17 Bible Verses about People Who Delayed

Then 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 if we had not lingered, surely by now we would have returned this second time.

Make haste and go up to my father and say unto him: Thus saith thy son Joseph, God has made me lord of all Egypt; come down unto me, tarry not.

And on the fourth day when they arose early in the morning, the Levite rose up to depart; and the damsel's father said unto his son-in-law, Strengthen thy heart with a morsel of bread, and afterwards ye shall go.

And the two of them sat down together and ate and drank. And the damsel's father said unto the man, Be content, I pray thee, and tarry all night, and thy heart shall be merry.

And when the man rose up to depart, his father-in-law urged him to remain and lodge there again.

And he arose early in the morning on the fifth day to depart, and the damsel's father said, Strengthen now thy heart. And after having eaten together, they tarried until afternoon.

And King David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar, the priests, saying, Speak unto the elders of Judah, saying, Why shall ye be the last to bring the king back to his house? Seeing that the word of all Israel has come to the king, to return him to his house.

Ye are my brethren, ye are my bones and my flesh; why then are ye the last to bring back the king?

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

The king answered and said, I know of certainty that ye would gain time because ye see the thing is gone from my memory.

And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron and said unto him, Rise up, make us gods which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we know not what is become of him.

The mother of Sisera looked out the window and cried through the lattice, Why is his chariot so long in coming? Why do the wheels of his chariots tarry?

So Amasa went to assemble the men of Judah, but he tarried longer than the set time which he had appointed him.

And the people waited for Zacharias and marvelled that he tarried so long in the temple.

When he had heard therefore that he was sick, he abode two days still in the same place where he was.

And when Felix heard these things, he deferred them, saying, I shall have more information regarding that way, when Lysias the tribunal shall come down, Then I will know the uttermost of your matter.