14 Bible Verses about Man Keeping Watch

“Therefore be on the alert, for you do not know which day your Lord is coming. But be sure of this, that if the head of the house had known at what time of the night the thief was coming, he would have been on the alert and would not have allowed his house to be broken into. For this reason you also must be ready; for the Son of Man is coming at an hour when you do not think He will.

Be on the alert then, for you do not know the day nor the hour.

It is a night to be observed for the Lord for having brought them out from the land of Egypt; this night is for the Lord, to be observed by all the sons of Israel throughout their generations.

I will stand on my guard post
And station myself on the rampart;
And I will keep watch to see what He will speak to me,
And how I may reply when I am reproved.

But be sure of this, that if the head of the house had known at what time of the night the thief was coming, he would have been on the alert and would not have allowed his house to be broken into.

In the same region there were some shepherds staying out in the fields and keeping watch over their flock by night.

but their plot became known to Saul. They were also watching the gates day and night so that they might put him to death;

Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they keep watch over your souls as those who will give an account. Let them do this with joy and not with grief, for this would be unprofitable for you.

The highway of the upright is to depart from evil;
He who watches his way preserves his life.

Yet our eyes failed,
Looking for help was useless;
In our watching we have watched
For a nation that could not save.

But we prayed to our God, and because of them we set up a guard against them day and night.

And sitting down, they began to keep watch over Him there.

Now the centurion, and those who were with him keeping guard over Jesus, when they saw the earthquake and the things that were happening, became very frightened and said, “Truly this was the Son of God!”

He defeated the Philistines as far as Gaza and its territory, from watchtower to fortified city.