36 Bible Verses about Waiting For God's Timing

I await Yahweh; my soul awaits, and I wait for his word.

This God--his way [is] blameless. The word of Yahweh [is] flawless. He [is] a shield for all those who take refuge in him.

Therefore Yahweh waits to be gracious [to] you, and therefore he will rise up to show you mercy, for Yahweh [is] a God of justice; blessed [are] all those who wait for him.

Wait for Yahweh. Be strong and let your heart show strength, and wait for Yahweh.

The Lord is not delaying the promise, as some consider slowness, but is being patient toward you, [because he] does not want any to perish, but all to come to repentance.

"Bear with me a little longer, and {I will explain}, for {I still have something to say on God's behalf}.

I waited patiently for Yahweh, And he inclined to me and heard my cry for help.

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

For I, Yahweh, I will speak what I will speak [as a] word, and it will be done. It will not prolong [itself] any longer, for in your days, house of rebellion, I will speak a word and I will fulfill it!" {declares} the Lord Yahweh.

The small [one] shall become tribe, and the smallest one a mighty nation. I [am] Yahweh; I will hasten it in its time."

{How much less} [when] you say [that] you do not see him, that [the] case [is] {before him}, and you are waiting for him!

I said, "I will guard my ways {that I may not sin} with my tongue. I will keep a muzzle over my mouth as long as [the] wicked [are] before me."

Be quiet before Yahweh and wait for him. Do not fret about one who succeeds [in] his way, about a man making plots.

They all wait for you to give [them] their food {at the proper time}.

{Morning, noon and night} I will lament and groan loudly, and he will hear my voice.

If his days [are] determined, the number of his months [is] with you; you have appointed his boundaries, and he cannot cross [them].

He has made everything suitable in its time. He also has put {the past} in their hearts, yet no one can grasp what God does from the beginning to the end.

But if we hope for what we do not see, we await [it] eagerly with patient endurance.

Look! God [is] my salvation; I will trust, and I will not be afraid, for my strength and might [is] Yah, Yahweh; and he has become salvation for me."

He made [the] moon for appointed times; [the] sun knows its [time for] setting.

For [there is] yet a vision for the appointed time; it will give witness to the end, and it will not lie. If it tarries, wait for it, for it will surely come and not delay.

{Commit to} Yahweh your way; Trust also on him and he will act.

Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, so that he may exalt you at the [right] time,

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

Therefore do not judge anything before the time, until the Lord should come, who will both enlighten the hidden things of darkness and will reveal the counsels of hearts, and then praise will come to each one from God.

For he says, "At the acceptable time I heard you, and in the day of salvation I helped you." Behold, now [is] the acceptable time; behold, now [is] the day of salvation!

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

"But concerning that day and hour no one knows--not even the angels of heaven nor the Son--except the Father alone.

But when the fullness of time came, God sent out his Son, born of a woman, born under the law,

"For my thoughts [are] not your thoughts, and your ways [are] not my ways," {declares} Yahweh.

And the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mountain, and the people gathered opposite Aaron, and they said to him, "Come, make for us gods who will go before us, because this Moses, the man who brought us up from the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him."

preach the word, be ready in season [and] out of season, reprove, rebuke, exhort, with all patience and instruction.

a time to bear and a time to die; a time to plant and a time to root up [what is] planted;

{In due time}, Hannah conceived and gave birth to a son. She called his name Samuel, for [she said], "I requested him from Yahweh."

He waited seven days according to the appointed time Samuel determined, but Samuel did not come to Gilgal, and {the army started to slip away from him}.

And {Yahweh became angry}, and he made them wander in the desert forty years until the entire generation who did evil in the {sight of Yahweh} {had died}.