שָׁמַר

sha.mar

Hebrew H8104 Verb 469 occurrences in 440 verses
שָׁמַר to keep: obey

1. to keep, guard, observe, give heed

a. (Qal)

1. to keep, have charge of

2. to keep, guard, keep watch and ward, protect, save life

a. watch, watchman (participle)

3. to watch for, wait for

4. to watch, observe

5. to keep, retain, treasure up (in memory)

6. to keep (within bounds), restrain

7. to observe, celebrate, keep (sabbath or covenant or commands), perform (vow)

8. to keep, preserve, protect

9. to keep, reserve

b. (Niphal)

1. to be on one's guard, take heed, take care, beware

2. to keep oneself, refrain, abstain

3. to be kept, be guarded

c. (Piel) to keep, pay heed

d. (Hithpael) to keep oneself from

Lexicon: STEPBible Tyndale House Brief Lexicons (TBESH / TBESG) (CC BY 4.0)

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Concordance 440 verses

  1. Proverbs 7:1 שְׁמֹ֣ר

    My son, keep my words and treasure my commandments within you.

  2. Proverbs 7:2 שְׁמֹ֣ר

    Keep my commandments and live; guard my teachings as the apple of your eye.

  3. Proverbs 7:5 לִ֭שְׁמָרְךָ

    that they may keep you from the adulteress, from the stranger with seductive words.

  4. Proverbs 8:32 יִשְׁמֹֽרוּ׃

    Now therefore, my sons, listen to me, for blessed are those who keep my ways.

  5. Proverbs 8:34 לִ֝שְׁמֹ֗ר

    Blessed is the man who listens to me, watching daily at my doors, waiting at the posts of my doorway.

  6. Proverbs 10:17 שׁוֹמֵ֣ר

    Whoever heeds instruction is on the path to life, but he who ignores reproof goes astray.

  7. Proverbs 13:3 שֹׁמֵ֣ר

    He who guards his mouth protects his life, but the one who opens his lips invites his own ruin.

  8. Proverbs 13:18 וְשׁוֹמֵ֖ר

    Poverty and shame come to him who ignores discipline, but whoever heeds correction is honored.

  9. Proverbs 14:3 תִּשְׁמוּרֵֽם׃

    The proud speech of a fool brings a rod to his back, but the lips of the wise protect them.

  10. Proverbs 15:5 וְשֹׁמֵ֖ר

    A fool rejects his father’s discipline, but whoever heeds correction is prudent.

  11. Proverbs 16:17 שֹׁמֵ֥ר

    The highway of the upright leads away from evil; he who guards his way protects his life.

  12. Proverbs 19:8 שֹׁמֵ֥ר

    He who acquires wisdom loves himself; one who safeguards understanding will find success.

  13. Proverbs 19:16 שֹׁמֵ֣רשֹׁמֵ֣ר

    He who keeps a commandment preserves his soul, but he who is careless in his ways will die.

  14. Proverbs 21:23 שֹׁמֵ֣רשֹׁמֵ֖ר

    He who guards his mouth and tongue keeps his soul from distress.

  15. Proverbs 22:5 שׁוֹמֵ֥ר

    Thorns and snares lie on the path of the perverse; he who guards his soul stays far from them.

  16. Proverbs 22:18 תִשְׁמְרֵ֣ם

    for it is pleasing when you keep them within you and they are constantly on your lips.

  17. Proverbs 27:18 וְשֹׁמֵ֖ר

    Whoever tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and he who looks after his master will be honored.

  18. Proverbs 28:4 וְשֹׁמְרֵ֥י

    Those who forsake the law praise the wicked, but those who keep the law resist them.

  19. Proverbs 29:18 וְשֹׁמֵ֖ר

    Where there is no vision, the people cast off restraint; but blessed is he who keeps the Law.

  20. Ecclesiastes 3:6 לִשְׁמ֖וֹר

    a time to search and a time to count as lost, a time to keep and a time to discard,

  21. Ecclesiastes 5:1 שְׁמֹ֣ר

    Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Draw near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools, who do not know that they do wrong.

  22. Ecclesiastes 5:8 שֹׁמֵ֔ר

    If you see the oppression of the poor and the denial of justice and righteousness in the province, do not be astonished at the matter; for one official is watched by a superior, and others higher still are over them.

  23. Ecclesiastes 5:13 שָׁמ֥וּר

    There is a grievous evil I have seen under the sun: wealth hoarded to the harm of its owner,

  24. Ecclesiastes 8:2 שְׁמ֔וֹר

    Keep the king’s command, I say, because of your oath before God.

  25. Ecclesiastes 8:5 שׁוֹמֵ֣ר

    Whoever keeps his command will come to no harm, and a wise heart knows the right time and procedure.

  26. Ecclesiastes 11:4 שֹׁמֵ֥ר

    He who watches the wind will fail to sow, and he who observes the clouds will fail to reap.

  27. Ecclesiastes 12:3 שֹׁמְרֵ֣י

    on the day the keepers of the house tremble and the strong men stoop, when those grinding cease because they are few and those watching through windows see dimly,

  28. Ecclesiastes 12:13 שְׁמ֔וֹר

    When all has been heard, the conclusion of the matter is this: Fear God and keep His commandments, because this is the whole duty of man.

  29. Song of Solomon 3:3 הַשֹּׁ֣מְרִ֔ים

    I encountered the watchmen on their rounds of the city: “Have you seen the one I love?”

  30. Song of Solomon 5:7 הַשֹּׁמְרִ֛יםשֹׁמְרֵ֖י

    I encountered the watchmen on their rounds of the city. They beat me and bruised me; they took away my cloak, those guardians of the walls.

  31. Isaiah 7:4 הִשָּׁמֵ֨ר

    and say to him: Calm down and be quiet. Do not be afraid or disheartened over these two smoldering stubs of firewood—over the fierce anger of Rezin and Aram and of the son of Remaliah.

  32. Isaiah 21:11 שֹׁמֵר֙שֹׁמֵ֖ר

    This is the burden against Dumah: One calls to me from Seir, “Watchman, what is left of the night? Watchman, what is left of the night?”

  33. Isaiah 21:12 שֹׁמֵ֔ר

    The watchman replies, “Morning has come, but also the night. If you would inquire, then inquire. Come back yet again.”

  34. Isaiah 26:2 שֹׁמֵ֥ר

    Open the gates so a righteous nation may enter— one that remains faithful.

  35. Isaiah 42:20 תִשְׁמֹ֑ר

    Though seeing many things, you do not keep watch. Though your ears are open, you do not hear.”

  36. Isaiah 56:1 שִׁמְר֥וּ

    This is what the LORD says: “Maintain justice and do what is right, for My salvation is coming soon, and My righteousness will be revealed.

  37. Isaiah 56:2 שֹׁמֵ֤רוְשֹׁמֵ֥ר

    Blessed is the man who does this, and the son of man who holds it fast, who keeps the Sabbath without profaning it and keeps his hand from doing any evil.”

  38. Isaiah 56:4 יִשְׁמְרוּ֙

    For this is what the LORD says: “To the eunuchs who keep My Sabbaths, who choose what pleases Me and hold fast to My covenant—

  39. Isaiah 56:6 שֹׁמֵ֤ר

    And the foreigners who join themselves to the LORD to minister to Him, to love the name of the LORD, and to be His servants— all who keep the Sabbath without profaning it and who hold fast to My covenant—

  40. Isaiah 62:6 שֹֽׁמְרִ֔ים

    On your walls, O Jerusalem, I have posted watchmen; they will never be silent day or night. You who call on the LORD shall take no rest for yourselves,

  41. Jeremiah 3:5 יִשְׁמֹ֖ר

    Will He be angry forever? Will He be indignant to the end?’ This you have spoken, but you keep doing all the evil you can.”

  42. Jeremiah 4:17 כְּשֹׁמְרֵ֣י

    They surround her like men guarding a field, because she has rebelled against Me,” declares the LORD.

  43. Jeremiah 5:24 יִשְׁמָר־

    They have not said in their hearts, ‘Let us fear the LORD our God, who gives the rains, both autumn and spring, in season, who keeps for us the appointed weeks of harvest.’

  44. Jeremiah 8:7 שָׁמְר֖וּ

    Even the stork in the sky knows her appointed seasons. The turtledove, the swift, and the thrush keep their time of migration, but My people do not know the requirements of the LORD.

  45. Jeremiah 9:4 הִשָּׁמֵ֔רוּ

    “Let everyone guard against his neighbor; do not trust any brother, for every brother deals craftily, and every friend spreads slander.

  46. Jeremiah 16:11 שָׁמָֽרוּ׃

    Then you are to answer them: ‘It is because your fathers have forsaken Me, declares the LORD, and followed other gods, and served and worshiped them. They abandoned Me and did not keep My instruction.

  47. Jeremiah 17:21 הִשָּׁמְר֖וּ

    This is what the LORD says: Take heed for yourselves; do not carry a load or bring it through the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day.

  48. Jeremiah 20:10 שֹׁמְרֵ֖י

    For I have heard the whispering of many: “Terror is on every side! Report him; let us report him!” All my trusted friends watch for my fall: “Perhaps he will be deceived so that we may prevail against him and take our vengeance upon him.”

  49. Jeremiah 31:10 וּשְׁמָר֖וֹ

    Hear, O nations, the word of the LORD, and proclaim it in distant coastlands: “The One who scattered Israel will gather them and keep them as a shepherd keeps his flock.

  50. Jeremiah 35:4 שֹׁמֵ֥ר

    and I brought them into the house of the LORD, to a chamber occupied by the sons of Hanan son of Igdaliah, a man of God. This room was near the chamber of the officials, which was above the chamber of Maaseiah son of Shallum the doorkeeper.

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