28 Bible Verses about Staying Temporarily
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And said to her, Whose daughter are you? is there room in your father's house for us?
And she said, We have a great store of dry grass and cattle-food, and there is room for you.
And he said, My masters, come now into your servant's house and take your rest there for the night, and let your feet be washed; and early in the morning you may go on your way. And they said, Not so, but we will take our night's rest in the street.
And he said to his servant, Come, let us go on to one of these places, stopping for the night in Gibeah or Ramah.
And they went off the road there with the purpose of stopping for the night in Gibeah: and he went in, seating himself in the street of the town, for no one took them into his house for the night.
Then the Levite, the husband of the dead woman, said in answer, I came to Gibeah in the land of Benjamin, I and my servant-wife, for the purpose of stopping there for the night.
And Jacob made an offering on the mountain, and gave orders to his people to take food: so they had a meal and took their rest that night on the mountain.
Then he put up his tent there for the night; and from among his goods he took, as an offering for his brother Esau,
So the servants with the offerings went on in front, and he himself took his rest that night in the tents with his people.
And be there with him for a little time, till your brother's wrath is turned away;
And Laban said, It is better for you to have her than another man: go on living here with me.
And he went away from them, and went out of the town to Bethany, and was there for the night.
And when Jesus came to the place, looking up, he said to him, Zacchaeus, be quick and come down, for I am coming to your house today.
But they kept him back, saying, Do not go, for evening is near, the day is almost gone. And he went in with them.
And when she and her family had had baptism, she made a request to us, saying, If it seems to you that I am true to the Lord, come into my house and be my guests. And she made us come.
And make a room ready for me; for I am hoping that through your prayers I will be given to you.
Now at their night's resting-place one of them, opening his bag to give his ass some food, saw his money in the mouth of the bag.
And when we came to our night's resting-place, on opening our bags we saw that every man's money was in the mouth of his bag, all our money in full weight: and we have it with us to give it back;
Now on the journey, at the night's resting-place, the Lord came in his way and would have put him to death.
And she had her first son; and folding him in linen, she put him to rest in the place where the cattle had their food, because there was no room for them in the house.
And came to him and put clean linen round his wounds, with oil and wine; and he put him on his beast and took him to a house and took care of him.
And the day went on; and the twelve came to him and said, Send these people away so that they may go into the towns and the country round about and get resting-places and food for themselves, for we are in a waste place.
And Jesus, turning round, saw them coming after him and said to them, What are you looking for? They said to him, Rabbi (which is to say, Master), where are you living?
He said to them, Come and see. They went with him then and saw where he was living; and they were with him all that day: it was then about the tenth hour of the day.
Send, then, to Joppa, and get Simon, named Peter, to come to you; he is living in the house of Simon, a leather-worker, by the sea.
And because he was of the same trade, he was living with them, and they did their work together; for by trade they were tent-makers.
Bible Theasaurus
- Staying (60 instances)
- Temporarily (39 instances)