'Stay' in the Bible

After they were gone, an angel of the Lord suddenly appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying, “Get up! Take the child and His mother, flee to Egypt, and stay there until I tell you. For Herod is about to search for the child to destroy Him.”

“When you enter any town or village, find out who is worthy, and stay there until you leave.

Then He said to them, “My soul is swallowed up in sorrow —to the point of death. Remain here and stay awake with Me.”

Then He came to the disciples and found them sleeping. He asked Peter, “So, couldn’t you stay awake with Me one hour?

Stay awake and pray, so that you won’t enter into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

Then He said to them, “Whenever you enter a house, stay there until you leave that place.

Then He said to them, “My soul is swallowed up in sorrow —to the point of death. Remain here and stay awake.”

Then He came and found them sleeping. “Simon, are you sleeping?” He asked Peter. “Couldn’t you stay awake one hour?

Stay awake and pray so that you won’t enter into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

When He got out on land, a demon-possessed man from the town met Him. For a long time he had worn no clothes and did not stay in a house but in the tombs.

Whatever house you enter, stay there and leave from there.

When Jesus came to the place, He looked up and said to him, “Zacchaeus, hurry and come down because today I must stay at your house.”

But they urged Him: “Stay with us, because it’s almost evening, and now the day is almost over.” So He went in to stay with them.

And look, I am sending you what My Father promised. As for you, stay in the city until you are empowered from on high.”

Therefore, when the Samaritans came to Him, they asked Him to stay with them, and He stayed there two days.

In My Father’s house are many dwelling places; if not, I would have told you. I am going away to prepare a place for you.

And now, I tell you, stay away from these men and leave them alone. For if this plan or this work is of men, it will be overthrown;

And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked him to stay for a few days.

The God of this people Israel chose our ancestors, exalted the people during their stay in the land of Egypt, and led them out of it with a mighty arm.

After she and her household were baptized, she urged us, “If you consider me a believer in the Lord, come and stay at my house.” And she persuaded us.

And though they asked him to stay for a longer time, he declined,

Some of the disciples from Caesarea also went with us and brought us to Mnason, a Cypriot and an early disciple, with whom we were to stay.

Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, “Unless these men stay in the ship, you cannot be saved.”

There we found believers and were invited to stay with them for seven days.And so we came to Rome.

When we entered Rome, Paul was permitted to stay by himself with the soldier who guarded him.

Therefore I consider this to be good because of the present distress: It is fine for a man to remain as he is.

But I will stay in Ephesus until Pentecost,

Pray at all times in the Spirit with every prayer and request, and stay alert in this with all perseverance and intercession for all the saints.

Devote yourselves to prayer; stay alert in it with thanksgiving.

So then, we must not sleep, like the rest, but we must stay awake and be serious.

Stay away from every kind of evil.