'Watch' in the Bible

And I said unto them, Let not the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun be hot; and while they stand by, let them shut the doors, and bar them: and appoint watches of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, every one in his watch, and every one to be over against his house.

The Gatekeepers: Akkub, Talmon, and their relatives, who kept watch at the gates, numbered 172.

And the chiefs of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brethren over against them, to praise and give thanks, according to the commandment of David the man of God, watch next to watch.

Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon and Akkub were gatekeepers keeping watch at the storehouses of the gates.

And they kept the watch of their God, and were responsible for making things clean, and so did the music-makers and the door-keepers, as it was ordered by David and Solomon his son.

For how can I watch the calamity that will befall my people, and how can I watch the destruction of my relatives?"

Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me?

If I sin, you watch me and won't acquit me for my iniquity.

You put my feet in the stocksand stand watch over all my paths,setting a limit for the soles of my feet.

“[O God] turn your gaze from him so that he may rest,Until he fulfills his day [on earth] like a hired man.

For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin?

He is carried to the grave,and someone keeps watch over his tomb.

He gives them a sense of security, so they can rely on it,but His eyes watch over their ways.

"I wish I could go back to how things were a few months ago; when God used to watch over me,

He puts my feet in the stocks;He stands watch over all my paths.”

For His eyes watch over a man’s ways,and He observes all his steps.

"Do you know when the mountain goat gives birth? Do you watch the doe as it calves its young?

“Can anyone capture him when he is on watch,With barbs can anyone pierce his nose?

At daybreak, Lord, You hear my voice;at daybreak I plead my case to You and watch expectantly.

He doth sit in an ambush of the villages, In secret places he doth slay the innocent. His eyes for the afflicted watch secretly,

Their eyes secretly watch the helpless, lying in wait like a lion in his den. They lie in wait to catch the afflicted. They catch the afflicted when they pull him into their net.

The Lord is in His holy temple;the Lord’s throne is in heaven.His eyes watch; He examines everyone.

Watch my enemies, for they outnumber me; they hate me and want to harm me.

From his house he keeps watch on all who are living on the earth;

LORD, how long will you just watch? Rescue me from their destruction, my precious life from these young lions.

Wait for the Lord and keep His way,and He will exalt you to inherit the land.You will watch when the wicked are destroyed.

Watch the blameless and observe the upright,for the man of peace will have a future.

I told myself, "I will keep watch over my tongue to keep from sinning. I will muzzle my mouth when the wicked are around."

He put a new song in my mouth, praise to our God! Many will watch and be in awe, and they will place their trust in the LORD.

Those who watch me all day have harassed me, for there are many who fight against me out of conceit.

They stir up strife, they lurk;they watch my stepswhile they wait to take my life.

A person will say, "Certainly, the righteous are rewarded; certainly there is a God who judges the earth." To the Director: A special Davidic psalm to the tune of "Do Not Destroy," when Saul sent men to watch the house in order to kill him.

To the Overseer. -- 'Destroy not,' by David. -- A secret treasure, in Saul's sending, and they watch the house to put him to death. Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God, From my withstanders set me on high.

I will keep watch for You, my strength,because God is my stronghold.

He will sit enthroned forever before [the face of] God;Appoint lovingkindness and truth to watch over and preserve him.

Ruling by His might to the age, His eyes among the nations do watch, The refractory exalt not themselves. Selah.

You mountains of many peaks, why do you watch with envy the mountain in which God has chosen to dwell? Indeed, the LORD will live there forever.

The afflicted will watch and rejoice. May you who seek God take courage.

For mine enemies speak against me, and they that watch for my soul consult together,

Watch over my life because I [am] faithful. You [are] my God; save your servant. [I am] the one who trusts you.

For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.

For he will command his angels concerning you, to watch over you in all your ways.

I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top.

Not for ever doth He strive, Nor to the age doth He watch.

Beth.How can a young man keep his way pure?By keeping watch [on himself] according to Your word [conforming his life to Your precepts].

I am awake through each watch of the nightto meditate on Your promise.

I watch the treacherous, and despise them, because they do not do what you have said.

Unless the LORD builds the house, its builders labor uselessly. Unless the LORD guards the city, its security forces keep watch uselessly.

My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning.

You keep watch over my steps and my sleep, and have knowledge of all my ways.

Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.

Even when my strength leaves me, you watch my footsteps. In the path where I walk they have hidden a trap for me.

If they say, 'Come with us, we lay wait for blood, We watch secretly for the innocent without cause,

And they for their own blood lay wait, They watch secretly for their own lives.

He keeps watch on the ways which are right, and takes care of those who have the fear of him.

Discretion will watch over you,and understanding will guard you,

To keep you from the immoral woman;From the seductress with her flattering words,

Don’t abandon wisdom, and she will watch over you;love her, and she will guard you.

Watch over your heart with all diligence,For from it flow the springs of life.

Watch the path of your feetAnd all your ways will be established.

When you walk here and there, they will guide you;when you lie down, they will watch over you;when you wake up, they will talk to you.

O the happiness of the man hearkening to me, To watch at my doors day by day, To watch at the door-posts of my entrance.

He who keeps a watch on his mouth keeps his life; but he whose lips are open wide will have destruction.

The inexperienced one believes anything,but the sensible one watches his steps.

The eyes of Jehovah are in every place, Keeping watch upon the evil and the good.

The Lord keeps watch over the spirit of man, searching all the deepest parts of the body.

He who keeps watch over his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from troubles.

Thorns and nets are in the way of the twisted: he who keeps watch over his soul will be far from them.

The Lord’s eyes keep watch over knowledge,but He overthrows the words of the treacherous.

Give, my son, thy heart to me, And let thine eyes watch my ways.

Do not keep a secret watch, O evil-doer, against the fields of the upright man, or send destruction on his resting-place:

Watch your step whenever you visit God's house, and come more ready to listen than to offer a fool's sacrifice, since fools never think they're doing evil.

If you see the poor under a cruel yoke, and law and right being violently overturned in a country, be not surprised, because one authority is keeping watch on another and there are higher than they.

on the day when the guardians of the house tremble,and the strong men stoop,the women who grind cease because they are few,and the ones who watch through the windows see dimly,

Return, return, Shulammite, return, return, so we may look at you! Why should you look at the Shulammite, like you watch the dance of the two camps?

They will roar over it at that time, like the sea waves roar. If one surveys the land, watch out! There's darkness and distress; even the daylight is darkened by its clouds.

"Therefore the LORD himself will give you a sign. Watch! The virgin is conceiving a child, and will give birth to a son, and his name will be called Immanuel.

watch out! The LORD God is about to bring the flood waters of the Euphrates River against them, mighty and strong.

Watch out! I and the children whom the LORD has given me are a sign and a wonder in Israel from the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, who resides on Mount Zion."

Watch out! The Day of the LORD is coming cruel, with wrath and fierce anger to turn the entire inhabited earth into a desolation and to annihilate sinners from it.

Watch out! I'm stirring up the Medes against them, who care nothing for silver and take no delight in gold.

When the evening arrives, watch out sudden terror! By morning they will be there no longer! So it will be for those who plunder us and what will happen to those who rob us."

For this is what the LORD told me: "I will remain quiet and watch in my dwelling place like dazzling heat in sunshine, like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest."

A message about Egypt: "Watch out! The LORD rides on a swift cloud, and is coming to Egypt. The idols of Egypt tremble before him, and the hearts of the Egyptians melt within them.

My mind reels, horror overwhelms me;The twilight I longed for has been turned into fear and trembling for me.

Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, ye princes, and anoint the shield.

And the watchman gave a loud cry, O my lord, I am on the watchtower all day, and am placed in my watch every night:

Be shamed, O Zidon: for the sea, the strong place of the sea has said, I have not been with child, or given birth; I have not taken care of young men, or kept watch over the growth of virgins

"Watch out! The LORD is about to depopulate the land and devastate it; he will turn it upside down and scatter its inhabitants.

I, Yahweh, watch over it;I water it regularly.I guard it night and dayso that no one disturbs it.

Therefore, watch out! "As for me, I will once again do amazing things with this people, wonder upon wonder. The wisdom of their wise men will perish, and the insights of their discerning men will stay hidden."

For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scorner is consumed, and all that watch for iniquity are cut off:

Watch this! I'm going to place an attitude within him, so that when he hears a certain report, he'll return to his own country. Then I'll have him cut down by the sword in his own land."

And I will keep you and this town safe from the hands of the king of Assyria: and I will keep watch over this town.

Watch! I will make the shadow on the steps of the upper dial of Ahaz that marks the sun go ten steps backwards."'" Then the sunlight turned back on the dial the ten steps by which it had gone down.

“I am the Lord, I have called You in righteousness,I will also hold You by the hand and watch over You,And I will appoint You as a covenant to the people,As a light to the nations,

Watch! I'm about to carry out something new! And now it's springing up don't you recognize it? I'm making a way in the wilderness and paths in the desert.

"Watch! They'll come from far away some from the north and from the west, and others from the region of China."

"For this what the LORD says, "Watch! I'll lift up my hand to the nations and raise my banner to the nations. They will bring your sons in their arms, and your daughters will be carried on their shoulders.'

Watch! If anyone does attack you, it will not be from me; whoever may attack you will fall because of you.