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 to all that trust in him.

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

Wait for Jehovah; be strong and let thy heart take courage: yea, wait for Jehovah.

The Lord does not delay his promise, as some account of delay, but is longsuffering towards you, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

Suffer me a little, and I will shew thee that I have yet words for +God.

{To the chief Musician. Of David. A Psalm.} 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 my persecutors.

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 smallest a mighty nation: I, Jehovah, will hasten it in its time.

Although thou sayest thou dost not see him, judgment is before him, therefore wait for him.

{To the chief Musician, to Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.} I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a muzzle, while the wicked is before me.

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

These all look unto thee, that thou mayest give their food in its season:

Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray and moan aloud; and he will hear my voice.

If his days are determined, if the number of his months is with thee, and thou hast appointed his bounds which he must not pass,

He hath made everything beautiful in its time; also he hath set the world in their heart, so that man findeth not out from the beginning to the end the work that God doeth.

But if what we see not we hope, we expect in patience.

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

He made the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth its going down.

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

Commit thy way unto Jehovah, and rely upon him: he will bring it to pass;

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

Here is the endurance of the saints, who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.

So that do not judge anything before the time, until the Lord shall come, who shall also both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and shall make manifest the counsels of hearts; and then shall each have his praise from God.

(for he says, I have listened to thee in an accepted time, and I have helped thee in a day of salvation: behold, now is the well-accepted time; behold, now the day of salvation:)

Ye also have patience: stablish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is drawn nigh.

But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of the heavens, but my Father alone.

but when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, come of woman, come under 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 mountain, the people collected together to Aaron, and said to him, Up, make us a god, who will go before us; for this Moses, the man that has brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what is become of him!

proclaim the word; be urgent in season and out of season, convict, rebuke, encourage, with all longsuffering and doctrine.

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 after Hannah had conceived, that she bore a son, and called his name Samuel, saying, Because I have asked him of Jehovah.

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

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