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Wait
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Wait for Yahweh. Be strong, and let your heart take courage. Yes, wait for Yahweh.
But those who wait for Yahweh will renew their strength. They will mount up with wings like eagles. They will run, and not be weary. They will walk, and not faint.
Rest in Yahweh, and wait patiently for him. Don’t fret because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who makes wicked plots happen.
But as for me, I will look to Yahweh. I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me.
Therefore Yahweh will wait, that he may be gracious to you; and therefore he will be exalted, that he may have mercy on you, for Yahweh is a God of justice. Blessed are all those who wait for him.
Be patient therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient over it, until it receives the early and late rain. — read the full passage →
Being assembled together with them, he commanded them, “Don’t depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which you heard from me.
I wait for Yahweh. My soul waits. I hope in his word.
Don’t say, “I will pay back evil.” Wait for Yahweh, and he will save you.
Our soul has waited for Yahweh. He is our help and our shield.
Yahweh is good to those who wait for him, to the soul that seeks him.
For in you, Yahweh, do I hope. You will answer, Lord my God.
My soul, wait in silence for God alone, for my expectation is from him.
I wait for Yahweh. My soul waits. I hope in his word. — read the full passage →
But if we hope for that which we don’t see, we wait for it with patience.
For the vision is yet for the appointed time, and it hurries toward the end, and won’t prove false. Though it takes time, wait for it; because it will surely come. It won’t delay.
Yahweh is good to those who wait for him, to the soul that seeks him. — read the full passage →
For evildoers shall be cut off, but those who wait for Yahweh shall inherit the land.
I waited patiently for Yahweh. He turned to me, and heard my cry.
Thus, having patiently endured, he obtained the promise.
For we, through the Spirit, by faith wait for the hope of righteousness.
so that you come behind in no gift; waiting for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ;
Be patient therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient over it, until it receives the early and late rain.
Guide me in your truth, and teach me, For you are the God of my salvation, I wait for you all day long.
Wait for Yahweh, and keep his way, and he will exalt you to inherit the land. When the wicked are cut off, you shall see it.
Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.
Let us not be weary in doing good, for we will reap in due season, if we don’t give up.
I have waited for your salvation, Yahweh.
Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress; so our eyes look to Yahweh, our God, until he has mercy on us.
The Lord is not slow concerning his promise, as some count slowness; but is patient with us, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
rejoicing in hope; enduring in troubles; continuing steadfastly in prayer;
For from of old men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither has the eye seen a God besides you, who works for him who waits for him.
Yes, no one who waits for you shall be shamed. They shall be shamed who deal treacherously without cause.
My soul rests in God alone. My salvation is from him. — read the full passage →
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding. — read the full passage →
I will wait for Yahweh, who hides his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.
Now, Lord, what do I wait for? My hope is in you.
looking for the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ;
My soul rests in God alone. My salvation is from him.
and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead—Jesus, who delivers us from the wrath to come.
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says Yahweh, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future.
Our soul has waited for Yahweh. He is our help and our shield. — read the full passage →
Yahweh, in the morning you shall hear my voice. In the morning I will lay my requests before you, and will watch expectantly.
Be like men watching for their lord, when he returns from the marriage feast; that, when he comes and knocks, they may immediately open to him.
God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
Don’t seek revenge yourselves, beloved, but give place to God’s wrath. For it is written, “Vengeance belongs to me; I will repay, says the Lord.”
He answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.”
“Therefore wait for me”, says Yahweh, “until the day that I rise up to the prey, for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour on them my indignation, even all my fierce anger, for all the earth will be devoured with the fire of my jealousy.
Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, for I wait for you.
Blessed is the man who endures temptation, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to those who love him.
Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness, — read the full passage →
Behold, there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon. This man was righteous and devout, looking for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was on him.
“You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.’ — read the full passage →
“Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations. I will be exalted in the earth.”
I am still confident of this: I will see the goodness of Yahweh in the land of the living. — read the full passage →
strengthened with all power, according to the might of his glory, for all endurance and perseverance with joy;
with all lowliness and humility, with patience, bearing with one another in love;
Don’t be unequally yoked with unbelievers, for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? Or what fellowship has light with darkness?
Love is patient and is kind; love doesn’t envy. Love doesn’t brag, is not proud,
Or don’t you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which you have from God? You are not your own, — read the full passage →
If you love me, keep my commandments.
Therefore turn to your God. Keep kindness and justice, and wait continually for your God.
Rest in Yahweh, and wait patiently for him. Don’t fret because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who makes wicked plots happen. — read the full passage →
Show me your ways, Yahweh. Teach me your paths. — read the full passage →
In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. — read the full passage →
Behold, we call them blessed who endured. You have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the Lord in the outcome, and how the Lord is full of compassion and mercy.
Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, proof of things not seen.
For if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remains no more a sacrifice for sins,
For our citizenship is in heaven, from where we also wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ;
for he is a servant of God to you for good. But if you do that which is evil, be afraid, for he doesn’t bear the sword in vain; for he is a servant of God, an avenger for wrath to him who does evil.
We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.
Joseph of Arimathaea, a prominent council member who also himself was looking for the Kingdom of God, came. He boldly went in to Pilate, and asked for Jesus’ body.
Therefore I tell you, all things whatever you pray and ask for, believe that you have received them, and you shall have them.
“Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest.
Are there any among the vanities of the nations that can cause rain? or can the sky give showers? Aren’t you he, Yahweh our God? therefore we will wait for you; for you have made all these things.
My righteousness is near, my salvation has gone out, and my arms shall judge the peoples; the islands shall wait for me, and on my arm shall they trust.
Yahweh, be gracious to us. We have waited for you. Be our strength every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble.
I will give you thanks forever, because you have done it. I will hope in your name, for it is good, in the presence of your saints.
God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the sky, and over the livestock, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”
This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John, — read the full passage →
There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear has punishment. He who fears is not made perfect in love.
Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time; — read the full passage →
For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the Good News—not in wisdom of words, so that the cross of Christ wouldn’t be made void.
For everything spoken by God is possible.”
Give strong drink to him who is ready to perish; and wine to the bitter in soul: — read the full passage →
Like a muddied spring, and a polluted well, so is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked.
Praise Yah! Praise God in his sanctuary! Praise him in his heavens for his acts of power! — read the full passage →
The eyes of all wait for you. You give them their food in due season.
My soul longs for the Lord more than watchmen long for the morning; more than watchmen for the morning.
If a man dies, shall he live again? All the days of my warfare would I wait, until my release should come.
For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with God’s trumpet. The dead in Christ will rise first, — read the full passage →
Love is patient and is kind; love doesn’t envy. Love doesn’t brag, is not proud, — read the full passage →
Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and reveal the counsels of the hearts. Then each man will get his praise from God.
When Jesus had spoken these words, he went out with his disciples over the brook Kidron, where there was a garden, into which he and his disciples entered. — read the full passage →
But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things, and will remind you of all that I said to you.
No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to one, and despise the other. You aren’t able to serve God and Mammon.”
Jesus answered, “A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who both stripped him and beat him, and departed, leaving him half dead. — read the full passage →
Seeing the multitudes, he went up onto the mountain. When he had sat down, his disciples came to him. — read the full passage →
Jesus said to him, “Again, it is written, ‘You shall not test the Lord, your God.’”
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