17 Bible Verses about People Who Delayed

And her brother will say, and her mother, The girl shall remain with us, perhaps ten days; after that she shall go.

For unless we lingered we had turned back this twice.

Hasten and go up to my father, and say to him, Thus said thy son Joseph, God placed me for lord to all Egypt; come down to me, thou wilt not remain.

And it will be in the fourth day, and they will rise early in the morning, and he will rise up to go: and the girl's father will say to his son-in-law, Strengthen thine heart with a bit of bread, and afterward ye shall go.

And they will sit down and eat, they two together, and drink: and the girl's father will say to the man, Be willing, now, and lodge, and do good to thy heart.

And the man will rise up to go, and his father-in-law will press upon him, and he will sit down and lodge there.

And he will rise early in the morning in the fifth day, to go, and the girl's father will say, Strengthen now thy heart. And they lingered till the day declined, and they two will eat.

And king David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, saying, Speak ye to the old men of Judah, saying, Wherefore will ye be the last to turn back the king to his house? And the word of all Israel came to the king to his house.

Ye my brethren; my bone and flesh are ye: and wherefore will ye be last to turn back the king?

And he shall linger, and the men will hold fast upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; in Jehovah's having compassion upon him; and they shall bring him forth, and lead him without the city.

And the king answered and said, Certainly I know that ye buy the time, for which cause that ye saw that the word went out from me.

And the people will see that Moses delayed to come down from the mount, and the people will assemble to Aaron, and will say to him, Arise, make to us gods who shall go before us: for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egyt, we shall not know what was to him.

Through the window she looked forth and cried out, The mother of Sisera, through the lattice Why did his chariot delay to come? Why lingered the paces of his chariots?

And Amasa will go to call Judah together: and he will delay from the appointment which he appointed him.

And the people were expecting Zacharias, and wondered at his tarrying in the temple.

When therefore he heard that he is sick, then indeed he remained in the place in which he was two days.

And having heard these, Felix deferred them, knowing more accurately the things of the way, having said, When Lysias captain of a thousand shall come down, I will examine narrowly things concerning you.