36 Bible Verses about Waiting For God's Timing

I wait for the LORD; my soul waits, and I will hope in his word.

As for God, his way is upright; the word of God is pure; he is a shield to all those who take refuge in him.

"Nevertheless, the LORD will wait so he can be gracious to you; and thus he will rise up to show you mercy. For the LORD is a God of justice. How blessed are all those who wait for him."

Wait on the LORD. Be courageous, and he will strengthen your heart. Wait on the LORD! Davidic

The Lord is not slow about his promise, as some people understand slowness, but is being patient with you. He does not want anyone to perish, but wants everyone to repent.

"Be patient with me a moment longer, and I'll show you that there's more to say on God's behalf.

I waited expectantly for the LORD, and he took notice of me and heard my cry.

My times are in your hands. Deliver me from the hands of my enemies and from those who pursue me.

Because I am the LORD, I'll speak and the message that I communicate will be accomplished without delay. While you continue to be a rebellious house, I'll speak the message and then fulfill it," declares the Lord GOD.'"

The least of them will become a thousand, and the smallest one a mighty nation. "I am the LORD; When the time is right, I will do this swiftly."

Even though you complain that you can't perceive him, your case is already pending for judgment in his presence so keep on placing your hope in him.

I told myself, "I will keep watch over my tongue to keep from sinning. I will muzzle my mouth when the wicked are around."

Be silent in the LORD's presence and wait patiently for him. Don't be angry because of the one whose way prospers or the one who implements evil schemes.

All of them look to you to provide them their food at the proper time.

Morning, noon, and night, I mulled over these things and cried out in my distress, and he heard my voice.

Since his days have been determined, the number of his months is known to you. You've set his limit and he cannot exceed it.

He made everything appropriate in its time. He also placed eternity within them yet, no person can fully comprehend what God is doing from beginning to end.

But if we hope for what we do not yet observe, we eagerly wait for it with patience.

"Look! God yes God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid. For the LORD is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation."

He made the moon to mark time; the sun knows its setting time.

For the revelation pertains to an appointed time it speaks truthfully about the end. Though it delays, wait for it, because it will surely come about it will not be late!

Commit your way to the LORD; Trust him, and he will act.

Therefore, humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, so that at the proper time he may exalt you.

Here is a call for the endurance of the saints, who keep the commandments of God and hold fast to their faithfulness in Jesus:

Therefore, stop judging prematurely, before the Lord comes, for he will bring to light what is now hidden in darkness and reveal the motives of our hearts. Then each person will receive his praise from God.

For he says, "At the right time I heard you, and on a day of salvation I helped you." Listen, now is really the "right time"! Now is the "day of salvation"!

You, too, must be patient. Strengthen your hearts, because the coming of the Lord is near.

"No one knows when that day or hour will come not the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father,

But when the appropriate time had come, God sent his Son, born by a woman, born under the Law,

For my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways my ways," declares the LORD.

When the people saw that Moses took a long time to come down the mountain, they gathered around Aaron and told him, "Come here and make us a god who will go before us, because, as for this fellow Moses who led us out of the land of Egypt, we don't know what has become of him."

to proclaim the message. Be ready to do this whether or not the time is convenient. Refute, warn, and encourage with the utmost patience when you teach.

a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to uproot what was planted;

By the time of the next year's sacrifice, Hannah had become pregnant and had borne a son. She named him Samuel because she said, "I asked the LORD for him."

Saul waited seven days for the appointment set by Samuel. When Samuel did not arrive at Gilgal, as the people began to scatter from Saul,

"The LORD's anger had flared up against Israel so that he made them wander in the wilderness for 40 years until that whole generation, who committed evil in the eyes of the LORD, had died.