14 Bible Verses about Man Keeping Watch

Be alert, for you do not know what day the Lord will come. Know this, if the master of the house had known what time the thief was coming, he would have watched and his house would not have been vandalized. Be prepared! The Son of man will come at a time when you do not expect it.

Watch therefore, for you do not know the day or the hour.

It is a night to be observed for Jehovah for having brought them out from the land of Egypt. This night is for Jehovah and should be observed by all the sons of Israel throughout their generations.

I will stand at my guard post at the tower on the wall. I will watch [and wait] to see what he will say to me and what I will answer when I am reproved.

Know this, if the master of the house had known what time the thief was coming, he would have watched and his house would not have been vandalized.

Shepherds in the same country were in the field keeping watch by night over their flock.

Saul learned about their plot against him. They watched the gates day and night to kill him.

Obey those who lead you. Submit to them: for they watch in behalf of your lives and must account for this. Obey them that their work may be a joy and not a burden; that would be without gain for you.

The highway of the upright departs from evil. He who guards his way preserves his life.

Our eyes are still wasting away in looking for our false help. We watch for a nation unable to give salvation.

We prayed to God and stationed men on watch against them day and night.

Then they sat and watched him.

The centurion and those who were with him watching Jesus saw the earthquake. Filled with much fear of the things that were done, they proclaimed: Truly, this was the Son of God!

He defeated the Philistines as far as Gaza and its limits, from the tower of the watchman to the walled town.