'Firmly' in the Bible

The priests carrying the ark of the Lord’s covenant stood firmly on dry ground in the middle of the Jordan, while all Israel crossed on dry ground until the entire nation had finished crossing the Jordan.

Instruct them, 'Pick up twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan, from the very place where the priests stand firmly, and carry them over with you and put them in the place where you camp tonight.'"

Solomon sat on the throne of his father David, and his kingship was firmly established.

(There had never been anyone like Ahab, who was firmly committed to doing evil in the sight of the Lord, urged on by his wife Jezebel.

As soon as the kingdom was firmly in his grasp, Amaziah killed his servants who had murdered his father the king.

tremble before Him, all the earth.The world is firmly established;it cannot be shaken.

and I will establish his kingdom forever if {he firmly performs} my commandments and my judgments as [he has to] this day.'

As soon as the kingdom was firmly in his grasp, he executed his servants who had murdered his father the king.

Then the Lord said to Satan, "Have you considered my servant Job? For there is no one like him on the earth, a pure and upright man, one who fears God and turns away from evil. And he still holds firmly to his integrity, so that you stirred me up to destroy him without reason."

Then his wife said to him, "Are you still holding firmly to your integrity? Curse God, and die!"

He leans against his house, but it won't stand; he grabs hold of it firmly, but it doesn't last.

then you will hold your head high, free from fault.You will be firmly established and unafraid.

“He makes priests walk barefoot,And He overturns men firmly seated and secure.

Their children are firmly established in their presence, their offspring before their eyes.

“Man is also disciplined with pain on his bed,And with unceasing complaint in his bones,

He stiffens his tail like a cedar tree;the tendons of his thighs are woven firmly together.

There is no flaw in his body's armor; it is firmly fixed on him and unbreachable.

He will be like a tree firmly planted by streams of water,Which yields its fruit in its seasonAnd its leaf does not wither;And in whatever he does, he prospers.

“Yet as for Me, I have anointed and firmly installed My KingUpon Zion, My holy mountain.”

He makes my feet like hinds’ feet [able to stand firmly and tread safely on paths of testing and trouble];He sets me [securely] upon my high places.

“The earth and all who dwell in it melt;It is I who have firmly set its pillars. Selah.

with whom my power will be firmly established; for my arm will strengthen him.

The Lord reigns! He is robed in majesty;The Lord is robed, enveloped in strength.The world is firmly established;it cannot be shaken.

Majestic splendor emanates from him; his sanctuary is firmly established and beautiful.

Say among the nations: “The Lord reigns.The world is firmly established; it cannot be shaken.He judges the peoples fairly.”

He will not fear bad news;His heart is steadfast, trusting [confidently relying on and believing] in the Lord.

I have chosen the faithful way; I have firmly placed your ordinances before me.

ל LamedLord, Your word is forever;it is firmly fixed in heaven.

The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare him. The cords of his sin hold him firmly.

then, my child, do this in order to deliver yourself, because you have fallen into your neighbor's power: go, humble yourself, and appeal firmly to your neighbor.

The sayings of the wise are like goads, and those from masters of collections are like firmly embedded nails. The sayings are given by one Shepherd.

Now it will come to pass thatIn the last daysThe mountain of the house of the LordWill be [firmly] established as the highest of the mountains,And will be exalted above the hills;And all the nations will stream to it.

Indeed this is what the Lord told me. He took hold of me firmly and warned me not to act like these people:

‘Behold, the Lord is about to hurl you headlong, O man.And He is about to grasp you firmly

and I will clothe him [with] your tunic, and I will bind your sash firmly about him, and I will put your authority into his hand, and he shall be like a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and to the house of Judah.

therefore this is what the LORD God says: "Look! I am laying a foundation stone in Zion, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone for a sure foundation: Whoever believes firmly will not act hastily.

Your tackle hangs slack;It cannot hold the base of its mast firmly,Nor spread out the sail.Then the prey of an abundant spoil will be divided;The lame will take the plunder.

For the Lord says this:“For the eunuchs who keep My Sabbaths,and choose what pleases Me,and hold firmly to My covenant,

And the foreigners who join themselves to the Lordminister to Him, love the name of Yahwehand become His servants,all who keep the Sabbath without desecrating itand who hold firmly to My covenant—

Know for certain that I hereby give you the authority to announce to nations and kingdoms that they will be uprooted and torn down, destroyed and demolished, rebuilt and firmly planted."

Indeed, I'm firmly decided I'm sending calamity to this city, not good," declares the LORD. "It will be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will set it on fire."'

I will look after their welfare and will restore them to this land. There I will build them up and will not tear them down. I will plant them firmly in the land and will not uproot them.

In the past I saw to it that they were uprooted and torn down, that they were destroyed and demolished. But now I will see to it that they are built up and firmly planted. I, the Lord, affirm it!"

I will take delight in doing good to them. I will faithfully and wholeheartedly plant them firmly in the land.'

If you will just stay in this land, I will build you up. I will not tear you down. I will firmly plant you. I will not uproot you. For I am filled with sorrow because of the disaster that I have brought on you.

then hear the word of the Lord, remnant of Judah! This is what the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: If you are firmly resolved to go to Egypt and live there for a while,

The king answered and said, "{Certainly} I know that {you are trying to gain time} {because} you have seen {that this matter is firmly decreed by me},

Bound firmly with ropes, these three men Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego fell into the blazing fire furnace.

Astonished, King Nebuchadnezzar stood up in terror, and asked his advisors, "Didn't we throw three men into the fire, bound firmly with ropes?" In reply they told the king, "Yes, your majesty."

I'll inform you about what has been recorded in the Book of Truth. No one stands firmly with me against these opponents, except Michael your prince.

They leap like the rumbling of chariots echoing from mountain tops, like the roar of wild fire that devours the chaff, as an army firmly established in battle array.

"But in the last days it will come about that the Temple Mount of the LORD will be firmly set as the leading mountain. It will be exalted above its surrounding hills, and people will stream toward it.

"Then he will take his stand, shepherding by means of the strength of the LORD, by the power of the name of the LORD his God. And they will be firmly established; indeed, from then on he will become great to the ends of the earth.

He answered, “Because of your little faith [your lack of trust and confidence in the power of God]; for I assure you and most solemnly say to you, if you have [living] faith the size of a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and [if it is God’s will] it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you.

and said, ‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and shall be joined inseparably to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’?

"Friend," said Jesus, "carry out your intention." Then they came and laid their hands on Jesus and seized Him firmly.

Jesus said to them, “Why are you afraid? Do you still have no faith and confidence [in Me]?”

Taking the child’s hand, He said [tenderly] to her, “Talitha kum!”—which translated [from Aramaic] means, “Little girl, I say to you, get up!”

whereupon they laid hands on Him and held Him firmly.

But if we say, ‘From men,’ all the people will stone us to death, for they are firmly convinced that John was a prophet.”

Now while he was still holding on to Peter and John, all the people, utterly amazed, ran together and crowded around them at the covered porch called Solomon’s portico.

since indeed it is one [and the same] God who will justify the circumcised by faith [which began with Abraham] and the uncircumcised through [their newly acquired] faith.

Through Him we also have access by faith into this [remarkable state of] grace in which we [firmly and safely and securely] stand. Let us rejoice in our hope and the confident assurance of [experiencing and enjoying] the glory of [our great] God [the manifestation of His excellence and power].

But the man who stands firmly committed in his heart, having no compulsion [to yield to his daughter’s request], and has authority over his own will, and has decided in his own heart to keep his own virgin [daughter from being married], he will do well.

Now I praise you because you remember me in everything and hold firmly to the traditions, just as I delivered them to you.

and by which you are also being saved if you hold firmly to the message I proclaimed to you unless, of course, your faith was worthless.

and our hope for you is firmly grounded, knowing that as you are sharers of our sufferings, so also you are sharers of our comfort.

and that the Messiah may dwell in your hearts through faith. I pray that you, being rooted and firmly established in love,

From Him the whole body [the church, in all its various parts], joined and knitted firmly together by what every joint supplies, when each part is working properly, causes the body to grow and mature, building itself up in [unselfish] love.

Therefore do not be foolish and thoughtless, but understand and firmly grasp what the will of the Lord is.

Therefore, put on the complete armor of God, so that you will be able to [successfully] resist and stand your ground in the evil day [of danger], and having done everything [that the crisis demands], to stand firm [in your place, fully prepared, immovable, victorious].

Hold firmly to the message of life. Then I can boast in the day of Christ that I didn’t run or labor for nothing.

However, you must remain firmly established and steadfast in the faith, without being moved from the hope of the gospel that you heard, which has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven and of which I, Paul, have become a servant.

having been firmly rooted and now being built up in Him and established in your faith, just as you were instructed, and overflowing with gratitude.

and not holding firmly to the Head, from whom all the body, being supplied and knit together through the joints and ligaments, grows with God's growth.

Test all things, and hold firmly that which is good.

To do this you must hold firmly to faith and a good conscience, which some have rejected and so have suffered shipwreck in regard to the faith.

They must hold firmly to the secret of the faith with clear consciences.

But as for you, continue in what you have learned and firmly believed. You know those who taught you,

I have fought the good and worthy and noble fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith [firmly guarding the gospel against error].

He must hold firmly to the faithful message as it has been taught, so that he will be able to give exhortation in such healthy teaching and correct those who speak against it.

But Christ is faithful as a son over God's house. We are of his house, if in fact we hold firmly to our confidence and the hope we take pride in.

For we have become companions of the Messiah if we hold firmly until the end the reality that we had at the start.

Inasmuch, then, as we have in Jesus, the Son of God, a great High Priest who has passed into Heaven itself, let us hold firmly to our profession of faith.

But, beloved, even though we speak to you in this way, we are convinced of better things concerning you, and of things that accompany salvation.

Let us continue to hold firmly to the hope that we confess without wavering, for the one who made the promise is faithful.

Therefore, I intend to keep on reminding you about these things, even though you already know them and are firmly established in the truth that you now have.

"I know your works and where you dwell, where Satan's throne is. You hold firmly to my name, and didn't deny my faith in the days of Antipas my witness, my faithful one, who was killed among you, where Satan dwells.

Nevertheless, hold that which you have firmly until I come.

I am coming quickly! Hold firmly that which you have, so that no one takes your crown.

After this I saw four angels stationed at the four corners of the earth, holding back the four winds of the earth so that no wind would blow on the earth or on the sea or on any tree.