36 Bible Verses about Waiting For God's Timing

I wait for Jehovah, my soul doth wait, And in his word do I hope.

As for God, his way is perfect: The word of Jehovah is tried; He is a shield unto all them that take refuge in him.

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

Wait for Jehovah: Be strong, and let thy heart take courage; Yea, wait thou for Jehovah.

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.

Suffer me a little, and I will show thee; For I have yet somewhat to say on God's behalf.

I waited patiently for Jehovah; And he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.

My times are in thy hand: Deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.

For I am Jehovah; I will speak, and the word that I shall speak shall be performed; it shall be no more deferred: for in your days, O rebellious house, will I speak the word, and will perform it, saith the Lord Jehovah.

The little one shall become a thousand, and the small one a strong nation; I, Jehovah, will hasten it in its time.

How much less when thou sayest thou beholdest him not, The cause is before him, and thou waitest for him!

I said, I will take heed to my ways, That I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, While the wicked is before me.

Rest in Jehovah, 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.

These wait all for thee, That thou mayest give them their food in due season.

Evening, and morning, and at noonday, will I complain, and moan; And he will hear my voice.

Seeing his days are determined, The number of his months is with thee, And thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;

He hath made everything beautiful in its time: also he hath set eternity in their heart, yet so that man cannot find out the work that God hath done from the beginning even to the end.

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

Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and will not be afraid; for Jehovah, even Jehovah, is my strength and song; and he is become my salvation.

He appointed the moon for seasons: The sun knoweth his going down.

For the vision is yet for the appointed time, and it hasteth toward the end, and shall not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not delay.

Commit thy way unto Jehovah; Trust also in him, and he will bring it to pass.

Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time;

Here is the patience of the saints, they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.

Wherefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and make manifest the counsels of the hearts; and then shall each man have his praise from God.

(for he saith, At an acceptable time I hearkened unto thee, And in a day of salvation did I succor thee: behold, now is the acceptable time; behold, now is the day of salvation):

Be ye also patient; establish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord is at hand.

But of that day and hour knoweth no one, not even the angels of heaven, neither the Son, but the Father only.

but when the fulness of the time came, God sent forth his Son, born of a woman, born under the law,

For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith Jehovah.

And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we know not what is become of him.

preach the word; be urgent in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching.

a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;

And it came to pass, when the time was come about, that Hannah conceived, and bare a son; and she called his name Samuel,'saying , Because I have asked him of Jehovah.

And he tarried seven days, according to the set time that Samuel had appointed : but Samuel came not to Gilgal; and the people were scattered from him.

And Jehovah's anger was kindled against Israel, and he made them wander to and fro in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation, that had done evil in the sight of Jehovah, was consumed.