Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
divine Delays » Try men's courage and patience
How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou forget me for ever? How long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
Be patient therefore, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient over it, until it receive the early and latter rain.
Mine eyes fail for thy word, While I say, When wilt thou comfort me?
When therefore he heard that he was sick, he abode at that time two days in the place where he was.
But I am poor and needy; Yet the Lord thinketh upon me: Thou art my help and my deliverer; Make no tarrying, O my God.
I am weary with my crying; my throat is dried: Mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.
Martha therefore said unto Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.
The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some count slackness; but is longsuffering to you-ward, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
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How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou forget me for ever? How long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
Be patient therefore, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient over it, until it receive the early and latter rain.
Mine eyes fail for thy word, While I say, When wilt thou comfort me?
When therefore he heard that he was sick, he abode at that time two days in the place where he was.
But I am poor and needy; Yet the Lord thinketh upon me: Thou art my help and my deliverer; Make no tarrying, O my God.
I am weary with my crying; my throat is dried: Mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.
Martha therefore said unto Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.
The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some count slackness; but is longsuffering to you-ward, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
Verse Concepts
Reproach » The reproaches of man falling on jesus Christ
For Christ also pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell upon me.
Save me, O God; For the waters are come in unto my soul. I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me. I am weary with my crying; my throat is dried: Mine eyes fail while I wait for my God. read more.
They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head: They that would cut me off, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: That which I took not away I have to restore. O God, thou knowest my foolishness; And my sins are not hid from thee. Let not them that wait for thee be put to shame through me, O Lord Jehovah of hosts: Let not those that seek thee be brought to dishonor through me, O God of Israel. Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; Shame hath covered my face. I am become a stranger unto my brethren, And an alien unto my mother's children. For the zeal of thy house hath eaten me up; And the reproaches of them that reproach thee are fallen upon me.
They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head: They that would cut me off, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: That which I took not away I have to restore. O God, thou knowest my foolishness; And my sins are not hid from thee. Let not them that wait for thee be put to shame through me, O Lord Jehovah of hosts: Let not those that seek thee be brought to dishonor through me, O God of Israel. Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; Shame hath covered my face. I am become a stranger unto my brethren, And an alien unto my mother's children. For the zeal of thy house hath eaten me up; And the reproaches of them that reproach thee are fallen upon me.
spiritual Tests » Divine methods used for testing believers » Divine delays test men's courage and patience
How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou forget me for ever? How long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
Be patient therefore, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient over it, until it receive the early and latter rain.
Mine eyes fail for thy word, While I say, When wilt thou comfort me?
When therefore he heard that he was sick, he abode at that time two days in the place where he was.
But I am poor and needy; Yet the Lord thinketh upon me: Thou art my help and my deliverer; Make no tarrying, O my God.
I am weary with my crying; my throat is dried: Mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.
Martha therefore said unto Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.
The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some count slackness; but is longsuffering to you-ward, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
Verse Concepts
Waiting » The patience of saints often tested in
I am weary with my crying; my throat is dried: Mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.
Waiting upon God » The patience of saints often tried in
I am weary with my crying; my throat is dried: Mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.