Waiting

Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord.

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.

Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.

Therefore I will look unto the Lord; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.

I wait for the Lord, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.

For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.

The Lord is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.

And therefore will the Lord wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the Lord is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him.

My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him.

Our soul waiteth for the Lord: he is our help and our shield.

But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.

Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;

And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee.

I waited patiently for the Lord; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.

Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.

And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.

Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the Lord, and he shall save thee.

I will praise thee for ever, because thou hast done it: and I will wait on thy name; for it is good before thy saints.

O Lord, be gracious unto us; we have waited for thee: be thou their arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble.

And I will wait upon the Lord, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.

Wait on the Lord, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it.

For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the Lord, they shall inherit the earth.

Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;

Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.

For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee, what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him.

Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.

Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass. — read the full passage →

I wait for the Lord, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope. — read the full passage →

Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation.

For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:

Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain. — read the full passage →

Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually.

Because of his strength will I wait upon thee: for God is my defence.

For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.

Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the Lord.

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,

And, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:

So that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ:

Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which transgress without cause.

Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee.

I waited patiently for the Lord; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry. — read the full passage →

And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is the Lord; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.

Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: — read the full passage →

It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord.

And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; and the same man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel: and the Holy Ghost was upon him.

James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting. — read the full passage →

Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the Lord, 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 upon them mine indignation, even all my fierce anger: for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy.

Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.

My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O Lord; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.

Shew me thy ways, O Lord; teach me thy paths. — read the full passage →

The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise.

I have waited for thy salvation, O Lord.

Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.

The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season.

The Lord is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him. — read the full passage →

With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;

And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am the Lord: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me.

So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.

Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O Lord, have we waited for thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee.

And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately.

Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. — read the full passage →

Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.

Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness;

Joseph of Arimathea, an honourable counsellor, which also waited for the kingdom of God, came, and went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus.

And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.

Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he, O Lord our God? therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all these things.

They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel:

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. — read the full passage →

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

My righteousness is near; my salvation is gone forth, and mine arms shall judge the people; the isles shall wait upon me, and on mine arm shall they trust.

And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience; — read the full passage →

Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation. — read the full passage →

I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. — read the full passage →

Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time: — read the full passage →

Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.

And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.

Our soul waiteth for the Lord: he is our help and our shield. — read the full passage →

And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.

He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defence; I shall not be greatly moved.

But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes wait upon the Lord our God, until that he have mercy upon us.

He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.

The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. — read the full passage →

Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.

For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patient waiting for Christ.

My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him. — read the full passage →

For in thee, O Lord, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God.

My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning.

To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:

For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.

But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost, — read the full passage →

These wait all upon thee; that thou mayest give them their meat in due season.

I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.

I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.