Bible Verses About Speed

But ye said, No; for we will flee upon horses; therefore shall ye flee: and, We will ride upon the swift; therefore shall they that pursue you be swift.

Also, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good; and he that hasteth with his feet sinneth.

For ye shall not go out with haste, nor go by flight: for the Lord will go before you; and the God of Israel will be your rereward.

He sendeth forth his commandment upon earth: his word runneth very swiftly.

The Lord is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked: the Lord hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.

They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth to the prey.

Be not hasty to go out of his sight: stand not in an evil thing; for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him.

That say, Let him make speed, and hasten his work, that we may see it: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know it!

He is swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards.

Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:

I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments.

Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.

Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver himself:

And Jonathan cried after the lad, Make speed, haste, stay not. And Jonathan’s lad gathered up the arrows, and came to his master.

Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth?

The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a rolling thing before the whirlwind.

He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.

And he will lift up an ensign to the nations from far, and will hiss unto them from the end of the earth: and, behold, they shall come with speed swiftly:

Now when much time was spent, and when sailing was now dangerous, because the fast was now already past, Paul admonished them,

For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.

But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

Pilate said unto them, Ye have a watch: go your way, make it as sure as ye can.

Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.

Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way.

And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be exalted.

And it came to pass about the time of shutting of the gate, when it was dark, that the men went out: whither the men went I wot not: pursue after them quickly; for ye shall overtake them.

And they went every one straight forward: whither the spirit was to go, they went; and they turned not when they went.

And when the cherubims went, the wheels went by them: and when the cherubims lifted up their wings to mount up from the earth, the same wheels also turned not from beside them.

O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind.

Their horses also are swifter than the leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves: and their horsemen shall spread themselves, and their horsemen shall come from far; they shall fly as the eagle that hasteth to eat.

Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.

Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.

The chariots shall rage in the streets, they shall justle one against another in the broad ways: they shall seem like torches, they shall run like the lightnings.

Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and his chariots shall be as a whirlwind: his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe unto us! for we are spoiled.

And the watchman told, saying, He came even unto them, and cometh not again: and the driving is like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi; for he driveth furiously.

And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain.

Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble.

But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.

Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths.