'Delayed' in the Bible

After all, if we hadn't delayed, we could have been there and back twice by now!"

Meanwhile, Ehud escaped while they were delayed, passed by the idols, and escaped in the direction of Seirah.

"Back at home, out the window Sisera's mother peered, lamenting through the lattice. "Why is his chariot delayed in returning? "Why do the hoof beats of his chariots wait?'

On the fifth day, he got up early in the morning, but the young woman's father-in-law told him, "Please, fortify yourself," so they delayed until later that afternoon while both of them ate together.

But when Amasa went out to muster the army of Judah, he delayed to act within the time allotted to him.

Delayed hope makes the heart ill, but fulfilled longing is a tree of life.

Therefore tell them, "This is what the Lord GOD says, "None of my messages will be delayed any longer. Any message that I speak will be fulfilled," declares the Lord GOD.'"