6 occurrences

'Stay' in the Bible

Please do not leave this place until I return to You. Let me bring my gift and set it before You.”And He said, “I will stay until you return.”

Verse ConceptsLeavingWaiting Till Marriage

“Please stay here,” Manoah told Him, “and we will prepare a young goat for You.”

Verse ConceptsGoatsHospitality, Examples OfHospitalityTravellers

The Angel of the Lord said to him, “If I stay, I won’t eat your food. But if you want to prepare a burnt offering, offer it to the Lord.” For Manoah did not know He was the Angel of the Lord.

Micah replied, “Stay with me and be my father and priest, and I will give you four ounces of silver a year, along with your clothing and provisions.” So the Levite went in

Verse ConceptsCoinageHiringSpiritual FathersPeople Giving ClothesUnnamed Priests

and agreed to stay with the man, and the young man became like one of his sons.

Verse ConceptsAdoption

So they sat down and the two of them ate and drank together. Then the girl’s father said to the man, “Please agree to stay overnight and enjoy yourself.”

Verse ConceptsEnjoyment, Material ThingsSittingPeople Who Delayed

Bible Theasaurus

Arrest (38 instances)
Check (14 instances)
Continue (334 instances)
Delay (59 instances)
Detain (5 instances)
Hitch (4 instances)
Persist (16 instances)
Remain (604 instances)

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