'Slow' in the Bible

For the heart of this people has become fat and their ears are slow in hearing and their eyes are shut; for fear that they might see with their eyes and give hearing with their ears and become wise in their hearts and be turned again to me, so that I might make them well.

Now while the bridegroom was delayed, they all began to nod off, and they fell asleep.

Won't God grant his chosen people justice when they cry out to him day and night? Is he slow to help them?

Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken:

For a number of days we sailed slowly and arrived with difficulty off Cnidus; then, because the wind did not allow us to go farther, we sailed under the leeward (sheltered) side of Crete, off Salmone;

For the heart of this people has become fat and their ears are slow in hearing and their eyes are shut; for fear that they might see with their eyes and give hearing with their ears and become wise in their hearts and be turned again to me, so that I might make them well.

Be not slow in your work, but be quick in spirit, as the Lord's servants;

One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, The Cretians are alway liars, evil beasts, slow bellies.

We have a great deal to say about this, and it’s difficult to explain, since you have become too lazy to understand.

So that you may not be slow in heart, but may take as your example those to whom God has given their heritage, because of their faith and their long waiting.

In a very little time he who is coming will come; he will not be slow.

Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:

The Lord is not slow about his promise, as some people understand slowness, but is being patient with you. He does not want anyone to perish, but wants everyone to repent.