5 occurrences

'Delay' in the Bible

And will not God surely {see to it that justice is done} to his chosen ones who cry out to him day and night, and will he delay toward them?

Verse ConceptsChosen OnesJustification, Necessity OfNightGod Is JustJusticeGod Not DelayingGod Does Right For PeopleGod VindicatesRevengeExercisePersistencevindication

And [because] Lydda was near Joppa, the disciples, [when they] heard that Peter was in {Lydda}, sent two men to him, urging, "Do not delay to come to us!"

Verse ConceptsTwo Disciples

Therefore, [when] they had assembled here, made no delay; on the next [day] I sat down on the judgment seat [and] gave orders [for] the man to be brought.

Verse ConceptsJudgement Seat

and swore by the one who lives {forever and ever}, who created heaven and the [things] in it, and the earth and the [things] in it, and the sea and the [things] in it, "There will be no more delay!

Verse ConceptsEarth, Creation OfGod, Living And Self sustainingHeaven, Nature OfNatureCreation Of The Physical HeavensImminenceCreation Of The SeasGod Not DelayingSwearing ByRainbow

Bible Theasaurus

Check (14 instances)
Delay (59 instances)
Detain (5 instances)