'Linger' in the Bible
Stay with him for a while, until your brother’s anger subsides.
“Why [Reuben] did you linger among the sheepfolds,To hear the piping for the flocks?Among the divisions of ReubenThere were great searchings of heart.
Gilead remained beyond the Jordan.Dan, why did you linger at the ships?Asher remained at the seashoreand stayed in his harbors.
Then Jonathan called out after the boy, "Quick, hurry, do not linger!" And Jonathan's servant collected the arrows and came to his master.
take the flask of oil, and pour it out on his head. Then tell him, "This is what the LORD says: I'm anointing you king over Israel.' Then open the door and leave. Don't linger there!"
Those who linger over wine,those who go looking for mixed wine.
Woe to those who rise early in the morningin pursuit of beer,who linger into the evening,inflamed by wine.
Survivors of [the] sword, go! You must not linger! Remember Yahweh from far [away], and let Jerusalem come to your {mind}.
Then the remnant of Jacobwill be among many peopleslike dew from the Lord,like showers on the grass,which do not wait for anyoneor linger for mankind.
In covetousness they will exploit you with deceptive words: whose sentence now from of old doesn't linger, and their destruction will not slumber.