71 Bible Verses about Waiting
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And she will say, Sit, my daughter, till thou shalt know how the word will fall: for the man will not rest till he finished the word this day.
And Jonah will go out of the city, and sit from the east to the city, and he make to him there a tent, and he will sit under it in the shadow, even till he shall see what will be upon the city.
And they expected him about to be inflamed, or to fall down dead suddenly: and they waiting for much, and seeing nothing extraordinary coming to him, changing their opinions, they said he was a god.
And he will wait yet again other seven days, and he will add to send forth the dove from the ark. And the dove will come in to him at the time of evening, and lo, an olive leaf plucked off, in her mouth. And Noah will know that the waters were diminished from over the earth. And he will wait yet again, other seven days, and will send forth the dove; and she will not add to turn back to him yet again.
And thirty days and three days, she shall sit down in the blood of purification: she shall not touch upon any holy thing, and into the holy place she shall not come till the completing of the days of her purification. And if she shall bear a female, and she was unclean two sevens, as her removal: and sixty days and six days she shall sit down upon the blood of her purification.
And after his cleansing they shall number to him seven days.
And they will light upon Moses and Aaron, going forth to their meeting in their coming out from Pharaoh.
Go to Pharaoh in the morning; behold, he will go forth to the water, and standing to meet him at the lip of the river: and the rod which was turned into a serpent thou shalt take in thy hand.
And David passed over a little from the head, and behold, Ziba, Mephibosheth's boy, to his meeting, and a pair of asses saddled, and upon them two hundred of bread and a hundred bunches of dried grapes, and a hundred of fruits, and a flask of wine.
And the prophet will go and stand by the king by the way; and he will be disguised with a bandage over his eyes.
Therefore, my brethren, coming together to eat, succeed one another.
And he said to the old men, Abide for us here, till when we shall turn back to you: and behold, Aaron and Hur with you; whoever having words shall draw near to them.
And Paul waiting for them among the Athenians, his spirit was excited in him, seeing the city being addicted to idol worship.
These having come before awaited us in Troas. And we sailed forth after the days of unleavened from Philippi, and came to them in Troas up to five days; where we tarried seven days.
For each takes his own supper in eating: and one is truly hungry, and one is intoxicated.
To me they heard, and they waited, and they will be silent for them at my counsel. After my words they will not repeat, and my speech will drop upon them. And they waited for me as the rain, and they opened wide their mouth for the latter rain.
And go down before me to Gilgal; and behold, I come down to thee to bring up burnt offerings, to sacrifice sacrifices of peace: seven days shalt thou wait till my coming to thee, and I made known to thee what thou shalt do.
And the third day thou shalt go down quickly, and come to the place where thou didst hide there in the day of the work, and thou shalt sit by the stone of rolling:
See me lingering in Araboth of the desert till word come from you to announce to me.
And the people awaiting, and all reasoning in their hearts concerning John, whether he may not be the Christ;
And Moses will say to them, Stand ye, and I will hear what Jehovah will command for you.
I will stand upon my watch, and be set me upon the fortress, and I will watch to see what he will speak in me, and what I shall turn back upon my reproof.
For yet the vision for the appointment, and it shall breathe to the end, and it shall not lie: if it shall delay, wait for it; for coming, it will come; and it shall not delay.
And, behold, I send the solemn promise of my Father upon you: and do ye sit in the city of Jerusalem, till ye be clothed with power from on high.
And, being collected together, he enjoined them not to be separated from Jerusalem, but to wait for the solemn promise of the Father, which ye heard of me. For John truly immersed in water; and ye shall be immersed in the Holy Spirit not after these many days.
According to faith died all these, not having received the promises, but having seen them from afar, and been persuaded, and having embraced, and assented that they are strangers and newly arrived from a foreign country upon earth.
And, behold, a man was in Jerusalem, the name to him Simeon; and this man just and cautious, waiting the consolation of Israel : and the Holy Spirit was upon him.
Joseph came from Arimathea, a distinguished counsellor, who also himself was expecting the kingdom of God, having ventured, he went in to Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus.
(The same was not set together in the counsel and deed of them;) from Arimathea, a city of the Jews: who also himself waited for the kingdom of God.
I heard and my belly will tremble; at the voice my lips quivered: rottenness will come into my bones, and I shall tremble under me that I shall rest at the day of straits: to come up to the people he will invade him.
How many the days of thy servant? when wilt thou do judgment upon them pursuing me?
My justice is near; my salvation went forth, and mine arms shall judge the peoples; the islands shall wait for me, and to mine arm shall they hope.
For this, wait for me, says Jehovah, to the day of my rising up for a testimony: for my judgment is to assemble the nations for my gathering the kingdoms to pour upon them my wrath, all the burning of mine anger: for in the fire of my jealousy all the earth shall be devoured.
And to each were given white robes; and it was said to them, that they should rest for a little time, till also their fellowservants be filled up, about to be killed, as also they.
Therefore be longsuffering, brethren, even to the arrival of the Lord. Behold, the farmer awaits the precious fruit of the earth, being longsuffering for it, even till he should receive the early and late rain. Be longsuffering, ye also; make your hearts firm: for the arrival of the Lord has drawn near.
And ye like men expecting their Lord, when he shall loose from the nuptials; that having come and knocked, they might quickly open to him.
So that ye are not wanting in any grace; awaiting the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ.
And to wait for his Son from the heavens, whom be raised from the dead, Jesus, saving us from coming wrath.
So Christ, once offered to have borne the sins of many, of the second time, without sin, shall be seen to them expecting him for salvation.
For the anxious expectation of the creation awaits the revelation of the sons of God. For the creation was subject to vanity, not voluntarily, but by him having subjected in hope, That also the creation itself be freed from servitude of corruption to the freedom of the glory of the children of God.
For behold me creating new heavens and a new earth: and the former things shall not be remembered, and they shall not come upon the heart
And if the Spirit of him having raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he having raised up Christ from the dead will make alive also your mortal bodies by his Spirit dwelling in you.
So also the rising up of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption: It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power:
But we expect new heavens and a new earth, according to promise, in which dwells justice.
Dearly beloved, now are we the children of God, and it has not yet been manifested what we shall be: and we know that, if he be manifested, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and first earth passed away; and the sea was no more.
And Joshua will send them away; and they will go to the ambush, and they will dwell between the house of God and between Ai, from the sea to Ai: and Joshua will remain in that night in the midst of the people.
And now, rise up by night, thou and the people which are with thee, and lie in wait in the field: And it was in the morning when the sun rose, thou shalt rise early and invade upon the city: and behold, he and the people which with him coming forth against thee; and do thou to him as thy hand shall find.
If they shall say, Go with us, we will lie in wait for blood, we will hide for the innocent gratuitously; We will swallow them down living, as hades, and whole, as they going down to the pit: We shall find precious riches, we will fill our houses with spoil:
And if there shall be a man hating his friend and lying in wait for him, and he rose up against him and smote him in soul, and he died, and he fled to one of these cities:
Sitting in ambush of the enclosures: in hiding-places he will slay the innocent: his eyes will be hid to the afflicted.
For a harlot is a deep ditch; and a strong woman a narrow well. She also will lie in wait as for prey, and she will add those transgressing among men.
Thou shalt not lay wait, O wicked one, against the dwelling of the just one; thou shalt not destroy his resting place:
for evil ones were found among my people: he will look about as the stooping of fowlers; they set snares, they will take men.
The unjust watches for the just, and seeks to kill him,
To the Gazites, saying, Samson came here. And they will encompass, and will lie in wait for him all the night in the gate of the city, and they will be silent all the night, saying, During the light of the morning and we killed him.
For behold, they lay in wait for my soul: the strong will gather against me; not my transgression and not my sin, O Jehovah.
For mine enemies said to me, and they watching my soul took counsel together, Saying, God forsook him: pursue him and take him, for none delivering.
The unjust waited for me to destroy me: I shall understand thy testimonies.
For I heard the slander of many, terror from round about Announce ye, and we will announce. Every man of my peace watching my halting: perhaps he will be persuaded, and we shall prevail against him, and we will take our vengeance of him.
From Thematic Bible
Waiting » Those that wait on the lord
And for this Jehovah will wait to compassionate you, and for this he will be lifted up to pity you, for Jehovah is a God of judgment: happy all they waiting for him.
And kings were thy supporters, and princesses thy nurses: their faces to the earth they shall worship to thee, and the dust of thy feet shall they lick up; and thou knewest that I Jehovah, that they shall not be ashamed waiting for me.
Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning; And ye like men expecting their Lord, when he shall loose from the nuptials; that having come and knocked, they might quickly open to him. Happy those servants, whom the Lord having come shall find watching; truly I say to you, he will gird himself, and make them recline, and having come he will serve them. read more.
And if he should come in the second watch, and should come in the third watch, and find so, happy are those servants. And know this, that if the master of the house knew what hour the thief is coming, he had watched, and not have suffered his house to be undermined. And be ye therefore ready: for in the time which ye think not the Son of man is coming.
For they doing evil shall be cut off: and they waiting for Jehovah they shall inherit the earth.
And the boys shall be faint and weary, and the young men faltering, shall become feeble And they waiting for Jehovah shall change power; they shall go up on the wing as eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall go and not faint.
Waiting » The reward for waiting on the lord
To the overseer: of David chanting. Waiting, I waited for Jehovah, and he will incline to me, and he will hear my cry.
Wait for Jehovah: be strong, and thy heart shall be strengthened: and wait for Jehovah.
He swallowed up death for glory, the Lord Jehovah will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the reproach of his people he will remove from off all the earth, for Jehovah spake. And it was said in that day, Behold, this our God, we hoped for him, and he will save us: this Jehovah, we hoped for him, we will rejoice and be glad in his salvation.
Wait for Jehovah and watch his way, and be will exalt thee to inherit the earth: in the cutting off the unjust thou shalt see.
Waiting » Who waits for the lord
For I reckon that the sufferings of the time now not worthy of the glory about to be revealed in us. For the anxious expectation of the creation awaits the revelation of the sons of God. For the creation was subject to vanity, not voluntarily, but by him having subjected in hope, read more.
That also the creation itself be freed from servitude of corruption to the freedom of the glory of the children of God. For we know that all creation groans together and travails together until now. And not only, but also they having the first fruits of the Spirit, and we ourselves groan in ourselves, waiting for the adoption as a son, the redemption of our body.
Therefore in the liberty which Christ has freed us, stand ye, and be not again held in the yoke of servitude. Behold, I Paul say to you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing. And again to any man circumcised, I testify, that he is debtor to do the whole law. read more.
Ye were neglected from Christ, whoever are justified in the law; ye have fallen from grace. For we in spirit by faith expect the hope of justice. For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision has any power, nor uncircumcision; but faith being energetic through love.
Waiting » Illustrated
Therefore be longsuffering, brethren, even to the arrival of the Lord. Behold, the farmer awaits the precious fruit of the earth, being longsuffering for it, even till he should receive the early and late rain.
Behold, as the eyes of servants to the hand of their lords, as the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes are to Jehovah our God, even till he compassionate us.
And ye like men expecting their Lord, when he shall loose from the nuptials; that having come and knocked, they might quickly open to him.
Waiting » Upon God » As the giver of all temporal blessings
The eyes of all hope for thee, and thou givest to them their food in its time. Opening thy hand and filling the desire to all living.
They will all wait for thee to give their food in its time. Thou wilt give to them, they will gather up: thou wilt open thy hand, they will be filled with good.
Waiting » Exhortations and encouragements to
Wait for Jehovah: be strong, and thy heart shall be strengthened: and wait for Jehovah.
Be silent to Jehovah and wait for him: thou shalt not be angry at him prospering his way, at the man doing wickednesses.
And thou, in thy God thou shalt turn back: watch mercy and judgment, and wait always for thy God.
Waiting » Those who engage in » Are blessed
And for this Jehovah will wait to compassionate you, and for this he will be lifted up to pity you, for Jehovah is a God of judgment: happy all they waiting for him.
Happy he waiting, and he shall reach to the thousand three hundred and thirty and five days.
Waiting » Especially in adversity
And I waited for Jehovah in his hiding his face from the house of Jacob, and I trusted to him.
To the overseer, Thou wilt not destroy, to David a poem; in Saul sending, and they will watch the house to kill him. Deliver me from mine enemies, O God: thou wilt set me on high from those rising up against me. Deliver me from those working vanity, and save me from men of bloods. For behold, they lay in wait for my soul: the strong will gather against me; not my transgression and not my sin, O Jehovah. read more.
Not iniquity, they will run and they will prepare: be aroused to meet me, and see. And thou Jehovah God of armies, God of Israel, awake to review all the nations: thou wilt not compassionate all covering iniquity. Silence. They will turn back at evening: they will make a noise as a dog, and they will surround the city. Behold, they will gush out with their mouth: swords in their lips: for who heard? And thou, O Jehovah, wilt laugh at them; thou wilt deride at all the nations. His strength for thee will I watch: for God my height
Waiting » For salvation
To the overseer, to Jeduthun: chanting to David. Surely my soul was silent to God: from him my salvation. Surely he my rock and my salvation, my height; I shall not be greatly moved.
Waiting » Those who engage in » Will not be ashamed
And kings were thy supporters, and princesses thy nurses: their faces to the earth they shall worship to thee, and the dust of thy feet shall they lick up; and thou knewest that I Jehovah, that they shall not be ashamed waiting for me.
Also all awaiting thee shall not be ashamed: they transgressing emptily shall be ashamed.
Waiting » Those who engage in » Will be saved
And it was said in that day, Behold, this our God, we hoped for him, and he will save us: this Jehovah, we hoped for him, we will rejoice and be glad in his salvation.
Waiting » Saints plead, in prayer
O Jehovah, pity us: we hoped for thee: be thou their arm for the mornings, also our salvation in time of straits.
Integrity and uprightness shall watch me; for I waited for thee.
Waiting » For the coming of Christ
And to wait for his Son from the heavens, whom be raised from the dead, Jesus, saving us from coming wrath.
So that ye are not wanting in any grace; awaiting the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Waiting » For protection
His strength for thee will I watch: for God my height My God, his mercy shall anticipate me: God shall cause me to look upon mine enemies.
Waiting » Predicted of the gentiles
He shall not be weak, and he shall not break, till he shall set judgment in the earth; and the isles shall wait for his law:
For the islands shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish among the first to bring thy sons from far off, their silver and their gold with them, to the name of Jehovah thy God, and to the Holy One of Israel, because he honored thee.
Waiting » Saints resolve on
Waiting » With patience
To the overseer: of David chanting. Waiting, I waited for Jehovah, and he will incline to me, and he will hear my cry.
Be silent to Jehovah and wait for him: thou shalt not be angry at him prospering his way, at the man doing wickednesses.
Waiting » Those who engage in » Will renew their strength
And they waiting for Jehovah shall change power; they shall go up on the wing as eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall go and not faint.
Waiting » Upon God » As the God of providence
Is there among the vanities of the nations those causing ruin? and if the heavens will give showers? Art not thou he, Jehovah our God? And we will wait for thee: for thou didst make all these.
Waiting » Should be with the soul
Only, my soul be thou silent to God; for from him my hope.
To the overseer, to Jeduthun: chanting to David. Surely my soul was silent to God: from him my salvation.
Waiting » For pardon
And now, what waited I for, O Jehovah? my hope it is to thee. Deliver me from all my transgression: thou wilt not set me a reproach of the foolish one.
Waiting » Those who engage in » Will receive the glorious things prepared by God for them
From forever they heard not, they gave not ear, the eye saw not, O God, besides thee, he will do to him waiting for him.
Waiting » Those who engage in » Will rejoice in salvation
And it was said in that day, Behold, this our God, we hoped for him, and he will save us: this Jehovah, we hoped for him, we will rejoice and be glad in his salvation.
Waiting » Exemplified » Isaiah
And I waited for Jehovah in his hiding his face from the house of Jacob, and I trusted to him.
Waiting » Exemplified » Joseph
Joseph came from Arimathea, a distinguished counsellor, who also himself was expecting the kingdom of God, having ventured, he went in to Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus.
Waiting » Exemplified » jacob
Waiting » In the way of his judgments
Also the way of thy judgments, O Jehovah, we hoped for thee; to thy name and to thy remembrance is the desire of the soul.
Waiting » With hope in his word
Waiting » With earnest desire
My soul for Jehovah more than they watching for the morning: they watching for the morning.
Waiting » For mercy
Behold, as the eyes of servants to the hand of their lords, as the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes are to Jehovah our God, even till he compassionate us.
Waiting » Those who engage in » Will inherit the earth
For they doing evil shall be cut off: and they waiting for Jehovah they shall inherit the earth.
Waiting » Those who engage in » Experience his goodness
Waiting » Those who engage in » Wait upon him only
Only, my soul be thou silent to God; for from him my hope.
Waiting » Those who engage in » Are heard
To the overseer: of David chanting. Waiting, I waited for Jehovah, and he will incline to me, and he will hear my cry.
Waiting » Exemplified » Micah
Waiting » Exemplified » David
Waiting » Upon God » As the God of salvation
Cause me to tread in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art God saving me; on thee I waited all the day.
Waiting » The patience of saints often tested in
I was wearied in my calling, my throat was dried up: mine eyes failed waiting for my God.
Waiting » For the fulfillment of his word
For yet the vision for the appointment, and it shall breathe to the end, and it shall not lie: if it shall delay, wait for it; for coming, it will come; and it shall not delay.
Waiting » For the consolation of israel
And, behold, a man was in Jerusalem, the name to him Simeon; and this man just and cautious, waiting the consolation of Israel : and the Holy Spirit was upon him.
Waiting » For guidance and teaching
Cause me to tread in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art God saving me; on thee I waited all the day.
Waiting » Continually
And thou, in thy God thou shalt turn back: watch mercy and judgment, and wait always for thy God.
Waiting » Saints have expectation from
Only, my soul be thou silent to God; for from him my hope.
Waiting » With full confidence
Waiting » With resignation
Waiting » God calls us to
For this, wait for me, says Jehovah, to the day of my rising up for a testimony: for my judgment is to assemble the nations for my gathering the kingdoms to pour upon them my wrath, all the burning of mine anger: for in the fire of my jealousy all the earth shall be devoured.
Waiting » All day
Cause me to tread in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art God saving me; on thee I waited all the day.
Waiting » Is good
Waiting » For the hope of righteousness by faith
For we in spirit by faith expect the hope of justice.
Waiting » For the fulfillment of his promises
And, being collected together, he enjoined them not to be separated from Jerusalem, but to wait for the solemn promise of the Father, which ye heard of me.
Topics on Waiting
Attitudes While Waiting For Second Coming
Luke 12:36And ye like men expecting their Lord, when he shall loose from the nuptials; that having come and knocked, they might quickly open to him.
God Waiting
Isaiah 30:18And for this Jehovah will wait to compassionate you, and for this he will be lifted up to pity you, for Jehovah is a God of judgment: happy all they waiting for him.
People Waiting
Genesis 8:10And he will wait yet again other seven days, and he will add to send forth the dove from the ark.
Waiting At Gates
Acts 9:24But this project was known to Saul. And they observed narrowly the gates day, and also night, that they might kill him.
Waiting For The Second Coming
Philippians 3:20For our citizenship is in the heavens; from whence we also expect the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:
Waiting On God
Hosea 12:6And thou, in thy God thou shalt turn back: watch mercy and judgment, and wait always for thy God.
Waiting On The Lord
Psalm 27:14Wait for Jehovah: be strong, and thy heart shall be strengthened: and wait for Jehovah.
Waiting Till Marriage
Deuteronomy 24:5When a man shall take a new wife, he shall not go out in the war, and nothing shall pass upon him for any word: he shall be free to his house one year, and gladden his wife whom he took.
