שָׁמַר shâmar

Hebrew · Strong's H8104 · pronounced shaw-mar' · used 469 times in 440 verses

Meaning

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

In the King James Version: 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).

Derivation: a primitive root;

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Where it is used

Psalms 105:45 that they might keep His statutes and obey His laws. Hallelujah!
Psalms 106:3 Blessed are those who uphold justice, who practice righteousness at all times.
Psalms 107:43 Let him who is wise pay heed to these things and consider the loving devotion of the LORD.
Psalms 116:6 The LORD preserves the simplehearted; I was helpless, and He saved me.
Psalms 119:4 You have ordained Your precepts, that we should keep them diligently.
Psalms 119:5 Oh, that my ways were committed to keeping Your statutes!
Psalms 119:8 I will keep Your statutes; do not utterly forsake me.
Psalms 119:9 How can a young man keep his way pure? By guarding it according to Your word.
Psalms 119:17 Deal bountifully with Your servant, that I may live and keep Your word.
Psalms 119:34 Give me understanding that I may obey Your law, and follow it with all my heart.
Psalms 119:44 I will always obey Your law, forever and ever.
Psalms 119:55 In the night, O LORD, I remember Your name, that I may keep Your law.
Psalms 119:57 The LORD is my portion; I have promised to keep Your words.
Psalms 119:60 I hurried without hesitating to keep Your commandments.
Psalms 119:63 I am a friend to all who fear You, and to those who keep Your precepts.
Psalms 119:67 Before I was afflicted, I went astray; but now I keep Your word.
Psalms 119:88 Revive me according to Your loving devotion, that I may obey the testimony of Your mouth.
Psalms 119:101 I have kept my feet from every evil path, that I may keep Your word.
Psalms 119:106 I have sworn and confirmed that I will keep Your righteous judgments.
Psalms 119:134 Redeem me from the oppression of man, that I may keep Your precepts.
Psalms 119:136 My eyes shed streams of tears because Your law is not obeyed.
Psalms 119:146 I call to You; save me, that I may keep Your testimonies.
Psalms 119:158 I look on the faithless with loathing because they do not keep Your word.
Psalms 119:167 I obey Your testimonies and love them greatly.
Psalms 119:168 I obey Your precepts and Your testimonies, for all my ways are before You.
Psalms 121:3 He will not allow your foot to slip; your Protector will not slumber.
Psalms 121:4 Behold, the Protector of Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.
Psalms 121:5 The LORD is your keeper; the LORD is the shade on your right hand.
Psalms 121:7 The LORD will guard you from all evil; He will preserve your soul.
Psalms 121:8 The LORD will watch over your coming and going, both now and forevermore.
Psalms 127:1 A song of ascents. Of Solomon. Unless the LORD builds the house, its builders labor in vain; unless the LORD protects the city, its watchmen stand guard in vain.
Psalms 130:3 If You, O LORD, kept track of iniquities, then who, O Lord, could stand?
Psalms 130:6 My soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen wait for the morning—more than watchmen wait for the morning.
Psalms 132:12 If your sons keep My covenant and the testimony I will teach them, then their sons will also sit on your throne forever and ever.”
Psalms 140:4 Guard me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked. Keep me safe from men of violence who scheme to make me stumble.
Psalms 141:9 Keep me from the snares they have laid for me, and from the lures of evildoers.
Psalms 145:20 The LORD preserves all who love Him, but all the wicked He will destroy.
Psalms 146:6 the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them. He remains faithful forever.
Psalms 146:9 The LORD protects foreigners; He sustains the fatherless and the widow, but the ways of the wicked He frustrates.
Proverbs 2:8 to guard the paths of justice and protect the way of His saints.
Proverbs 2:11 Discretion will watch over you, and understanding will guard you,
Proverbs 2:20 So you will follow in the ways of the good, and keep to the paths of the righteous.
Proverbs 3:26 for the LORD will be your confidence and will keep your foot from the snare.
Proverbs 4:4 he taught me and said, “Let your heart lay hold of my words; keep my commands and you will live.
Proverbs 4:6 Do not forsake wisdom, and she will preserve you; love her, and she will guard you.
Proverbs 4:21 Do not lose sight of them; keep them within your heart.
Proverbs 5:2 that you may maintain discretion and your lips may preserve knowledge.
Proverbs 6:22 When you walk, they will guide you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; when you awake, they will speak to you.
Proverbs 6:24 to keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the adulteress.
Proverbs 7:1 My son, keep my words and treasure my commandments within you.
Proverbs 7:2 Keep my commandments and live; guard my teachings as the apple of your eye.
Proverbs 7:5 that they may keep you from the adulteress, from the stranger with seductive words.
Proverbs 8:32 Now therefore, my sons, listen to me, for blessed are those who keep my ways.
Proverbs 8:34 Blessed is the man who listens to me, watching daily at my doors, waiting at the posts of my doorway.
Proverbs 10:17 Whoever heeds instruction is on the path to life, but he who ignores reproof goes astray.
Proverbs 13:3 He who guards his mouth protects his life, but the one who opens his lips invites his own ruin.
Proverbs 13:18 Poverty and shame come to him who ignores discipline, but whoever heeds correction is honored.
Proverbs 14:3 The proud speech of a fool brings a rod to his back, but the lips of the wise protect them.
Proverbs 15:5 A fool rejects his father’s discipline, but whoever heeds correction is prudent.
Proverbs 16:17 The highway of the upright leads away from evil; he who guards his way protects his life.