Bible Verses About Sojourn

By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:

And when they went from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another people;

O the hope of Israel, the saviour thereof in time of trouble, why shouldest thou be as a stranger in the land, and as a wayfaring man that turneth aside to tarry for a night?

And Micah said unto him, Whence comest thou? And he said unto him, I am a Levite of Beth–lehem–judah, and I go to sojourn where I may find a place.

And the man departed out of the city from Beth–lehem–judah to sojourn where he could find a place: and he came to mount Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he journeyed.

And the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and were sojourners there until this day.)

And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.

When they went from one nation to another, from one kingdom to another people;

And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines’ land many days.

So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days.

And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him.

Where we found brethren, and were desired to tarry with them seven days: and so we went toward Rome.

And we came to Jerusalem, and abode there three days.

They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no city to dwell in.

But as an hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with thee, and shall serve thee unto the year of jubile:

And he said unto them, In what place soever ye enter into an house, there abide till ye depart from that place.

Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years.

Neither shall ye build house, nor sow seed, nor plant vineyard, nor have any: but all your days ye shall dwell in tents; that ye may live many days in the land where ye be strangers.

And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye speak unto my lord Esau; Thy servant Jacob saith thus, I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed there until now:

Hear my prayer, O Lord, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were.

And there abode three months. And when the Jews laid wait for him, as he was about to sail into Syria, he purposed to return through Macedonia.

Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.

And God spake on this wise, That his seed should sojourn in a strange land; and that they should bring them into bondage, and entreat them evil four hundred years.

And it shall come to pass, that in what tribe the stranger sojourneth, there shall ye give him his inheritance, saith the Lord God.

Judah is gone into captivity because of affliction, and because of great servitude: she dwelleth among the heathen, she findeth no rest: all her persecutors overtook her between the straits.

Gilead abode beyond Jordan: and why did Dan remain in ships? Asher continued on the sea shore, and abode in his breaches.

Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to see Peter, and abode with him fifteen days.

So the merchants and sellers of all kind of ware lodged without Jerusalem once or twice.

So ye abode in Kadesh many days, according unto the days that ye abode there.

And he led them forth by the right way, that they might go to a city of habitation.

And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan.

And the woman arose, and did after the saying of the man of God: and she went with her household, and sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven years.

Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar!

Love ye therefore the stranger: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

But I will tarry at Ephesus until Pentecost.

And he said unto him, We are passing from Beth–lehem–judah toward the side of mount Ephraim; from thence am I: and I went to Beth–lehem–judah, but I am now going to the house of the Lord; and there is no man that receiveth me to house.

And she bare him a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land.

So when the Samaritans were come unto him, they besought him that he would tarry with them: and he abode there two days.

And finding disciples, we tarried there seven days: who said to Paul through the Spirit, that he should not go up to Jerusalem.