'Watch' in the Bible

and Mizpah, because he said, "Yahweh watch between me and you when {we are out of sight of each other}.

And during the morning watch, Yahweh looked down to the Egyptian camp [from] in the column of fire and cloud, and he threw the Egyptian camp into a panic.

" 'If a man gives to his neighbor money or objects to watch over and it is stolen from the house of the man, if the thief is found, he will make double restitution.

" 'If a man gives to his neighbor a donkey or an ox or small livestock or any beast to watch over and it dies or is injured or is captured [when] there is no one who sees,

And they put him under watch because it was not made clear what should be done to him.

Because from the top of [the] rocks I see him, from hilltops I watch him. Behold, a people [who] dwell alone, they do not consider themselves among the nations.

"However, {take care} for yourself and watch your inner self closely, so that you do not forget the things that your eyes have seen, so that they do not slip from your mind all the days of your life; and you shall make them known to your children and to {your grandchildren}.

Watch [out] for yourselves so that you do not forget the covenant of Yahweh your God that he had {made} with you and make for yourselves a divine image [of] the form of anything that Yahweh your God {has forbidden},

"You shall not watch the ox of your neighbor or his sheep or goat straying and ignore them; certainly you shall return them to your neighbor.

And he said to them, "Watch me and do the same. When I come to the edge of the camp, {do just as I do}.

and watch and look; when the daughters of Shiloh dance in the dances, come out from the vineyards and seize for yourselves a wife from the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin.

You must watch; if it goes up by the way of its territory to Beth Shemesh, he has caused this great disaster to [come on] us. But if not, then we will know his hand has not struck us; it [was by] chance [that] this happened to us.

{And the} next day Saul placed the people [in] three divisions. Then they came into the middle of the camp {at the early morning watch} and struck down {the Ammonites} until the heat of the day. It happened that the remainder were scattered {so that no two among them remained together}.

So David said to Abner, "[Are] you not a man? And who [is] like you in Israel? Why did you not keep watch over your lord the king? For one of the people came to destroy your lord the king.

This thing that you have done [is] not good. {As Yahweh lives}, {surely you people deserve to die} since you have not kept watch over your lord, over Yahweh's anointed one! So then, see where the king's spear [is] and the jar of water that [was] near his head!"

Absalom commanded his servants, saying, "Please watch. At the moment the heart of Amnon [is] {tipsy} with wine, then I shall say to you, 'Strike Amnon down,' and you shall kill him! Don't be afraid. [Is] it not I myself who has commanded you? Be courageous and be {valiant!}

So Absalom fled, and the young man who [was] keeping watch lifted up his eyes and saw, and there were many people coming from the road behind him from the side of the mountain.

And Ahithophel said to Absalom, "Go to the concubines of your father whom he left behind to watch over the house, then all of Israel will hear that you made yourself odious to your father, and {all of your followers will be motivated}!"

And you put my feet in the block, and you watch all my paths; you carve [a mark] on the soles of my feet.

For then you would count my steps, [but] you would not keep watch over my sin.

O Yahweh, in [the] morning you will hear my voice. In [the] morning I will set forth [my case] to you and I will watch.

My Lord, how long will you watch? Restore my life from their ravages, my only [life] from [the] young lions.

They attack, they hide, they watch my {steps}, as they [lie in] wait for my life.

O my strength, I will watch for you, because [you], O God, [are] my (high) stronghold.

[He] rules by his might forever; his eyes keep watch on the nations. Do not let the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah

For my enemies talk concerning me, and those who watch for my life conspire 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 your eyes [are] like yesterday when it passes, or [like] a watch in the night.

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

Set a guard, O Yahweh, over my mouth; keep watch over the door of my lips.

Discretion will watch over you; understanding will protect you,

{When you walk}, she will lead you, {When you lie down}, she will watch over you, and [when] you awake, she will converse [with] you.

Happy [is the] person who listens to me, [in order] to keep watch at my doors day by day, [in order] to guard the frames of my entrances.

In every place, the eyes of Yahweh keep watch over the evil and the good.

The eyes of Yahweh keep watch over knowledge, but he will overthrow the words of the faithless.

{And then} as I have watched over them to pull up, and to tear down, and to annihilate, and to destroy, and to do evil, so I will watch over them to build and to plant," {declares} Yahweh.

Look, I [am] going to watch over them for harm and not for good, and all people of Judah who [are] in the land of Egypt will perish by the sword and by the famine until their perishing.

Stand by [the] road and watch, O inhabitant of Aroer. Ask [the man who is] fleeing and [the woman who is] escaping, say, 'What has happened?'

Against the walls of Babylon raise a banner; {post a strong watch}, post watchmen, prepare the ambushes, for Yahweh has both planned as well as performed what he has spoken concerning the inhabitants of Babylon.

The presence of Yahweh has scattered them, he will no longer watch over them; {they did not honor the priests}, they did not show mercy [to] elders.

Still our eyes failed, [looking for] our help in vain; in our watchtower, we kept watch for a nation that could not save.

So Yahweh [has] kept watch over the calamity, and [now] he [has] brought it upon us. Indeed, Yahweh our God [is] righteous concerning all his works that he has done, but we have not listened to his voice.

The prophet keeps watch [over] Ephraim for my God; the snare of a fowler [is] on all his ways, and hostility in the house of his God.

{One who shatters} has come up against you! Guard [the] fortification! Watch [the] road! Gird [your] loins! {Muster} all [your] strength!

I will stand at my post, and station myself on [the] rampart. And I will keep watch to see what he will say to me, and what he will answer concerning my complaint.

And in the fourth watch of the night he came to them, walking on the sea.

And Jesus said to them, "Watch out for and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees!"

And Jesus answered [and] said to them, "Watch out that no one deceives you!

But understand this: that if the master of the house had known what watch of the night the thief was coming, he would have stayed awake and would not have let his house be broken into.

And he saw them being beaten in their rowing because the wind was against them. Around the fourth watch of the night he came to them, walking on the sea, and he was wanting to pass by them.

And he ordered them, saying, "Watch out! Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod!"

So Jesus began to say to them, "Watch out that no one deceives you!

"But you, watch out for yourselves! They will hand you over to councils and you will be beaten in the synagogues and will have to stand before governors and kings because of me, for a witness to them.

But you, watch out! I have told you everything ahead of time!

Watch out! Be alert, because you do not know when the time is!

And there were shepherds in the same region, living out of doors and keeping watch, guarding over their flock by night.

And he said to them, "Watch out and guard yourselves from all greediness, because not [even] when someone has an abundance {does} his life [consist] of his possessions."

Even if he should come back in the second or in the third watch of the night and find [them] like this, blessed are they!

And he said, Watch out that you are not deceived! For many will come in my name, saying, 'I am [he],' and 'The time is near!' Do not go after them!

Watch out, therefore, lest what is stated by the prophets come upon [you]:

But watch out lest somehow this right of yours becomes a cause for stumbling to the weak.

Therefore, the one who thinks that he stands must watch out lest he fall.

But if you bite and devour one another, watch out [that] you are not consumed by one another.

Watch out, brothers, lest there be in some of you an evil, unbelieving heart, [with the result that you] fall away from the living God.

Watch out that you do not refuse the one who is speaking! For if those did not escape [when they] refused the one who warned [them] on earth, much less [will] we [escape], [if we] reject the [one who warns] from heaven,

Obey your leaders and submit [to them], for they keep watch over your souls as those who will give an account, so that they can do this with joy and not [with] groaning, for this [would be] unprofitable for you.

Watch yourselves that you do not lose what we have worked for, but receive a full reward.