Topic

Waiting

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Psalms 27:14

Wait for Yahweh. Be strong, and let your heart take courage. Yes, wait for Yahweh.

Isaiah 40:31

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.

Psalms 37:7

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.

Micah 7:7

But as for me, I will look to Yahweh. I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me.

Psalms 130:5

I wait for Yahweh. My soul waits. I hope in his word.

Habakkuk 2:3

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.

Lamentations 3:25

Yahweh is good to those who wait for him, to the soul that seeks him.

Isaiah 30:18

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.

Psalms 62:5

My soul, wait in silence for God alone, for my expectation is from him.

Psalms 33:20

Our soul has waited for Yahweh. He is our help and our shield.

Romans 8:25

But if we hope for that which we don’t see, we wait for it with patience.

Romans 12:12

rejoicing in hope; enduring in troubles; continuing steadfastly in prayer;

Psalms 39:7

Now, Lord, what do I wait for? My hope is in you.

Psalms 40:1

I waited patiently for Yahweh. He turned to me, and heard my cry.

Psalms 25:5

Guide me in your truth, and teach me, For you are the God of my salvation, I wait for you all day long.

Galatians 6:9

Let us not be weary in doing good, for we will reap in due season, if we don’t give up.

Proverbs 20:22

Don’t say, “I will pay back evil.” Wait for Yahweh, and he will save you.

Psalms 52:9

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.

Isaiah 33:2

Yahweh, be gracious to us. We have waited for you. Be our strength every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble.

Isaiah 8:17

I will wait for Yahweh, who hides his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.

Psalms 37:34

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.

Psalms 37:9

For evildoers shall be cut off, but those who wait for Yahweh shall inherit the land.

Titus 2:13

looking for the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ;

James 5:7

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.

Isaiah 64:4

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.

James 1:12

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.

Psalms 37:7–9

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 →

Psalms 130:5–6

I wait for Yahweh. My soul waits. I hope in his word. — read the full passage →

Psalms 62:1

My soul rests in God alone. My salvation is from him.

Philippians 3:20

For our citizenship is in heaven, from where we also wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ;

James 5:7–8

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 →

Hosea 12:6

Therefore turn to your God. Keep kindness and justice, and wait continually for your God.

Psalms 59:9

Oh, my Strength, I watch for you, for God is my high tower.

Galatians 5:5

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

Psalms 31:24

Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all you who hope in Yahweh.

Jeremiah 29:11

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.

1 Corinthians 13:4

Love is patient and is kind; love doesn’t envy. Love doesn’t brag, is not proud,

Acts 1:4

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.

Revelation 1:1

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,

1 Corinthians 1:7

so that you come behind in no gift; waiting for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ;

Psalms 25:3

Yes, no one who waits for you shall be shamed. They shall be shamed who deal treacherously without cause.

Psalms 25:21

Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, for I wait for you.

Psalms 40:1–3

I waited patiently for Yahweh. He turned to me, and heard my cry. — read the full passage →

Isaiah 25:9

It shall be said in that day, “Behold, this is our God! We have waited for him, and he will save us! This is Yahweh! We have waited for him. We will be glad and rejoice in his salvation!”

Romans 5:1–21

Being therefore justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ; — read the full passage →

Lamentations 3:26

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

Luke 2:25

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.

James 1:1–27

James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are in the Dispersion: Greetings. — read the full passage →

Zephaniah 3:8

“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.

1 John 3:2

Beloved, now we are children of God, and it is not yet revealed what we will be. But we know that, when he is revealed, we will be like him; for we will see him just as he is.

Psalms 5:3

Yahweh, in the morning you shall hear my voice. In the morning I will lay my requests before you, and will watch expectantly.

Psalms 25:4–5

Show me your ways, Yahweh. Teach me your paths. — read the full passage →

2 Peter 3:9

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.

Hebrews 6:15

Thus, having patiently endured, he obtained the promise.

Genesis 49:18

I have waited for your salvation, Yahweh.

James 5:11

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.

Psalms 145:15

The eyes of all wait for you. You give them their food in due season.

Lamentations 3:25–26

Yahweh is good to those who wait for him, to the soul that seeks him. — read the full passage →

Ephesians 4:2

with all lowliness and humility, with patience, bearing with one another in love;

Isaiah 49:23

Kings shall be your nursing fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers: they shall bow down to you with their faces to the earth, and lick the dust of your feet; and you shall know that I am Yahweh; and those who wait for me shall not be disappointed.”

Hebrews 9:28

so Christ also, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, without sin, to those who are eagerly waiting for him for salvation.

Isaiah 26:8

Yes, in the way of your judgments, Yahweh, have we waited for you. Your name and your renown are the desire of our soul.

Luke 12:36

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.

Proverbs 3:5–6

Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding. — read the full passage →

1 Corinthians 4:5

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.

Colossians 1:11

strengthened with all power, according to the might of his glory, for all endurance and perseverance with joy;

Mark 15:43

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.

1 Thessalonians 1:10

and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead—Jesus, who delivers us from the wrath to come.

Jeremiah 14:22

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.

Psalms 106:13

They soon forgot his works. They didn’t wait for his counsel,

John 3:16–17

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

Hebrews 11:1

Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, proof of things not seen.

Isaiah 51:5

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.

Romans 5:3–4

Not only this, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering works perseverance; — read the full passage →

Psalms 62:1–2

My soul rests in God alone. My salvation is from him. — read the full passage →

Psalms 27:13–14

I am still confident of this: I will see the goodness of Yahweh in the land of the living. — read the full passage →

1 Peter 5:6–7

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

Psalms 46:10

“Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations. I will be exalted in the earth.”

Romans 8:28

We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.

Romans 8:23

Not only so, but ourselves also, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for adoption, the redemption of our body.

Psalms 33:20–22

Our soul has waited for Yahweh. He is our help and our shield. — read the full passage →

Acts 22:16

Now why do you wait? Arise, be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on the name of the Lord.’

Psalms 62:2

He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress— I will never be greatly shaken.

2 Peter 3:8

But don’t forget this one thing, beloved, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

Psalms 123:2

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.

Ecclesiastes 3:11

He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in their hearts, yet so that man can’t find out the work that God has done from the beginning even to the end.

Isaiah 1:1–31

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 →

Philippians 4:6

In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.

Proverbs 15:18

A wrathful man stirs up contention, but one who is slow to anger appeases strife.

Romans 10:13

For, “Whoever will call on the name of the Lord will be saved.”

2 Thessalonians 3:5

May the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patience of Christ.

Psalms 62:5–6

My soul, wait in silence for God alone, for my expectation is from him. — read the full passage →

Psalms 38:15

For in you, Yahweh, do I hope. You will answer, Lord my God.

Psalms 130:6

My soul longs for the Lord more than watchmen long for the morning; more than watchmen for the morning.

Ecclesiastes 3:1

For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:

Hebrews 10:36

For you need endurance so that, having done the will of God, you may receive the promise.

Jude 1:20–21

But you, beloved, keep building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit. — read the full passage →

Psalms 104:27

These all wait for you, that you may give them their food in due season.

Psalms 69:3

I am weary with my crying. My throat is dry. My eyes fail, looking for my God.

Galatians 2:20

I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I that live, but Christ living in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.

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