'Watches' in the Bible

Then he made this solemn vow: "If God remains with me, watches over me throughout this journey that I'm taking, gives me food to eat and clothes to wear,

He watches over His nest like an eagleand hovers over His young;He spreads His wings, catches him,and lifts him up on His pinions.

He watches over his holy ones, but the wicked are made speechless in the darkness, for it is not by one's own strength that one prevails.

"LORD God of Israel, there is no one like you, God in heaven above or on the earth below, who watches over his covenant, showing gracious love to your servants who live their lives in your presence with all their hearts. It is you, LORD God, who have kept your promise to my father, your servant David, that you made to him. Indeed, you made a commitment to my father David and then personally fulfilled what you had promised today.

And they and their sons are over the gates of the house of Jehovah, even of the house of the tent, by watches.

"LORD God of Israel, there is no one like you, God of heaven and earth, who watches over his covenant, showing gracious love to your servants who live their lives in your presence with all their hearts. It is you, LORD God, who has kept your promise to my father, your servant David, that you made to him. Indeed, you made a commitment to my father David and then personally fulfilled what you had promised today.

Certainly the Lord watches the whole earth carefully and is ready to strengthen those who are devoted to him. You have acted foolishly in this matter; from now on you will have war.

And I said unto them, Let not the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun be hot; and while they stand by, let them shut the doors, and bar them: and appoint watches of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, every one in his watch, and every one to be over against his house.

Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their brethren, were over against them in the watches.

So I made them clean from all strange people, and had regular watches fixed for the priests and for the Levites, everyone in his work;

The adulterer’s eye watches for twilight,thinking: No eye will see me;he covers his face.

He gives them security and financial support, but he watches everything they do.

He watches my life, observing every one of my actions, does he not?"

‘He puts my feet in the stocks;He watches all my paths.’

But when God is silent, who can declare Him guilty?When He hides His face, who can see Him?Yet He watches over both individuals and nations,

All human beings have looked on it; everyone watches from afar.

For the Lord watches over the way of the righteous,but the way of the wicked leads to ruin.

He lurks in ambush in the villages;In hiding places he kills the innocent;He lies in wait for the unfortunate [the unhappy, the poor, the helpless].

The Lord watches from heaven; he sees all people.

Indeed, the LORD watches those who fear him; those who trust in his gracious love

The Lord watches over the blameless all their days,and their inheritance will last forever.

[The] wicked watches for the righteous and seeks to kill him.

When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches.

He rules by his power forever; he watches the nations. Stubborn rebels should not exalt themselves. (Selah)

Thou hast taken hold of the watches of mine eyes, I have been moved, and I speak not.

the LORD watches over the innocent; I was brought low, and he delivered me.

Mine eyes prevent the night watches, that I might meditate in thy word.

A Solomonic song of ascents.Unless the Lord builds a house,its builders labor over it in vain;unless the Lord watches over a city,the watchman stays alert in vain.

For the ways of a man are before the eyes of the Lord,And He watches all his paths.

The road of the upright circumvents evil, and whoever watches how he lives preserves his life.

Whoever watches his mouth and tongue keeps himself from trouble.

The LORD watches over anyone with knowledge, but he ruins the plans of the unfaithful.

She watches over the activities of her householdand is never idle.

Don't be surprised when you see the poor oppressed and the violent perverting both justice and verdicts in a province, for one high official watches another, and there are ones higher still over them.

One who watches the wind will not sow,and the one who looks at the clouds will not reap.

Honesty has disappeared; the one who tries to avoid evil is robbed. The Lord watches and is displeased, for there is no justice.

For I have heard the gossip of many people,“Terror is on every side!Report him; let’s report him!”Everyone I trusted watches for my fall.“Perhaps he will be deceivedso that we might prevail against himand take our vengeance on him.”

Hear what the Lord has to say, O nations. Proclaim it in the faraway lands along the sea. Say, "The one who scattered Israel will regather them. He will watch over his people like a shepherd watches over his flock."

Arise, cry out in the night: in the beginning of the watches pour out thine heart like water before the face of the Lord: lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy young children, that faint for hunger in the top of every street.

(Pe) The Lord himself has scattered them; he no longer watches over them. They did not honor the priests; they did not show favor to the elders.

"At that time Michael, the great prince who watches over your people, will arise. There will be a time of distress unlike any other from the nation's beginning up to that time. But at that time your own people, all those whose names are found written in the book, will escape.

A prophet watches over Ephraim with my God. A fowler's snare is on all of his paths, and hostility in the house of his God.

{My anger burns} against the shepherds, and I will punish the leaders, because Yahweh of hosts watches over his flock, the house of Judah; and he will make them like his majestic horse in war.

so that your fasting will not be noticed by others but by your Father who is in the hidden place. And your Father who watches from the hidden place will reward you."

Otherwise, if he lays a foundation and can't finish the building, everyone who watches will begin to ridicule him

For the Lord watches the righteous, and he pays attention to their prayers. But the Lord opposes those who do wrong."

We know [with confidence] that anyone born of God does not habitually sin; but He (Jesus) who was born of God [carefully] keeps and protects him, and the evil one does not touch him.

(Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watches and keeps his garments, that he may not walk naked, and that they may not see his shame.)