12 Bible Verses about Waiting On God

Wait patiently therefore, brothers, till the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waits for the precious fruit of the earth, and is of long patience, till he receives the autumnal and vernal rain. Do you also have long patience, confirm your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand.

Stand with your loins girded, and your candles lighted, and be like men waiting for the coming of their lord, when he shall return from the wedding, that when he comes and knocks they may open to him immediately. Blessed are those servants whom their lord when he comes shall find watching. I tell you truly, that he will gird himself, and cause them to recline, and he will come and wait upon them.read more.
And if he comes in the second watch, and comes in the third watch, and finds them thus, blessed are they. But know this, that if the householder had known at what hour the thief comes, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be broken through. Be you also ready; for in an hour when you think not the Son of man comes.

so that you are behind in no gift, waiting for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ,

Judge nothing therefore before the time, till the Lord comes, who will both bring to light the hidden deeds of darkness, and make known the purposes of the hearts; and then shall each one have praise from God.

looking for the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of the great God and of our Saviour Jesus Christ,

so also Christ having been once offered to bear the sins of many, shall appear a second time without sin, to those who look for him for salvation.

and not only it, but we ourselves also who have the first fruit of the Spirit, even ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, the redemption of our bodies.

For we wait in spirit for the hope of righteousness, by faith.

and not only it, but we ourselves also who have the first fruit of the Spirit, even ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, the redemption of our bodies. For we are saved by hope; but a hope that is seen is not a hope; for why does one hope for what he sees? but if we hope for what we see not, we wait for it with patience.

And when he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those killed for the word of God and for the testimony which they had. And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, Master, holy and true, do you not judge and avenge our blood on those that dwell on the earth? And a white robe was given them, and it was told them to rest yet a little while, till their fellow servants and their brothers and those about to be killed as they also had been should finish [their testimony].

Joseph came, who was from Arimathea, an honorable counsellor, who also himself expected the kingdom of God, and went in boldly to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.

And behold, there was a man at Jerusalem whose name was Simeon; and this man was just and pious, waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was on him.