'Watching' in the Bible
And all the people were watching the thunderings and the flames and the sound of the horn and the mountain smoking; and when they saw it, they kept far off, shaking with fear.
And the Lord said to Moses, I have been watching this people, and I see that they are a stiff-necked people.
And it was said to the Gazites, Samson is here. So they went round, watching for him all day at the doorway of the town, but at night they kept quiet, saying, When daylight comes we will put him to death.
And watching; and if the daughters of Shiloh come out to take part in the dances, then come from the vine-gardens and take a wife for every one of you from among the daughters of Shiloh, and go back to the land of Benjamin.
Now while she was a long time in prayer before the Lord, Eli was watching her mouth.
And when he came, Eli was seated by the wayside watching: and in his heart was fear for the ark of God. And when the man came into the town and gave the news, there was a great outcry.
So while Joab was watching the town, he put Uriah in the place where it was clear to him the best fighters were.
And you put chains on my feet, watching all my ways, and making a limit for my steps;
If only I might again be as I was in the months which are past, in the days when God was watching over me!
From there he is watching for food; his eye sees it far off.
The Lord is in his holy Temple, the Lord's seat is in heaven; his eyes are watching and testing the children of men.
The angel of the Lord is ever watching over those who have fear of him, to keep them safe.
The sinners are watching the upright man, desiring to put him to death.
For see, they are watching in secret for my soul; the strong have come together against me? but not because of my sin, or my evil-doing, O Lord.
He is ruling in power for ever; his eyes are watching the nations: may his haters have no strength against him. (Selah.)
For my haters are waiting secretly for me; and those who are watching for my soul are banded together in their evil designs,
Wise purposes will be watching over you, and knowledge will keep you;
Looking out from my house, and watching through the window,
Happy is the man who gives ear to me, watching at my doors day by day, keeping his place by the pillars of my house.
When the man of pride undergoes punishment, the simple man gets wisdom; and by watching the wise he gets knowledge.
He who is watching the wind will not get the seed planted, and he who is looking at the clouds will not get in the grain.
In the day of your planting you were watching its growth, and in the morning your seed was flowering: but its fruit is wasted away in the day of grief and bitter sorrow.
For this is what the Lord has said to me: I will be quiet, watching from my place; like the clear heat when the sun is shining, like a mist of dew in the heat of summer.
I, the Lord, am watching it; I will give it water at all times: I will keep it night and day, for fear that any damage comes to it.
For the cruel one has come to nothing; and those who make sport of the Lord are gone; and those who are watching to do evil are cut off:
For there are sinners among my people: they keep watch, like men watching for birds; they put a net and take men in it.
For numbers of them say evil secretly in my hearing (there is fear on every side): they say, Come, let us give witness against him; all my nearest friends, who are watching for my fall, say, It may be that he will be taken by deceit, and we will get the better of him and give him punishment.
And it will come about that, as I have been watching over them for the purpose of uprooting and smashing down and overturning and sending destruction and causing trouble; so I will be watching over them for the purpose of building up and planting, says the Lord.
See, I am watching over them for evil and not for good: all the men of Judah who are in the land of Egypt will be wasted by the sword and by need of food till there is an end of them.
Our eyes are still wasting away in looking for our false help: we have been watching for a nation unable to give salvation.
Then these men were watching and saw Daniel making prayers and requesting grace before his God.
The first was like a lion and had eagle's wings; while I was watching its wings were pulled off, and it was lifted up from the earth and placed on two feet like a man, and a man's heart was given to it.
I was watching the horns with care, and I saw another coming up among them, a little one, before which three of the first horns were pulled up by the roots: and there were eyes like a man's eyes in this horn, and a mouth saying great things.
So the Lord has been watching over this evil and has made it come on us: for the Lord our God is upright in all his acts which he has done, and we have not given ear to his voice.
And like a band of thieves waiting for a man, so are the priests watching secretly the way of those going quickly to Shechem, for they are working with an evil design.
Because you were there watching when men from other lands took away his goods, and strange men came into his doors, and put the fate of Jerusalem to the decision of chance; you were like one of them.
And it was broken on that day: and the sheep-traders, who were watching me, were certain that it was the word of the Lord.