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Definition and General Overview:
Haste, in the biblical context, refers to the act of moving or acting swiftly, often without due consideration or deliberation. 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.

Old Testament References:
In the Old Testament, haste is often depicted as a characteristic of folly.Proverbs 19:2 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,Proverbs 21:5 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.

The account of Esau selling his birthright to Jacob inGenesis 25:29-34 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.

New Testament References:
In the New Testament, the theme of haste is also present.James 1:19 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.

The parable of the prodigal son inLuke 15:11-32 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.

Positive Aspects of Haste:
While haste is often portrayed negatively, there are instances where it is depicted positively, particularly when it involves obedience to God's commands. InExodus 12:11, 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.

In the New Testament, the shepherds' response to the angelic announcement of Jesus' birth is marked by haste.Luke 2:16 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.

Theological Implications:
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.

Practical Application:
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.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) Celerity of motion; speed; swiftness; dispatch; expedition; -- applied only to voluntary beings, as men and other animals.

2. (n.) The state of being urged or pressed by business; hurry; urgency; sudden excitement of feeling or passion; precipitance; vehemence.

3. (n.) To hasten; to hurry.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

HASTE

hast (chaphaz, chush, mahar; speudo): "Haste" (from a root meaning "to pursue") implies "celerity of motion."

(1) The noun occurs as translation of mahar, "to hasten," etc. (Exodus 10:16;Exodus 12:33, "in haste"); of chapaz, "to make haste" (2 Kings 7:15 Psalm 31:22;Psalm 116:11, "I said in my haste (the Revised Version margin "alarm"), All men are liars"); of chippazon, a "hasty flight" (Exodus 12:11 Deuteronomy 16:3 Isaiah 52:12); of nachats, "to be urgent" (1 Samuel 21:8, "The king's business required haste").

(2) "Haste" as a verb is transitive and intrans; instances of the transitive use are, 'uts, "to hasten," "press" (Exodus 5:13, "And the taskmasters hasted them," the Revised Version (British and American) "were urgent"); chush, "to make haste" (Isaiah 5:19); mahar (2 Chronicles 24:5 twice); shaqadh, "to watch," "to fix one's attention" on anything (Jeremiah 1:12 the King James Version, "I will hasten my word"); mahir, "hasting" (Isaiah 16:5, "hasting righteousness," the Revised Version (British and American) "swift to do"). The intransitive use is more frequent and represents many different words.

Hasty also occurs in several instances (Proverbs 21:5;Proverbs 29:20, 'uts, etc.); inIsaiah 28:4, bikkur, "first-fruit," is translated "hasty fruit," the Revised Version (British and American) "first-ripe fig."

The Revised Version (British and American) has "Haste ye" for "assemble yourselves" (Joel 3:11 margin, as the King James Version); "make haste" for "speedily" (Psalm 143:7); "and hasted to catch whether it were his mind" (for1 Kings 20:33 the King James Version); "and it hasteth toward the end," margin (Hebrew) "panteth," for "but at the end it shall speak" (Habakkuk 2:3); "hastily" for "suddenly" (1 Timothy 5:22); for "and for this I make haste" (Job 20:2), "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" (Psalm 16:4), the American Standard Revised Version has "that give gifts for another god," the English Revised Version "exchange the Lord for"; for "hasten hereunto" (Ecclesiastes 2:25), "have enjoyment"; for "hasten hither" (1 Kings 22:9), "fetch quickly"; for "and gather" (Exodus 9:19), "hasten in"; for "hasteneth that he may" (Isaiah 51:14), "shall speedily"; for "hasteth to" (Job 9:26), "swoopeth on"; for "and hasteth" (Job 40:23), "he trembleth"; for "hasty" (Daniel 2:15), "urgent."

W. L. Walker

Greek

4710. spoude --haste, diligence
...haste, diligence. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: spoude Phonetic
Spelling: (spoo-day') Short Definition:haste, diligence Definition: (a) speed...

4704. spoudazo -- to makehaste, hence to give diligence
... to makehaste, hence to give diligence. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: spoudazo
Phonetic Spelling: (spoo-dad'-zo) Short Definition: I hasten Definition...

4709. spoudaios -- withhaste, diligently
... withhaste, diligently. Part of Speech: Adverb Transliteration: spoudaios Phonetic
Spelling: (spoo-dah'-yoce) Short Definition: diligently, earnestly Definition...

4692. speudo -- to hasten, urge on
... Word Origin a prim. word Definition to hasten, urge on NASB Word Usage hastening
(1), hurried (1), hurry (2), hurrying (1), makehaste (1). hasten, hurry....

5034. tachos -- speed
... speed. From the same as tachus; a brief space (of time), ie (with en prefixed) in
haste -- + quickly, + shortly, + speedily. see GREEK tachus. see GREEK en....

Strong's Hebrew

924. behilu --haste
... 923, 924. behilu. 925 .haste. Transliteration: behilu Phonetic Spelling:
(be-hee-loo') Short Definition:haste. Word Origin (Aramaic...

213. uts -- to press, be pressed, makehaste
... 212, 213. uts. 214 . to press, be pressed, makehaste. Transliteration: uts
Phonetic Spelling: (oots) Short Definition: hasty. Word Origin a prim....

2439. chish -- makehaste
... chish. 2440 . makehaste. Transliteration: chish Phonetic Spelling: (kheesh) Short
Definition:haste.... makehaste Another form of chuwsh; to hurry -- makehaste...

2363. chuwsh -- to hasten, makehaste
... 2362, 2363. chuwsh. 2363a . to hasten, makehaste. Transliteration: chuwsh
Phonetic Spelling: (koosh) Short Definition:haste. make hasten, ready...

2363a. chush -- to hasten, makehaste
... 2363, 2363a. chush. 2363b . to hasten, makehaste. Transliteration: chush
Short Definition: hasten. Word Origin a prim. root Definition...

4120. meherah --haste, speed
... 4119, 4120. meherah. 4121 .haste, speed. Transliteration: meherah Phonetic
Spelling: (meh-hay-raw') Short Definition: quickly....

2649. chippazon -- trepidation, hurried flight
... 2648, 2649. chippazon. 2650 . trepidation, hurried flight. Transliteration:
chippazon Phonetic Spelling: (khip-paw-zone') Short Definition:haste....haste....

4116. mahar -- to hasten
... root Definition to hasten NASB Word Usage act quickly (1), anxious (1), bring quickly
(2), bring...quickly (1), do quickly (1),haste (2), hasten (3), hastened...

2648. chaphaz -- to be in trepidation, hurry or alarm
... root Definition to be in trepidation, hurry or alarm NASB Word Usage alarm (2),
alarmed (1), fled in alarm (1),haste (1), hurried away (1), hurry (1...

927. behal -- to alarm, dismay
... Word Origin (Aramaic) corresponding to bahal Definition to alarm, dismay NASB Word
Usage alarm (2), alarmed (3), alarming (2),haste (2), hurriedly (1), kept...

Library

MakeHaste.
... MakeHaste.... What a day when He purges the earth by fire and comes with all His Saints
to reign. Makehaste! Even so, come Lord Jesus! Lord Jesus, come!...

Moses --MakingHaste
... PART II. SOME BIBLE TYPES OF PRAYER V. MOSES"MAKINGHASTE. "Lord, teach us to
pray.""Luke 11:1. "And Moses madehaste . . .""Exodus 34:8....

Advent. Ye Heavens, OhHaste Your Dews to Shed
... ADVENT. Ye heavens, ohhaste your dews to shed. [36]1. Ye heavens, ohhaste
your dews to shed [37]2. Arise, the kingdom is at hand...

O Sion,Haste, Thy Mission High Fulfilling
... V. THE CHURCH Missions 474. O Sion,haste, thy mission high fulfilling. PM... Refrain.
Mary A. Thomson, 1870. O Sion,haste, thy mission high fulfilling,....

MakingHaste to be Rich.
... MAKINGHASTE TO BE RICH.... "'He that makethhaste to be rich shall not be innocent.'
Among all the sayings of the wise man, there is not one truer than that....

How Herod Got Away from the King of Arabia and MadeHaste to Go...
... How Herod Got Away From The King Of Arabia And MadeHaste To Go Into Egypt And Thence
Went Away InHaste Also To Rome; And How, By Promising A Great Deal Of...

Epistle xiii. To the Clergy, Concerning those who are inHaste to...
... Epistle XIII. To the Clergy, Concerning Those Who are inHaste to Receive
Peace. ad 250. Argument."Peace Must Be Attained Through...

John who was a Torch, Laid Bare and Rebuked the Wanton Ones: they...
... John who was a torch, laid bare and rebuked the wanton ones: they madehaste and
quenched the torch, that they might let loose the desire of their lust....

When Herod is Rejected in Arabia, He MakesHaste to Rome Where...
... CHAPTER 14. When Herod Is Rejected In Arabia, He MakesHaste To Rome Where
Antony And Caesar Join Their Interest To Make Him King ....

But, Dear Theophilus, I must Now Tell You that I Want to Make...
... [Way-1-28] But, dear Theophilus, I must now tell you that I want to make
haste in? But, dear Theophilus, I must now tell you that...

Thesaurus

Dispatch (5 Occurrences)
... 4. (vt) To send off or away; -- particularly applied to sending off messengers,
messages, letters, etc., on special business, and implyinghaste....

Speed (22 Occurrences)
... 7. (n.) To makehaste; to move with celerity.... 10. (vt) To cause to makehaste; to
dispatch with celerity; to drive at full speed; hence, to hasten; to hurry....

Post (26 Occurrences)
... 10. (n.)Haste or speed, like that of a messenger or mail carrier. 11.... 21. (vi) To
travel with post horses; figuratively, to travel inhaste. 22....

Mephibosheth (13 Occurrences)
... The child's nurse hearing of this calamity, fled with him from Gibeah, the royal
residence, and stumbling in herhaste, the child was thrown to the ground and...

Burial (25 Occurrences)
... 1. Reasons for This: The burial of the dead in the East in general was and is often
effected in such a way as to suggest to the westerner indecenthaste....

Zacchaeus (3 Occurrences)
... When our Lord reached the spot he looked up to the publican among the branches,
and addressing him by name, told him to makehaste and come down, as he...

Rash (18 Occurrences)
... 8. (superl.) Uttered or undertaken with too muchhaste or too little reflection;
as, rash words; rash measures.... 10. (vt) To prepare withhaste....

Rush (35 Occurrences)
... 3. (vi) To move forward with impetuosity, violence, and tumultuous rapidity or
haste; as, armies rush to battle; waters rush down a precipice....

Dash (30 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vt) To throw with violence orhaste; to cause
to strike violently or hastily; -- often used with against....

Nicanor (1 Occurrence)
... him to Demetrius. The latter peremptorily ordered Nicanor to bring Judas
in allhaste as prisoner to Antioch (14:27). The scene...

Resources

What does it mean that all men are liars (Psalm 116:11)? | GotQuestions.org

How do the elements of the Passover Seder point to Christ? | GotQuestions.org

Why was Jonah angry that the Ninevites repented (Jonah 4:1-2)? | GotQuestions.org

Haste: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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Haste (106 Occurrences)

Mark 6:25
She came in immediately withhaste to the king, and asked, "I want you to give me right now the head of John the Baptizer on a platter."
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

Luke 1:39
Mary arose in those days and went into the hill country withhaste, into a city of Judah,
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

Luke 2:16
They came withhaste, and found both Mary and Joseph, and the baby was lying in the feeding trough.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

Luke 19:5
And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up, and saw him, and said unto him, Zacchaeus, makehaste, and come down; for to day I must abide at thy house.
(KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

Luke 19:6
And he madehaste, and came down, and received him joyfully.
(KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

Acts 12:7
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 inhaste,' and his chains fell from off 'his' hands.
(YLT)

Acts 22:18
And saw him saying unto me, Makehaste, and get thee quickly out of Jerusalem: for they will not receive thy testimony concerning me.
(KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Genesis 19:22
Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do anything till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

Genesis 24:46
And she madehaste, 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.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Genesis 43:30
And Joseph madehaste; for his bowels did yearn upon his brother: and he sought where to weep; and he entered into his chamber, and wept there.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

Genesis 45:9
Haste 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:
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

Genesis 45:13
And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that ye have seen; and ye shallhaste and bring down my father hither.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

Exodus 5:13
And the taskmasters hasted them, saying, Fulfil your works, your daily tasks, as when there was straw.
(Root in KJV WBS YLT)

Exodus 10:16
Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron inhaste, and he said, "I have sinned against Yahweh your God, and against you.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

Exodus 12:11
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 inhaste: it is Yahweh's Passover.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 12:33
The Egyptians were urgent with the people, to send them out of the land inhaste, for they said, "We are all dead men."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

Exodus 34:8
And Moses madehaste, and bowed his head toward the earth, and worshipped.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Deuteronomy 16:3
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 inhaste: that you may remember the day when you came forth out of the land of Egypt all the days of your life.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Deuteronomy 20:3
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 makehaste, nor be terrified at their presence,
(YLT)

Deuteronomy 32:35
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 makehaste."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS)

Joshua 4:10
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.
(Root in KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

Joshua 8:14
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.
(Root in KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

Joshua 8:19
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.
(Root in KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

Joshua 10:6
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'haste, 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.'
(YLT)

Judges 2:17
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'haste out of the way 'in' which their fathers walked to obey the commands of Jehovah -- they have not done so.
(YLT)

Judges 9:48
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, makehaste, and do as I have done!"
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

Judges 13:10
The woman madehaste, and ran, and told her husband, and said to him, "Behold, the man has appeared to me, who came to me the other day."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

Judges 20:37
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.
(Root in KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

1 Samuel 4:14
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.
(ASV JPS YLT RSV)

1 Samuel 9:12
And they answered them, and said, He is; behold, he is before you: makehaste now, for he came to day to the city; for there is a sacrifice of the people to day in the high place:
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

1 Samuel 20:38
And Jonathan cried after the lad, Make speed,haste, stay not. And Jonathan's lad gathered up the arrows, and came to his master.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

1 Samuel 21:8
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 requiredhaste."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS RSV)

1 Samuel 23:26
Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain: and David madehaste to get away for fear of Saul; for Saul and his men surrounded David and his men to take them.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

1 Samuel 23:27
But there came a messenger unto Saul, saying,Haste thee, and come; for the Philistines have invaded the land.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

1 Samuel 25:18
Then Abigail madehaste, 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.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

1 Samuel 25:23
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,
(Root in KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

1 Samuel 25:34
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.
(Root in KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

1 Samuel 25:42
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.
(Root in KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

1 Samuel 28:24
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:
(Root in KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

2 Samuel 4:4
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 madehaste to flee, that he fell, and became lame. His name was Mephibosheth.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)

2 Samuel 15:14
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;haste to go, lest he hasten, and have overtaken us, and forced on us evil, and smitten the city by the mouth of the sword.'
(YLT NAS RSV)

2 Samuel 19:16
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.
(Root in KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

1 Kings 12:18
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.
(Root in DBY NAS RSV)

1 Kings 20:41
And he hasted, and took the ashes away from his face; and the king of Israel discerned him that he was of the prophets.
(Root in KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT RSV)

2 Kings 1:11
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,Haste, come down.'
(YLT)

2 Kings 7:15
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 theirhaste. The messengers returned, and told the king.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

2 Kings 9:13
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.
(Root in KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

2 Chronicles 10:18
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.
(Root in DBY NAS RSV)

2 Chronicles 24:5
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.
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

2 Chronicles 26:20
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.
(Root in KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

2 Chronicles 35:21
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 makehaste: beware that it is God who is with me, that he not destroy you.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

Ezra 4:23
Then when the copy of king Artaxerxes' letter was read before Rehum, and Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, they went inhaste to Jerusalem to the Jews, and made them to cease by force and power.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Esther 3:15
The couriers went forth inhaste 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.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

Esther 5:5
Then the king said, Cause Haman to makehaste, that he may do as Esther hath said. So the king and Haman came to the banquet that Esther had prepared.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Esther 6:10
Then the king said to Haman, Makehaste, 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.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

Esther 6:14
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.
(Root in KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

Esther 8:14
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.
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Job 20:2
"Therefore do my thoughts give answer to me, even by reason of myhaste that is in me.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS RSV)

Job 40:23
Behold, he drinketh up a river, and hasteth not: he trusteth that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth.
(Root in KJV WBS YLT)

Psalms 22:19
But be not thou far from me, O LORD: O my strength,haste thee to help me.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Psalms 31:22
As for me, I said in myhaste, "I am cut off from before your eyes." Nevertheless you heard the voice of my petitions when I cried to you.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Psalms 38:22
Makehaste to help me, O Lord my salvation.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Psalms 40:13
Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me: O LORD, makehaste to help me.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Psalms 55:8
I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest.
(Root in KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Psalms 68:12
"Kings of armies flee! They flee!" She who waits at home divides the spoil,
(See NIV)

Psalms 68:31
Nobles shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall hasten to stretch out her hands unto God.
(Root in JPS ASV RSV)

Psalms 69:17
And hide not Thy face from Thy servant, For I am in distress --haste, answer me.
(YLT RSV)

Psalms 70:1
MAKEHASTE, O GOD, TO DELIVER ME; MAKE HASTE TO HELP ME, O LORD.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Psalms 70:5
But I am poor and needy: makehaste unto me, O God: thou art my help and my deliverer; O LORD, make no tarrying.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Psalms 71:12
O God, be not far from me: O my God, makehaste for my help.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Psalms 79:8
Remember not for us the iniquities of forefathers,Haste, let Thy mercies go before us, For we have been very weak.
(YLT)

Psalms 102:2
Hide not Thou Thy face from me, In a day of mine adversity, Incline unto me Thine ear, In the day I call,haste, answer me.
(YLT)

Psalms 104:7
At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away.
(Root in KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Psalms 116:11
I said in myhaste, "All men are liars."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Psalms 119:60
I madehaste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Psalms 141:1
Lord, I cry unto thee: makehaste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto thee.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Psalms 143:7
Makehaste 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.
(ASV YLT RSV)

Proverbs 1:16
For their feet run to evil, and makehaste to shed blood.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Proverbs 6:18
A heart devising thoughts of vanity -- Feet hasting to run to evil --
(See RSV)

Proverbs 19:2
Also, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good; and he that hasteth with his feet sinneth.
(Root in KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)

Proverbs 21:5
The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but every one that is hasty hasteth only to want.
(Root in JPS ASV NIV)

Proverbs 25:8
Go not forth to strive,haste, turn, What dost thou in its latter end, When thy neighbour causeth thee to blush?
(YLT)

Proverbs 28:20
A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that makethhaste to be rich shall not be innocent.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

Proverbs 29:20
Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope for a fool than for him.
(See NIV)

Song of Songs 1:4
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.
(See RSV)

Song of Songs 8:14
Makehaste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)

Isaiah 5:19
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!"
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 5:26
And He lifted up an ensign to nations afar off, And hissed to it from the end of the earth, And lo, withhaste, swift it cometh.
(YLT)

Isaiah 8:1
And the LORD said unto me: 'Take thee a great tablet, and write upon it in common script: The spoil speedeth, the prey hasteth;
(Root in JPS YLT)

Isaiah 22:4
Therefore I said, 'Look ye from me, I am bitter in my weeping,Haste not to comfort me, For the destruction of the daughter of my people.'
(YLT)

Isaiah 28:16
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 makehaste.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

Isaiah 42:4
He shall not faint nor be inhaste, till he have set justice in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law.
(DBY)

Isaiah 49:17
Your children makehaste; your destroyers and those who made you waste shall go forth from you.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NIV)

Isaiah 52:12
For you shall not go out inhaste, neither shall you go by flight: for Yahweh will go before you; and the God of Israel will be your rear guard.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 58:8
Then broken up as the dawn is thy light, And thy health inhaste springeth up, Gone before thee hath thy righteousness, The honour of Jehovah doth gather thee.
(YLT)

Isaiah 59:7
Their feet run to evil, and they makehaste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; desolation and destruction are in their paths.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Jeremiah 9:18
and let them makehaste, and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush out with waters.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Jeremiah 46:5
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.
(See RSV NIV)

Ezekiel 12:18
Son of man, thy bread inhaste thou dost eat, and thy water with trembling and with fear thou dost drink;
(YLT)

Daniel 2:25
Then Arioch brought in Daniel before the king inhaste, 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.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

Subtopics

Haste

Haste in Judgment, by Moses and the Israelites

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