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It is frequently associated with impulsive actions and decisions that can lead to negative consequences. The Bible addresses the concept of haste in various contexts, highlighting both its potential pitfalls and, at times, its necessity.<br><br><b>Old Testament References:</b><br>In the Old Testament, haste is often depicted as a characteristic of folly. <a href="/proverbs/19-2.htm">Proverbs 19:2</a> warns, "Even zeal is no good without knowledge, and he who hurries his footsteps misses the mark." This verse underscores the importance of knowledge and understanding before taking action. Similarly, <a href="/proverbs/21-5.htm">Proverbs 21:5</a> states, "The plans of the diligent bring plenty, as surely as haste leads to poverty." Here, haste is contrasted with diligence, suggesting that careful planning and patience lead to prosperity, while rashness results in lack.<br><br>The account of Esau selling his birthright to Jacob in <a href="/genesis/25-29.htm">Genesis 25:29-34</a> is a classic example of the dangers of haste. Driven by immediate hunger, Esau makes a hasty decision that costs him his inheritance. This narrative illustrates how impulsive actions can have long-lasting repercussions.<br><br><b>New Testament References:</b><br>In the New Testament, the theme of haste is also present. <a href="/james/1-19.htm">James 1:19</a> advises, "My beloved brothers, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger." This counsel emphasizes the importance of restraint and thoughtful consideration before acting or speaking.<br><br>The parable of the prodigal son in <a href="/luke/15-11.htm">Luke 15:11-32</a> can be seen as a cautionary tale about the consequences of hasty decisions. The younger son demands his inheritance prematurely and squanders it through reckless living. His account serves as a reminder of the potential for redemption and forgiveness, even after hasty and misguided actions.<br><br><b>Positive Aspects of Haste:</b><br>While haste is often portrayed negatively, there are instances where it is depicted positively, particularly when it involves obedience to God's commands. In <a href="/exodus/12-11.htm">Exodus 12:11</a>, the Israelites are instructed to eat the Passover meal in haste, ready to leave Egypt at God's command. This urgency is a demonstration of faith and readiness to follow God's leading.<br><br>In the New Testament, the shepherds' response to the angelic announcement of Jesus' birth is marked by haste. <a href="/luke/2-16.htm">Luke 2:16</a> records, "So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph and the baby, who was lying in the manger." Their swift action reflects eagerness and joy in witnessing the fulfillment of God's promise.<br><br><b>Theological Implications:</b><br>The concept of haste in the Bible often serves as a metaphor for the human tendency to act impulsively without seeking divine guidance. It highlights the importance of patience, wisdom, and discernment in decision-making. The scriptures encourage believers to seek God's will and timing, rather than relying solely on their own understanding or desires.<br><br><b>Practical Application:</b><br>In practical terms, the biblical teachings on haste encourage individuals to cultivate patience and self-control. Believers are urged to seek God's guidance through prayer and scripture before making significant decisions. By doing so, they can avoid the pitfalls of impulsive actions and align their lives more closely with God's purposes.<a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>1. (<I>n.</I>) Celerity of motion; speed; swiftness; dispatch; expedition; -- applied only to voluntary beings, as men and other animals.<p>2. (<I>n.</I>) The state of being urged or pressed by business; hurry; urgency; sudden excitement of feeling or passion; precipitance; vehemence.<p>3. (<I>n.</I>) To hasten; to hurry.<a name="isb" id="isb"></a><div class="vheading2">International Standard Bible Encyclopedia</div><span class="encheading">HASTE</span><p>hast (chaphaz, chush, mahar; speudo): "Haste" (from a root meaning "to pursue") implies "celerity of motion."<br><br>(1) The noun occurs as translation of mahar, "to hasten," etc. (<a href="/exodus/10-16.htm">Exodus 10:16</a>; <a href="/exodus/12-33.htm">Exodus 12:33</a>, "in haste"); of chapaz, "to make haste" (<a href="/2_kings/7-15.htm">2 Kings 7:15</a> <a href="/psalms/31-22.htm">Psalm 31:22</a>; <a href="/psalms/116-11.htm">Psalm 116:11</a>, "I said in my haste (the Revised Version margin "alarm"), All men are liars"); of chippazon, a "hasty flight" (<a href="/exodus/12-11.htm">Exodus 12:11</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/16-3.htm">Deuteronomy 16:3</a> <a href="/isaiah/52-12.htm">Isaiah 52:12</a>); of nachats, "to be urgent" (<a href="/1_samuel/21-8.htm">1 Samuel 21:8</a>, "The king's business required haste").<br><br>(2) "Haste" as a verb is transitive and intrans; instances of the transitive use are, 'uts, "to hasten," "press" (<a href="/exodus/5-13.htm">Exodus 5:13</a>, "And the taskmasters hasted them," the Revised Version (British and American) "were urgent"); chush, "to make haste" (<a href="/isaiah/5-19.htm">Isaiah 5:19</a>); mahar (<a href="/2_chronicles/24-5.htm">2 Chronicles 24:5</a> twice); shaqadh, "to watch," "to fix one's attention" on anything (<a href="/jeremiah/1-12.htm">Jeremiah 1:12</a> the King James Version, "I will hasten my word"); mahir, "hasting" (<a href="/isaiah/16-5.htm">Isaiah 16:5</a>, "hasting righteousness," the Revised Version (British and American) "swift to do"). The intransitive use is more frequent and represents many different words.<br><br>Hasty also occurs in several instances (<a href="/proverbs/21-5.htm">Proverbs 21:5</a>; <a href="/proverbs/29-20.htm">Proverbs 29:20</a>, 'uts, etc.); in <a href="/isaiah/28-4.htm">Isaiah 28:4</a>, bikkur, "first-fruit," is translated "hasty fruit," the Revised Version (British and American) "first-ripe fig."<br><br>The Revised Version (British and American) has "Haste ye" for "assemble yourselves" (<a href="/joel/3-11.htm">Joel 3:11</a> margin, as the King James Version); "make haste" for "speedily" (<a href="/psalms/143-7.htm">Psalm 143:7</a>); "and hasted to catch whether it were his mind" (for <a href="/1_kings/20-33.htm">1 Kings 20:33</a> the King James Version); "and it hasteth toward the end," margin (Hebrew) "panteth," for "but at the end it shall speak" (<a href="/habakkuk/2-3.htm">Habakkuk 2:3</a>); "hastily" for "suddenly" (<a href="/1_timothy/5-22.htm">1 Timothy 5:22</a>); for "and for this I make haste" (<a href="/job/20-2.htm">Job 20:2</a>), "even by reason of my haste that is in me," margin "and by reason of this my haste is within me"; for "hasten after another god" (<a href="/psalms/16-4.htm">Psalm 16:4</a>), the American Standard Revised Version has "that give gifts for another god," the English Revised Version "exchange the Lord for"; for "hasten hereunto" (<a href="/ecclesiastes/2-25.htm">Ecclesiastes 2:25</a>), "have enjoyment"; for "hasten hither" (<a href="/1_kings/22-9.htm">1 Kings 22:9</a>), "fetch quickly"; for "and gather" (<a href="/exodus/9-19.htm">Exodus 9:19</a>), "hasten in"; for "hasteneth that he may" (<a href="/isaiah/51-14.htm">Isaiah 51:14</a>), "shall speedily"; for "hasteth to" (<a href="/job/9-26.htm">Job 9:26</a>), "swoopeth on"; for "and hasteth" (<a href="/job/40-23.htm">Job 40:23</a>), "he trembleth"; for "hasty" (<a href="/daniel/2-15.htm">Daniel 2:15</a>), "urgent."<br><br>W. L. Walker<p><a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/4710.htm"><span class="l">4710. spoude -- <b>haste</b>, diligence</span></a> <br><b>...</b> <b>haste</b>, diligence. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: spoude Phonetic<br> Spelling: (spoo-day') Short Definition: <b>haste</b>, diligence Definition: (a) speed <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4710.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><p><a href="/greek/4704.htm"><span class="l">4704. spoudazo -- to make <b>haste</b>, hence to give diligence</span></a> <br><b>...</b> to make <b>haste</b>, hence to give diligence. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: spoudazo<br> Phonetic Spelling: (spoo-dad'-zo) Short Definition: I hasten Definition <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4704.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><p><a href="/greek/4709.htm"><span class="l">4709. spoudaios -- with <b>haste</b>, diligently</span></a> <br><b>...</b> with <b>haste</b>, diligently. Part of Speech: Adverb Transliteration: spoudaios Phonetic<br> Spelling: (spoo-dah'-yoce) Short Definition: diligently, earnestly Definition <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4709.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/4692.htm"><span class="l">4692. speudo -- to hasten, urge on</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Word Origin a prim. word Definition to hasten, urge on NASB Word Usage hastening<br> (1), hurried (1), hurry (2), hurrying (1), make <b>haste</b> (1). hasten, hurry. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4692.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/5034.htm"><span class="l">5034. tachos -- speed</span></a> <br><b>...</b> speed. From the same as tachus; a brief space (of time), ie (with en prefixed) in<br> <b>haste</b> -- + quickly, + shortly, + speedily. see GREEK tachus. see GREEK en. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/5034.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/924.htm"><span class="l">924. behilu -- <b>haste</b></span></a><br><b>...</b> 923, 924. behilu. 925 . <b>haste</b>. Transliteration: behilu Phonetic Spelling:<br> (be-hee-loo') Short Definition: <b>haste</b>. Word Origin (Aramaic <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/924.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/213.htm"><span class="l">213. uts -- to press, be pressed, make <b>haste</b></span></a><br><b>...</b> 212, 213. uts. 214 . to press, be pressed, make <b>haste</b>. Transliteration: uts<br> Phonetic Spelling: (oots) Short Definition: hasty. Word Origin a prim. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/213.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/2439.htm"><span class="l">2439. chish -- make <b>haste</b></span></a><br><b>...</b> chish. 2440 . make <b>haste</b>. Transliteration: chish Phonetic Spelling: (kheesh) Short<br> Definition: <b>haste</b>. <b>...</b> make <b>haste</b> Another form of chuwsh; to hurry -- make <b>haste</b> <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/2439.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 5k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/2363.htm"><span class="l">2363. chuwsh -- to hasten, make <b>haste</b></span></a><br><b>...</b> 2362, 2363. chuwsh. 2363a . to hasten, make <b>haste</b>. Transliteration: chuwsh<br> Phonetic Spelling: (koosh) Short Definition: <b>haste</b>. make hasten, ready <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/2363.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 5k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/2363a.htm"><span class="l">2363a. chush -- to hasten, make <b>haste</b></span></a><br><b>...</b> 2363, 2363a. chush. 2363b . to hasten, make <b>haste</b>. Transliteration: chush<br> Short Definition: hasten. Word Origin a prim. root Definition <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/2363a.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 5k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/4120.htm"><span class="l">4120. meherah -- <b>haste</b>, speed</span></a><br><b>...</b> 4119, 4120. meherah. 4121 . <b>haste</b>, speed. Transliteration: meherah Phonetic<br> Spelling: (meh-hay-raw') Short Definition: quickly. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/4120.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/2649.htm"><span class="l">2649. chippazon -- trepidation, hurried flight</span></a><br><b>...</b> 2648, 2649. chippazon. 2650 . trepidation, hurried flight. Transliteration:<br> chippazon Phonetic Spelling: (khip-paw-zone') Short Definition: <b>haste</b>. <b>...</b> <b>haste</b>. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/2649.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/4116.htm"><span class="l">4116. mahar -- to hasten</span></a><br><b>...</b> root Definition to hasten NASB Word Usage act quickly (1), anxious (1), bring quickly<br> (2), bring...quickly (1), do quickly (1), <b>haste</b> (2), hasten (3), hastened <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/4116.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/2648.htm"><span class="l">2648. chaphaz -- to be in trepidation, hurry or alarm</span></a><br><b>...</b> root Definition to be in trepidation, hurry or alarm NASB Word Usage alarm (2),<br> alarmed (1), fled in alarm (1), <b>haste</b> (1), hurried away (1), hurry (1 <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/2648.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/927.htm"><span class="l">927. behal -- to alarm, dismay</span></a><br><b>...</b> Word Origin (Aramaic) corresponding to bahal Definition to alarm, dismay NASB Word<br> Usage alarm (2), alarmed (3), alarming (2), <b>haste</b> (2), hurriedly (1), kept <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/927.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/gaebelein/the_lord_of_glory/make_haste.htm"><span class="l">Make <b>Haste</b>.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Make <b>Haste</b>. <b>...</b> What a day when He purges the earth by fire and comes with all His Saints<br> to reign. Make <b>haste</b>! Even so, come Lord Jesus! Lord Jesus, come! <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/gaebelein/the lord of glory/make haste.htm</font><p><a href="/library/whyte/lord_teach_us_to_pray/v_mosesmaking_haste.htm"><span class="l">Moses --Making <b>Haste</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> PART II. SOME BIBLE TYPES OF PRAYER V. MOSES"MAKING <b>HASTE</b>. "Lord, teach us to<br> pray.""Luke 11:1. "And Moses made <b>haste</b> . . .""Exodus 34:8. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/whyte/lord teach us to pray/v mosesmaking haste.htm</font><p><a href="/library/winkworth/lyra_germanica_second_series_the_christian_life/advent_ye_heavens_oh_haste.htm"><span class="l">Advent. Ye Heavens, Oh <b>Haste</b> Your Dews to Shed</span></a> <br><b>...</b> ADVENT. Ye heavens, oh <b>haste</b> your dews to shed. [36]1. Ye heavens, oh <b>haste</b><br> your dews to shed [37]2. Arise, the kingdom is at hand <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../lyra germanica second series the christian life/advent ye heavens oh haste.htm</font><p><a href="/library/various/the_hymnal_of_the_protestant_episcopal_church_in_the_usa/missions_474_o_sion_haste.htm"><span class="l">O Sion, <b>Haste</b>, Thy Mission High Fulfilling</span></a> <br><b>...</b> V. THE CHURCH Missions 474. O Sion, <b>haste</b>, thy mission high fulfilling. PM <b>...</b> Refrain.<br> Mary A. Thomson, 1870. O Sion, <b>haste</b>, thy mission high fulfilling,. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../missions 474 o sion haste.htm</font><p><a href="/library/arthur/words_for_the_wise/making_haste_to_be_rich.htm"><span class="l">Making <b>Haste</b> to be Rich.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> MAKING <b>HASTE</b> TO BE RICH. <b>...</b> "'He that maketh <b>haste</b> to be rich shall not be innocent.'<br> Among all the sayings of the wise man, there is not one truer than that. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/arthur/words for the wise/making haste to be rich.htm</font><p><a href="/library/josephus/the_antiquities_of_the_jews/chapter_14_how_herod_got.htm"><span class="l">How Herod Got Away from the King of Arabia and Made <b>Haste</b> to Go <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> How Herod Got Away From The King Of Arabia And Made <b>Haste</b> To Go Into Egypt And Thence<br> Went Away In <b>Haste</b> Also To Rome; And How, By Promising A Great Deal Of <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 14 how herod got.htm</font><p><a href="/library/cyprian/the_epistles_of_cyprian/epistle_xiii_to_the_clergy.htm"><span class="l">Epistle xiii. To the Clergy, Concerning those who are in <b>Haste</b> to <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> Epistle XIII. To the Clergy, Concerning Those Who are in <b>Haste</b> to Receive<br> Peace. ad 250. Argument."Peace Must Be Attained Through <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../cyprian/the epistles of cyprian/epistle xiii to the clergy.htm</font><p><a href="/library/ephraim/hymns_and_homilies_of_ephraim_the_syrian/hymn_xxi_john_who_was.htm"><span class="l">John who was a Torch, Laid Bare and Rebuked the Wanton Ones: they <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> John who was a torch, laid bare and rebuked the wanton ones: they made <b>haste</b> and<br> quenched the torch, that they might let loose the desire of their lust. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../ephraim/hymns and homilies of ephraim the syrian/hymn xxi john who was.htm</font><p><a href="/library/josephus/the_wars_of_the_jews_or_history_of_the_destruction_of_jerusalem/chapter_14_when_herod_is.htm"><span class="l">When Herod is Rejected in Arabia, He Makes <b>Haste</b> to Rome Where <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> CHAPTER 14. When Herod Is Rejected In Arabia, He Makes <b>Haste</b> To Rome Where<br> Antony And Caesar Join Their Interest To Make Him King . <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../chapter 14 when herod is.htm</font><p><a href="/library/law/the_way_to_divine_knowledge/way-1-28_but_dear_theophilus_i.htm"><span class="l">But, Dear Theophilus, I must Now Tell You that I Want to Make <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> [Way-1-28] But, dear Theophilus, I must now tell you that I want to make<br> <b>haste</b> in? But, dear Theophilus, I must now tell you that <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../law/the way to divine knowledge/way-1-28 but dear theophilus i.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/d/dispatch.htm"><span class="l">Dispatch (5 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 4. (vt) To send off or away; -- particularly applied to sending off messengers,<br> messages, letters, etc., on special business, and implying <b>haste</b>. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/d/dispatch.htm - 9k</font><p><a href="/topical/s/speed.htm"><span class="l">Speed (22 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 7. (n.) To make <b>haste</b>; to move with celerity. <b>...</b> 10. (vt) To cause to make <b>haste</b>; to<br> dispatch with celerity; to drive at full speed; hence, to hasten; to hurry. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/speed.htm - 14k</font><p><a href="/topical/p/post.htm"><span class="l">Post (26 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 10. (n.) <b>Haste</b> or speed, like that of a messenger or mail carrier. 11. <b>...</b> 21. (vi) To<br> travel with post horses; figuratively, to travel in <b>haste</b>. 22. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/p/post.htm - 19k</font><p><a href="/topical/m/mephibosheth.htm"><span class="l">Mephibosheth (13 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> The child's nurse hearing of this calamity, fled with him from Gibeah, the royal<br> residence, and stumbling in her <b>haste</b>, the child was thrown to the ground and <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/m/mephibosheth.htm - 17k</font><p><a href="/topical/b/burial.htm"><span class="l">Burial (25 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 1. Reasons for This: The burial of the dead in the East in general was and is often<br> effected in such a way as to suggest to the westerner indecent <b>haste</b>. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/b/burial.htm - 42k</font><p><a href="/topical/z/zacchaeus.htm"><span class="l">Zacchaeus (3 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> When our Lord reached the spot he looked up to the publican among the branches,<br> and addressing him by name, told him to make <b>haste</b> and come down, as he <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/z/zacchaeus.htm - 10k</font><p><a href="/topical/r/rash.htm"><span class="l">Rash (18 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 8. (superl.) Uttered or undertaken with too much <b>haste</b> or too little reflection;<br> as, rash words; rash measures. <b>...</b> 10. (vt) To prepare with <b>haste</b>. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/r/rash.htm - 12k</font><p><a href="/topical/r/rush.htm"><span class="l">Rush (35 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 3. (vi) To move forward with impetuosity, violence, and tumultuous rapidity or<br><b>haste</b>; as, armies rush to battle; waters rush down a precipice. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/r/rush.htm - 20k</font><p><a href="/topical/d/dash.htm"><span class="l">Dash (30 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vt) To throw with violence or <b>haste</b>; to cause<br> to strike violently or hastily; -- often used with against. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/d/dash.htm - 19k</font><p><a href="/topical/n/nicanor.htm"><span class="l">Nicanor (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><b>...</b> him to Demetrius. The latter peremptorily ordered Nicanor to bring Judas<br> in all <b>haste</b> as prisoner to Antioch (14:27). The scene <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/n/nicanor.htm - 14k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/all-men-are-liars.html">What does it mean that all men are liars (Psalm 116:11)? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Passover-Seder.html">How do the elements of the Passover Seder point to Christ? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Jonah-angry.html">Why was Jonah angry that the Ninevites repented (Jonah 4:1-2)? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://clyx.com/term/haste.htm">Haste: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com</a><br /><br /><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Haste (106 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/mark/6-25.htm">Mark 6:25</a></span><br />She came in immediately with <span class="boldtext">haste</span> to the king, and asked, "I want you to give me right now the head of John the Baptizer on a platter."<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/1-39.htm">Luke 1:39</a></span><br />Mary arose in those days and went into the hill country with <span class="boldtext">haste</span>, into a city of Judah,<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/2-16.htm">Luke 2:16</a></span><br />They came with <span class="boldtext">haste</span>, and found both Mary and Joseph, and the baby was lying in the feeding trough.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/19-5.htm">Luke 19:5</a></span><br />And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up, and saw him, and said unto him, Zacchaeus, make <span class="boldtext">haste</span>, and come down; for to day I must abide at thy house.<br /><span class="source">(KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/19-6.htm">Luke 19:6</a></span><br />And he made <span class="boldtext">haste</span>, and came down, and received him joyfully.<br /><span class="source">(KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/12-7.htm">Acts 12:7</a></span><br />and lo, a messenger of the Lord stood by, and a light shone in the buildings, and having smitten Peter on the side, he raised him up, saying, 'Rise in <span class="boldtext">haste</span>,' and his chains fell from off 'his' hands.<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/22-18.htm">Acts 22:18</a></span><br />And saw him saying unto me, Make <span class="boldtext">haste</span>, and get thee quickly out of Jerusalem: for they will not receive thy testimony concerning me.<br /><span class="source">(KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/19-22.htm">Genesis 19:22</a></span><br /><span class="boldtext">Haste</span> thee, escape thither; for I cannot do anything till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.<br /><span class="source">(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/24-46.htm">Genesis 24:46</a></span><br />And she made <span class="boldtext">haste</span>, and let down her pitcher from her shoulder, and said, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: so I drank, and she made the camels drink also.<br /><span class="source">(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/43-30.htm">Genesis 43:30</a></span><br />And Joseph made <span class="boldtext">haste</span>; for his bowels did yearn upon his brother: and he sought where to weep; and he entered into his chamber, and wept there.<br /><span class="source">(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/45-9.htm">Genesis 45:9</a></span><br /><span class="boldtext">Haste</span> ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus saith thy son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come down unto me, tarry not:<br /><span class="source">(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/45-13.htm">Genesis 45:13</a></span><br />And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that ye have seen; and ye shall <span class="boldtext">haste</span> and bring down my father hither.<br /><span class="source">(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/5-13.htm">Exodus 5:13</a></span><br />And the taskmasters hasted them, saying, Fulfil your works, your daily tasks, as when there was straw.<br /><span class="source">(Root in KJV WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/10-16.htm">Exodus 10:16</a></span><br />Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron in <span class="boldtext">haste</span>, and he said, "I have sinned against Yahweh your God, and against you.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/12-11.htm">Exodus 12:11</a></span><br />This is how you shall eat it: with your waist girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and you shall eat it in <span class="boldtext">haste</span>: it is Yahweh's Passover.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/12-33.htm">Exodus 12:33</a></span><br />The Egyptians were urgent with the people, to send them out of the land in <span class="boldtext">haste</span>, for they said, "We are all dead men."<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/34-8.htm">Exodus 34:8</a></span><br />And Moses made <span class="boldtext">haste</span>, and bowed his head toward the earth, and worshipped.<br /><span class="source">(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/16-3.htm">Deuteronomy 16:3</a></span><br />You shall eat no leavened bread with it. You shall eat unleavened bread with it seven days, even the bread of affliction; for you came forth out of the land of Egypt in <span class="boldtext">haste</span>: that you may remember the day when you came forth out of the land of Egypt all the days of your life.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/20-3.htm">Deuteronomy 20:3</a></span><br />and said unto them, Hear, Israel, ye are drawing near to-day to battle against your enemies, let not your hearts be tender, fear not, nor make <span class="boldtext">haste</span>, nor be terrified at their presence,<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/32-35.htm">Deuteronomy 32:35</a></span><br />Vengeance is mine, and recompense, at the time when their foot slides; for the day of their calamity is at hand. The things that are to come on them shall make <span class="boldtext">haste</span>."<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/joshua/4-10.htm">Joshua 4:10</a></span><br />For the priests which bare the ark stood in the midst of Jordan, until everything was finished that the LORD commanded Joshua to speak unto the people, according to all that Moses commanded Joshua: and the people hasted and passed over.<br /><span class="source">(Root in KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/joshua/8-14.htm">Joshua 8:14</a></span><br />And it came to pass, when the king of Ai saw it, that they hasted and rose up early, and the men of the city went out against Israel to battle, he and all his people, at a time appointed, before the plain; but he wist not that there were liers in ambush against him behind the city.<br /><span class="source">(Root in KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/joshua/8-19.htm">Joshua 8:19</a></span><br />And the ambush arose quickly out of their place, and they ran as soon as he had stretched out his hand: and they entered into the city, and took it, and hasted and set the city on fire.<br /><span class="source">(Root in KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/joshua/10-6.htm">Joshua 10:6</a></span><br />And the men of Gibeon send unto Joshua, unto the camp at Gilgal, saying, 'Let not thy hand cease from thy servants; come up unto us 'with' <span class="boldtext">haste</span>, and give safety to us, and help us; for all the kings of the Amorite, dwelling in the hill-country, have been assembled against us.'<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/judges/2-17.htm">Judges 2:17</a></span><br />and also unto their judges they have not hearkened, but have gone a-whoring after other gods, and bow themselves to them; they have turned aside 'with' <span class="boldtext">haste</span> out of the way 'in' which their fathers walked to obey the commands of Jehovah -- they have not done so.<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/judges/9-48.htm">Judges 9:48</a></span><br />Abimelech got him up to Mount Zalmon, he and all the people who were with him; and Abimelech took an axe in his hand, and cut down a bough from the trees, and took it up, and laid it on his shoulder: and he said to the people who were with him, "What you have seen me do, make <span class="boldtext">haste</span>, and do as I have done!"<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/judges/13-10.htm">Judges 13:10</a></span><br />The woman made <span class="boldtext">haste</span>, and ran, and told her husband, and said to him, "Behold, the man has appeared to me, who came to me the other day."<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/judges/20-37.htm">Judges 20:37</a></span><br />And the liers in wait hasted, and rushed upon Gibeah; and the liers in wait drew themselves along, and smote all the city with the edge of the sword.<br /><span class="source">(Root in KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_samuel/4-14.htm">1 Samuel 4:14</a></span><br />And when Eli heard the noise of the crying, he said, What meaneth the noise of this tumult? And the man hasted, and came and told Eli. <br /><span class="source">(ASV JPS YLT RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_samuel/9-12.htm">1 Samuel 9:12</a></span><br />And they answered them, and said, He is; behold, he is before you: make <span class="boldtext">haste</span> now, for he came to day to the city; for there is a sacrifice of the people to day in the high place:<br /><span class="source">(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_samuel/20-38.htm">1 Samuel 20:38</a></span><br />And Jonathan cried after the lad, Make speed, <span class="boldtext">haste</span>, stay not. And Jonathan's lad gathered up the arrows, and came to his master.<br /><span class="source">(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_samuel/21-8.htm">1 Samuel 21:8</a></span><br />David said to Ahimelech, "Isn't there here under your hand spear or sword? For I have neither brought my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king's business required <span class="boldtext">haste</span>."<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_samuel/23-26.htm">1 Samuel 23:26</a></span><br />Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain: and David made <span class="boldtext">haste</span> to get away for fear of Saul; for Saul and his men surrounded David and his men to take them.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_samuel/23-27.htm">1 Samuel 23:27</a></span><br />But there came a messenger unto Saul, saying, <span class="boldtext">Haste</span> thee, and come; for the Philistines have invaded the land.<br /><span class="source">(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_samuel/25-18.htm">1 Samuel 25:18</a></span><br />Then Abigail made <span class="boldtext">haste</span>, and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched corn, and an hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on asses.<br /><span class="source">(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_samuel/25-23.htm">1 Samuel 25:23</a></span><br />And when Abigail saw David, she hasted, and lighted off the ass, and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground,<br /><span class="source">(Root in KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_samuel/25-34.htm">1 Samuel 25:34</a></span><br />For in very deed, as the LORD God of Israel liveth, which hath kept me back from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and come to meet me, surely there had not been left unto Nabal by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall.<br /><span class="source">(Root in KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_samuel/25-42.htm">1 Samuel 25:42</a></span><br />And Abigail hasted, and arose and rode upon an ass, with five damsels of hers that went after her; and she went after the messengers of David, and became his wife.<br /><span class="source">(Root in KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_samuel/28-24.htm">1 Samuel 28:24</a></span><br />And the woman had a fat calf in the house; and she hasted, and killed it, and took flour, and kneaded it, and did bake unleavened bread thereof:<br /><span class="source">(Root in KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_samuel/4-4.htm">2 Samuel 4:4</a></span><br />Now Jonathan, Saul's son, had a son who was lame of his feet. He was five years old when the news came of Saul and Jonathan out of Jezreel; and his nurse took him up, and fled: and it happened, as she made <span class="boldtext">haste</span> to flee, that he fell, and became lame. His name was Mephibosheth.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_samuel/15-14.htm">2 Samuel 15:14</a></span><br />And David saith to all his servants who 'are' with him in Jerusalem, 'Rise, and we flee, for we have no escape from the face of Absalom; <span class="boldtext">haste</span> to go, lest he hasten, and have overtaken us, and forced on us evil, and smitten the city by the mouth of the sword.'<br /><span class="source">(YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_samuel/19-16.htm">2 Samuel 19:16</a></span><br />And Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite, which was of Bahurim, hasted and came down with the men of Judah to meet king David.<br /><span class="source">(Root in KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_kings/12-18.htm">1 Kings 12:18</a></span><br />And king Rehoboam sent Adoram, who was over the levy; but all Israel stoned him with stones, that he died. And king Rehoboam hastened to mount his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem.<br /><span class="source">(Root in DBY NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_kings/20-41.htm">1 Kings 20:41</a></span><br />And he hasted, and took the ashes away from his face; and the king of Israel discerned him that he was of the prophets.<br /><span class="source">(Root in KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_kings/1-11.htm">2 Kings 1:11</a></span><br />And he turneth and sendeth unto him another head of fifty and his fifty, and he answereth and speaketh unto him, 'O man of God, thus said the king, <span class="boldtext">Haste</span>, come down.'<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_kings/7-15.htm">2 Kings 7:15</a></span><br />They went after them to the Jordan; and behold, all the way was full of garments and vessels, which the Syrians had cast away in their <span class="boldtext">haste</span>. The messengers returned, and told the king.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_kings/9-13.htm">2 Kings 9:13</a></span><br />Then they hasted, and took every man his garment, and put it under him on the top of the stairs, and blew with trumpets, saying, Jehu is king.<br /><span class="source">(Root in KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_chronicles/10-18.htm">2 Chronicles 10:18</a></span><br />And king Rehoboam sent Hadoram, who was over the levy; but the children of Israel stoned him with stones, that he died. And king Rehoboam hastened to mount his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem.<br /><span class="source">(Root in DBY NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_chronicles/24-5.htm">2 Chronicles 24:5</a></span><br />He gathered together the priests and the Levites, and said to them, Go out to the cities of Judah, and gather of all Israel money to repair the house of your God from year to year; and see that you hasten the matter. However the Levites didn't hurry.<br /><span class="source">(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_chronicles/26-20.htm">2 Chronicles 26:20</a></span><br />And Azariah the chief priest, and all the priests, looked upon him, and, behold, he was leprous in his forehead, and they thrust him out from thence; yea, himself hasted also to go out, because the LORD had smitten him.<br /><span class="source">(Root in KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_chronicles/35-21.htm">2 Chronicles 35:21</a></span><br />But he sent ambassadors to him, saying, What have I to do with you, you king of Judah? I come not against you this day, but against the house with which I have war; and God has commanded me to make <span class="boldtext">haste</span>: beware that it is God who is with me, that he not destroy you.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezra/4-23.htm">Ezra 4:23</a></span><br />Then when the copy of king Artaxerxes' letter was read before Rehum, and Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, they went in <span class="boldtext">haste</span> to Jerusalem to the Jews, and made them to cease by force and power.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/esther/3-15.htm">Esther 3:15</a></span><br />The couriers went forth in <span class="boldtext">haste</span> by the king's commandment, and the decree was given out in the citadel of Susa. The king and Haman sat down to drink; but the city of Shushan was perplexed.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/esther/5-5.htm">Esther 5:5</a></span><br />Then the king said, Cause Haman to make <span class="boldtext">haste</span>, that he may do as Esther hath said. So the king and Haman came to the banquet that Esther had prepared.<br /><span class="source">(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/esther/6-10.htm">Esther 6:10</a></span><br />Then the king said to Haman, Make <span class="boldtext">haste</span>, and take the apparel and the horse, as thou hast said, and do even so to Mordecai the Jew, that sitteth at the king's gate: let nothing fail of all that thou hast spoken.<br /><span class="source">(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/esther/6-14.htm">Esther 6:14</a></span><br />And while they were yet talking with him, came the king's chamberlains, and hasted to bring Haman unto the banquet that Esther had prepared.<br /><span class="source">(Root in KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/esther/8-14.htm">Esther 8:14</a></span><br />So the couriers who rode on royal horses went out, hastened and pressed on by the king's commandment. The decree was given out in the citadel of Susa.<br /><span class="source">(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/20-2.htm">Job 20:2</a></span><br />"Therefore do my thoughts give answer to me, even by reason of my <span class="boldtext">haste</span> that is in me.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/40-23.htm">Job 40:23</a></span><br />Behold, he drinketh up a river, and hasteth not: he trusteth that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth.<br /><span class="source">(Root in KJV WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/22-19.htm">Psalms 22:19</a></span><br />But be not thou far from me, O LORD: O my strength, <span class="boldtext">haste</span> thee to help me.<br /><span class="source">(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/31-22.htm">Psalms 31:22</a></span><br />As for me, I said in my <span class="boldtext">haste</span>, "I am cut off from before your eyes." Nevertheless you heard the voice of my petitions when I cried to you.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/38-22.htm">Psalms 38:22</a></span><br />Make <span class="boldtext">haste</span> to help me, O Lord my salvation.<br /><span class="source">(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/40-13.htm">Psalms 40:13</a></span><br />Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me: O LORD, make <span class="boldtext">haste</span> to help me.<br /><span class="source">(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/55-8.htm">Psalms 55:8</a></span><br />I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest. <br /><span class="source">(Root in KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/68-12.htm">Psalms 68:12</a></span><br />"Kings of armies flee! They flee!" She who waits at home divides the spoil,<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/68-31.htm">Psalms 68:31</a></span><br />Nobles shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall hasten to stretch out her hands unto God. <br /><span class="source">(Root in JPS ASV RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/69-17.htm">Psalms 69:17</a></span><br />And hide not Thy face from Thy servant, For I am in distress -- <span class="boldtext">haste</span>, answer me.<br /><span class="source">(YLT RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/70-1.htm">Psalms 70:1</a></span><br />MAKE <span class="boldtext">HASTE</span>, O GOD, TO DELIVER ME; MAKE HASTE TO HELP ME, O LORD.<br /><span class="source">(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/70-5.htm">Psalms 70:5</a></span><br />But I am poor and needy: make <span class="boldtext">haste</span> unto me, O God: thou art my help and my deliverer; O LORD, make no tarrying.<br /><span class="source">(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/71-12.htm">Psalms 71:12</a></span><br />O God, be not far from me: O my God, make <span class="boldtext">haste</span> for my help.<br /><span class="source">(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/79-8.htm">Psalms 79:8</a></span><br />Remember not for us the iniquities of forefathers, <span class="boldtext">Haste</span>, let Thy mercies go before us, For we have been very weak.<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/102-2.htm">Psalms 102:2</a></span><br />Hide not Thou Thy face from me, In a day of mine adversity, Incline unto me Thine ear, In the day I call, <span class="boldtext">haste</span>, answer me.<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/104-7.htm">Psalms 104:7</a></span><br />At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away. <br /><span class="source">(Root in KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/116-11.htm">Psalms 116:11</a></span><br />I said in my <span class="boldtext">haste</span>, "All men are liars."<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/119-60.htm">Psalms 119:60</a></span><br />I made <span class="boldtext">haste</span>, and delayed not to keep thy commandments.<br /><span class="source">(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/141-1.htm">Psalms 141:1</a></span><br />Lord, I cry unto thee: make <span class="boldtext">haste</span> unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto thee.<br /><span class="source">(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/143-7.htm">Psalms 143:7</a></span><br />Make <span class="boldtext">haste</span> to answer me, O Jehovah; my spirit faileth: Hide not thy face from me, Lest I become like them that go down into the pit.<br /><span class="source">(ASV YLT RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/proverbs/1-16.htm">Proverbs 1:16</a></span><br />For their feet run to evil, and make <span class="boldtext">haste</span> to shed blood.<br /><span class="source">(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/proverbs/6-18.htm">Proverbs 6:18</a></span><br />A heart devising thoughts of vanity -- Feet hasting to run to evil -- <br /><span class="source">(See RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/proverbs/19-2.htm">Proverbs 19:2</a></span><br />Also, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good; and he that hasteth with his feet sinneth.<br /><span class="source">(Root in KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/proverbs/21-5.htm">Proverbs 21:5</a></span><br />The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but every one that is hasty hasteth only to want. <br /><span class="source">(Root in JPS ASV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/proverbs/25-8.htm">Proverbs 25:8</a></span><br />Go not forth to strive, <span class="boldtext">haste</span>, turn, What dost thou in its latter end, When thy neighbour causeth thee to blush?<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/proverbs/28-20.htm">Proverbs 28:20</a></span><br />A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh <span class="boldtext">haste</span> to be rich shall not be innocent. <br /><span class="source">(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/proverbs/29-20.htm">Proverbs 29:20</a></span><br />Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope for a fool than for him. <br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/songs/1-4.htm">Song of Songs 1:4</a></span><br />Take me to you, and we will go after you: the king has taken me into his house. We will be glad and full of joy in you, we will give more thought to your love than to wine: rightly are they your lovers.<br /><span class="source">(See RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/songs/8-14.htm">Song of Songs 8:14</a></span><br />Make <span class="boldtext">haste</span>, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices.<br /><span class="source">(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/5-19.htm">Isaiah 5:19</a></span><br />Who say, "Let him make speed, let him hasten his work, that we may see it; and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw near and come, that we may know it!"<br /><span class="source">(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/5-26.htm">Isaiah 5:26</a></span><br />And He lifted up an ensign to nations afar off, And hissed to it from the end of the earth, And lo, with <span class="boldtext">haste</span>, swift it cometh.<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/8-1.htm">Isaiah 8:1</a></span><br />And the LORD said unto me: 'Take thee a great tablet, and write upon it in common script: The spoil speedeth, the prey hasteth;<br /><span class="source">(Root in JPS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/22-4.htm">Isaiah 22:4</a></span><br />Therefore I said, 'Look ye from me, I am bitter in my weeping, <span class="boldtext">Haste</span> not to comfort me, For the destruction of the daughter of my people.'<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/28-16.htm">Isaiah 28:16</a></span><br />Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make <span class="boldtext">haste</span>.<br /><span class="source">(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/42-4.htm">Isaiah 42:4</a></span><br />He shall not faint nor be in <span class="boldtext">haste</span>, till he have set justice in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law.<br /><span class="source">(DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/49-17.htm">Isaiah 49:17</a></span><br />Your children make <span class="boldtext">haste</span>; your destroyers and those who made you waste shall go forth from you. <br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/52-12.htm">Isaiah 52:12</a></span><br />For you shall not go out in <span class="boldtext">haste</span>, neither shall you go by flight: for Yahweh will go before you; and the God of Israel will be your rear guard.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/58-8.htm">Isaiah 58:8</a></span><br />Then broken up as the dawn is thy light, And thy health in <span class="boldtext">haste</span> springeth up, Gone before thee hath thy righteousness, The honour of Jehovah doth gather thee.<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/59-7.htm">Isaiah 59:7</a></span><br />Their feet run to evil, and they make <span class="boldtext">haste</span> to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; desolation and destruction are in their paths.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/jeremiah/9-18.htm">Jeremiah 9:18</a></span><br />and let them make <span class="boldtext">haste</span>, and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush out with waters.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/jeremiah/46-5.htm">Jeremiah 46:5</a></span><br />Why have I seen it? they are dismayed and are turned backward; and their mighty ones are beaten down, and have fled apace, and don't look back: terror is on every side, says Yahweh.<br /><span class="source">(See RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezekiel/12-18.htm">Ezekiel 12:18</a></span><br />Son of man, thy bread in <span class="boldtext">haste</span> thou dost eat, and thy water with trembling and with fear thou dost drink;<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/daniel/2-25.htm">Daniel 2:25</a></span><br />Then Arioch brought in Daniel before the king in <span class="boldtext">haste</span>, and said thus to him, I have found a man of the children of the captivity of Judah, who will make known to the king the interpretation.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)</span><p><a href="/concordance/h/haste2.htm"></a><a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/h/haste.htm">Haste</a></p><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/naves/h/haste_in_judgment,_by_moses_and_the_israelites.htm">Haste in Judgment, by Moses and the 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