Study Desk

"Take a guard," Pilate told them; "go and make the tomb as secure as you can."

So they left and made the tomb secure by putting a seal on the stone and leaving the guard on watch.

So he sent off a guard at once with orders to bring John's head. The guard left, went to the prison, and cut John's head off;

"Take care," Jesus warned them, "and be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees and the yeast of Herod."

Be on your guard! I have told you everything ahead of time.

The traitor had given the crowd a signal: "The man I kiss is the one you want. Arrest him and take him away under guard."

As thousands of people crowded together, so that they were stepping on each other, Jesus said first to his disciples, "Be on guard against the yeast of the Pharisees—I mean their hypocrisy.

And he went on to say to them all, "Watch out and guard yourselves from every kind of greed; because your true life is not made up of the things you own, no matter how rich you may be."

"Be on your guard against the teachers of the Law, who like to walk around in their long robes and love to be greeted with respect in the marketplace; who choose the reserved seats in the synagogues and the best places at feasts;

So Judas went off and spoke with the chief priests and the officers of the Temple guard about how he could betray Jesus to them.

Then Jesus said to the chief priests and the officers of the Temple guard and the elders who had come there to get him, "Did you have to come with swords and clubs, as though I were an outlaw?

They passed by the first guard station and then the second, and came at last to the iron gate that opens into the city. The gate opened for them by itself, and they went out. They walked down a street, and suddenly the angel left Peter.

he said, "I will hear you when your accusers arrive." Then he gave orders for Paul to be kept under guard in the governor's headquarters.

He ordered the officer in charge of Paul to keep him under guard, but to give him some freedom and allow his friends to provide for his needs.

But Paul appealed; he asked to be kept under guard and to let the Emperor decide his case. So I gave orders for him to be kept under guard until I could send him to the Emperor."

As a result, the whole palace guard and all the others here know that I am in prison because I am a servant of Christ.

Be on your guard against him yourself, because he was violently opposed to our message.

Guard against turning back from the grace of God. Let no one become like a bitter plant that grows up and causes many troubles with its poison.

But you, my friends, already know this. Be on your guard, then, so that you will not be led away by the errors of lawless people and fall from your safe position.

Be on your guard, then, so that you will not lose what we have worked for, but will receive your reward in full.