17 Bible Verses about People Who Delayed

And her brother and her mother said, Let the damsel abide with us [a few] days, at the least ten. After that she shall go.

For unless we had lingered, surely we would have now returned a second time.

Hasten ye, and go up to my father, and say to him, Thus says thy son Joseph: God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me, delay not.

And it came to pass on the fourth day, that they arose early in the morning, and he rose up to depart. And the damsel's father said to his son-in-law, Strengthen thy heart with a morsel of bread, and afterward ye shall go your way.

So they sat down, and ate and drank, both of them together. And the damsel's father said to the man, Be pleased, I pray thee, to tarry all night, and let thy heart be merry.

And the man rose up to depart, but his father-in-law urged him, and he lodged there again.

And he arose early in the morning on the fifth day to depart. And the damsel's father said, Strengthen thy heart, I pray thee, and tarry ye until the day declines. And they ate, both of them.

And king David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, saying, Speak to the elders of Judah, saying, Why are ye the last to bring the king back to his house? Since the speech of all Israel has come to the king, [to bring him] to

Ye are my brothers, ye are my bone and my flesh. Why then are ye the last to bring back the king?

But he lingered. And the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters, LORD being merciful to him, and they brought him forth, and set him outside the city.

The king answered and said, I know of a certainty that ye would gain time, because ye see the thing has gone from me.

And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mount, the people gathered themselves together to Aaron, and said to him, Up, make gods for us, which shall go before us. For as for this Moses, the man that brought

Through the window she looked forth, and cried--the mother of Sisera through the lattice--Why is his chariot so long in coming? Why do the wheels of his chariots delay?

So Amasa went to call [the men of] Judah together, but he delayed longer than the set time which he had appointed him.

And the people were waiting for Zacharias, and they wondered during his delay in the temple.

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

Now Felix, having heard these things, having known more precisely the things about the Way, he deferred them, having said, When Lysias the chief captain comes down, I will determine the things toward you.