Bible Verses About Sojourning

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:

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines’ land many days.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

But I will tarry at Ephesus until Pentecost.

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

For I have not dwelt in an house since the day that I brought up Israel unto this day; but have gone from tent to tent, and from one tabernacle to another.

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:

For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come.

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

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

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

And Paul dwelt two whole years in his own hired house, and received all that came in unto him,

I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a buryingplace with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.

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

And he went through the cities and villages, teaching, and journeying toward Jerusalem.

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.

And into whatsoever city or town ye shall enter, enquire who in it is worthy; and there abide till ye go thence.

For I will not see you now by the way; but I trust to tarry a while with you, if the Lord permit.

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

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.

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

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

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

And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the Lord, and shall not find it.

Withhold thy foot from being unshod, and thy throat from thirst: but thou saidst, There is no hope: no; for I have loved strangers, and after them will I go.