31 Bible Verses about People Waiting

He stayed yet another seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ship.

He stayed yet another seven days, and sent forth the dove; and she didn't return to him any more.

They met Moses and Aaron, who stood in the way, as they came forth from Pharaoh:

He said to the elders, "Wait here for us, until we come again to you. Behold, Aaron and Hur are with you. Whoever is involved in a dispute can go to them."

Moses answered them, "Wait, that I may hear what Yahweh will command concerning you."

"You shall go down before me to Gilgal; and behold, I will come down to you, to offer burnt offerings, and to sacrifice sacrifices of peace offerings: you shall wait seven days, until I come to you, and show you what you shall do."

He stayed seven days, according to the set time that Samuel [had appointed]: but Samuel didn't come to Gilgal; and the people were scattered from him.

When David's young men came, they spoke to Nabal according to all those words in the name of David, and ceased.

All your enemies have opened their mouth wide against you; They hiss and gnash the teeth; they say, We have swallowed her up; Certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it.

If he thrust him of hatred, or hurled at him, lying in wait, so that he died,

But if any man hates his neighbor, and lies in wait for him, and rises up against him, and strikes him mortally so that he dies, and he flees into one of these cities;

They conspire and lurk, watching my steps, they are eager to take my life.

The wicked have waited for me, to destroy me. I will consider your statutes.

would you then wait until they were grown? Would you then refrain from having husbands? No, my daughters, for it grieves me much for your sakes, for the hand of Yahweh has gone out against me."

Behold, I will stay at the fords of the wilderness, until word comes from you to inform me."

The godly man has perished out of the earth, and there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; every man hunts his brother with a net.

I heard, and my body trembled. My lips quivered at the voice. Rottenness enters into my bones, and I tremble in my place, because I must wait quietly for the day of trouble, for the coming up of the people who invade us.

The people were waiting for Zacharias, and they marveled that he delayed in the temple.

As the people were in expectation, and all men reasoned in their hearts concerning John, whether perhaps he was the Christ,

It happened, when Jesus returned, that the multitude welcomed him, for they were all waiting for him.

men fainting for fear, and for expectation of the things which are coming on the world: for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.

The Jews therefore came around him and said to him, "How long will you hold us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly."

He listened to them, expecting to receive something from them.

Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was provoked within him as he saw the city full of idols.

But these had gone ahead, and were waiting for us at Troas.

Therefore don't yield to them, for more than forty men lie in wait for him, who have bound themselves under a curse neither to eat nor to drink until they have killed him. Now they are ready, looking for the promise from you."

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

Therefore, my brothers, when you come together to eat, wait for one another.

Now Elihu had waited to speak to Job, because they were elder than he.

"Behold, I waited for your words, and I listened for your reasoning, while you searched out what to say.

Shall I wait, because they don't speak, because they stand still, and answer no more?