Study Desk

Come to terms quickly with your opponent while you are on the way to court,while you are with him on the way">[fn] or your opponent may hand you over to the judge, and the judge to the guard, and you will be thrown into prison.Psalm 32:6; Proverbs 25:8; Isaiah 55:6; Luke 12:58-59;">[xr]

Pilate told them, "You haveTake">[fn] a military guard. Go and make the tombit">[fn] as secure as you know how."

"As for yourselves, be on your guard! PeopleThey">[fn] will hand you over to local councils, and you will be beaten in their synagogues. You will stand before governors and kings to testify to them because of me.Matthew 10:17-18; 24:9; Revelation 2:10;">[xr]

So be on your guard! I've told you everything before it happens."2 Peter 3:17;">[xr]

For Jesushe">[fn] was in the process of ordering the unclean spirit to come out of the man. On many occasions the unclean spiritit">[fn] had seized the man,him">[fn] and though he was kept under guard and bound with chains and shackles, he would break the chains and be driven by the demon into deserted places.

Then he said to them, "Be careful to guard yourselves against every kind of greed, for a person's life doesn't consist of the amount of possessions he has."1 Timothy 6:7;">[xr]

"Constantly be on your guard so that your hearts may not be loaded down with self-indulgence, drunkenness, and the worries of this life, or that day will take you by surpriseRomans 13:13; 1 Thessalonians 5:6; 1 Peter 4:7;">[xr]

When he arrested him, he put him in prison and turned him over to four squads of soldiers to guard him, planning to bring him out to the people after the Passover.John 21:18;">[xr]

They passed the first guard, then the second, and came to the iron gate that led into the city. It opened by itself for them, and they went outside and proceeded one block when the angel suddenly left him.Acts 16:26;">[xr]

Take these men, go through the purification ceremony with them, and pay the expenses to shave their heads. Then everyone will know that there is nothing in what they have been told about you, but that you yourself constantly observe and guard the law.Numbers 6:2,13, 18; Acts 18:18;">[xr]

This man had been seized by the Jews and was about to be killed by them when I went with the guard and rescued him, having learned that he was a Roman citizen.Acts 21:33; 24:7;">[xr]

He ordered the centurion to guard Paulhim">[fn] but to let him have some freedom and not to keep any of his friends from caring for his needs.Acts 27:3; 28:16;">[xr]

As a result, it has become clear to the whole imperial guard and to everyone else that I am in prison because of Christ.Philippians 4:22;">[xr]

Then God's peace, which goes far beyond anything we can imagine, will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.John 14:27; Romans 5:1; Colossians 3:15;">[xr]

Timothy, guard what has been entrusted to you. Avoid the pointless discussions and contradictions of what is falsely called knowledge.1 Timothy 1:4,6; 4:7; 2 Timothy 1:14; Titus 1:9,14, 6; 3:9; Revelation 3:3;">[xr]

And so, dear friends, since you already know these things, continually be on your guard not to be carried away by the deception of lawless people, lest you fall from your secure position.Mark 13:23; Ephesians 4:14; 2 Peter 1:10-12; 2:18;">[xr]

Little children, guard yourselves from idols.idols. Amen">[fn]1 Corinthians 10:14;">[xr]