer and its villages to the west, and
Shechem and its villages as far as Ayyah and its villages.
And his sons went and feasted in their houses, every one his day; and sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.
Job’s sons would take turns
holding feasts in their homes, and they would
invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them.
Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the LORD upholdeth him with his hand.
Though he falls, he will not be
overwhelmed, for the LORD is
holding his hand.
Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the
ointment of his right hand, which bewrayeth itself.
restraining her is like
holding back the wind or
grasping oil with one’s right hand.
He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil;
He who walks righteously and speaks with
sincerity, who refuses gain from
extortion, whose hand never takes a
bribe, who stops his ears against
murderous plots and shuts his eyes
tightly against evil—
Therefore I am full of the
fury of the LORD; I am
weary with
holding in: I will pour it out upon the children abroad, and upon the assembly of young men together: for even the husband with the wife shall be taken, the aged with him that is full of days.
But I am full of the LORD’s wrath; I am
tired of
holding it back. “Pour it out on the children in the street, and on the young men gathered together. For both husband and wife will be captured, the old and the very old alike.
Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name. But his word was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was
weary with
forbearing, and I could not stay.
If I say, “I will not mention Him or speak any more in His name,” His message becomes a fire burning in my heart, shut up in my bones, and I become
weary of
holding it in, and I cannot prevail.
And they had then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas.
At that time they were
holding a
notorious prisoner named Barabbas.
For the
Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands
oft, eat not,
holding the tradition of the elders.
Now in
holding to the tradition of the elders, the
Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat until they wash their hands
ceremonially.
The men who were
holding Jesus began to
mock Him and beat Him.
But I see another law in my members,
warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.
But I see another law at work in my body,
warring against the law of my mind and
holding me
captive to the law of sin that dwells within me.
Holding forth the word of life; that I may
rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain.
as you hold forth the word of life, in order that I may
boast on the day of Christ that I did not run or labor in vain.
And not
holding the Head, from which all the body by joints and bands having
nourishment ministered, and
knit together, increaseth with the increase of God.
He has lost connection to the head, from whom the whole body, supported and
knit together by its joints and ligaments, grows as God causes it to grow.
Holding faith, and a good conscience; which some having put away concerning faith have made
shipwreck:
holding on to faith and a good conscience, which some have rejected and thereby
shipwrecked their faith.
Holding the
mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.
They must hold to the
mystery of the faith with a clear conscience.
For bodily exercise profiteth little: but
godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.
For physical exercise is of limited value, but
godliness is valuable in every way,
holding promise for the present life and for the one to come.
Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to
exhort and to
convince the gainsayers.
He must hold firmly to the faithful word as it was taught, so that he can
encourage others by sound teaching and
refute those who
contradict it.
And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints.
When He had taken the
scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a
harp, and they were
holding golden
bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.
And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree.
After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back its four winds so that no wind would blow on land or sea or on any tree.
After this I
beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;
After this I looked and saw a multitude too large to count, from every nation and tribe and people and tongue, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and holding palm branches in their hands.
And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that had
gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God.
And I saw something like a sea of glass mixed with fire, beside which stood those who had conquered the beast and its image and the number of its name. They were holding harps from God,
And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.
Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven with the key to the
Abyss,
holding in his hand a great chain.
But the heathen of the land lying heavy upon the inhabitants of
Judea, and
holding them strait, hindered their building;
And all,
holding their hands toward heaven, made
supplication.
After him was the third made a
mocking stock: and when he was required, he put out his tongue, and that right soon,
holding forth his hands
manfully.
And this was his vision: That Onias, who had been high priest, a
virtuous and a good man,
reverend in conversation, gentle in condition, well spoken also, and exercised from a child in all points of virtue,
holding up his hands prayed for the whole body of the Jews.
Whereupon Jeremias
holding forth his right hand gave to
Judas a sword of gold, and in giving it spake thus,