'Stay' in the Bible

After they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. "Get up, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt," he said. "Stay there until I tell you, because Herod intends to search for the child and kill him."

"Whatever town or village you enter, find out who is receptive in it and stay there until you leave.

Then he told them, "I'm so deeply grieved that I feel I'm about to die. Wait here and stay awake with me."

When he went back to the disciples, he found them asleep. He told Peter, "So, you men couldn't stay awake with me for one hour, could you?

All of you must stay awake and pray that you won't be tempted. The spirit is indeed willing, but the body is weak."

But when the man left, he began to proclaim it freely. He spread the news so widely that Jesus could no longer enter a town openly, but had to stay out in deserted places. Still, people kept coming to him from everywhere.

He told them repeatedly, "Whenever you go into a home, stay there until you leave that place.

So he told them, "I'm deeply grieved, even to the point of death. Wait here and stay awake."

When he went back, he found his disciples asleep. "Simon, are you asleep?" he asked Peter. "You couldn't stay awake for one hour, could you?

All of you must stay awake and pray that you won't be tempted. The spirit is indeed willing, but the body is weak."

When you visit a home and stay there, and go out from there,

Stay with the same family, eating and drinking whatever they provide, because the worker deserves his pay. Don't move from house to house.

When Jesus came to the tree, he looked up and said, "Zacchaeus, hurry and come down! I must stay at your house today."

But they strongly urged him, "Stay with us, because it is almost evening and the daylight is nearly gone." So he went in to stay with them.

I am sending to you what my Father promised, so stay here in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high."

So when the Samaritans came to Jesus, they asked him to stay with them, and he stayed there for two days.

The Spirit told Philip, "Approach that chariot and stay near it."

So Peter ordered them to be baptized in the name of Jesus the Messiah. Then they asked him to stay there for several days.

"Men of Israel and you who fear God, listen! The God of this people Israel chose our ancestors and made them a great people during their stay in the land of Egypt, and with a public display of power he led them out of there.

When she and her family were baptized, she urged us, "If you are convinced that I am a believer in the Lord, come and stay at my home." And she continued to insist that we do so.

They asked him to stay longer, but he refused.

There we found some brothers and were invited to stay with them for seven days. After this, we arrived in Rome.

Now I urge you, brothers, to watch out for those who create divisions and sinful enticements that oppose the teaching you have learned. Stay away from them,

Everyone should stay in the same condition in which he was called.

Brothers, everyone should stay in the same condition in which he was called by God.

In view of the present crisis, I think it is prudent for a man to stay as he is.

and will probably stay with you for a while or even spend the winter with you. Then you can send me on my way, wherever I decide to go.

However, I'll stay on in Ephesus until Pentecost,

We will not boast about what cannot be evaluated. Instead, we will stay within the field that God assigned us, so as to reach even you.

The only thing that matters is that you continue to live as good citizens in a manner worthy of the gospel of the Messiah. Then, whether I come to see you or whether I stay away, I may hear all about you that you are standing firm in one spirit, struggling with one mind for the faith of the gospel,

Therefore, let's not fall asleep like others do, but let's stay awake and be sober.

When I was on my way to Macedonia, I urged you to stay in Ephesus so that you could instruct certain people to stop teaching false doctrine

They will hold to an outward form of godliness but deny its power. Stay away from such people.

and one of you tells them, "Go in peace! Stay warm and eat heartily." If you do not provide for their bodily needs, what good does it do?

Now listen, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a town, stay there a year, conduct business, and make money."