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שָׁמַר H8104

shâmar — beward, be circumspect, take heed (to self), keep(-er, self), mark, look narrowly, observe, preserve, regard, reserve, save (self).... Appears in 440 verses. Full definition →
Proverbs 7:1 My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee. Proverbs 7:2 Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye. Proverbs 7:5 That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words. Proverbs 8:32 Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed are they that keep my ways. Proverbs 8:34 Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors. Proverbs 10:17 He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth. Proverbs 13:3 He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction. Proverbs 13:18 Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured. Proverbs 14:3 In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them. Proverbs 15:5 A fool despiseth his father' s instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent. Proverbs 16:17 The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul. Proverbs 19:8 He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: he that keepeth understanding shall find good. Proverbs 19:16 He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul; but he that despiseth his ways shall die. Proverbs 21:23 Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles. Proverbs 22:5 Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them. Proverbs 22:18 For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips. Proverbs 27:18 Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured. Proverbs 28:4 They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them. Proverbs 29:18 Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he. Ecclesiastes 3:6 A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away; Ecclesiastes 5:1 Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil. Ecclesiastes 5:8 If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they. Ecclesiastes 5:13 There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely , riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt. Ecclesiastes 8:2 I counsel thee to keep the king' s commandment, and that in regard of the oath of God. Ecclesiastes 8:5 Whoso keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil thing: and a wise man' s heart discerneth both time and judgment.

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