Isaiah 30:18
Therefore the LORDwaits to be gracious to you, and therefore he exalts himself to show mercy to you. For the LORD is a God of justice; blessed are all those who wait for him.
2 Peter 3:9
The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you,not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.
Proverbs 16:20
Whoever gives thought to the wordwill discover good, and blessed is he who trusts in the LORD.
Isaiah 25:9
It will be said on that day, "Behold, this is our God; we have waited for him, that he might save us. This is the LORD; we have waited for him; let us be glad and rejoice in his salvation."
Isaiah 33:5
The LORD is exalted, for he dwells on high; he will fill Zion with justice and righteousness,
2 Peter 3:15
And count the patience of our Lord as salvation, just as our beloved brother Paul also wrote to you according to the wisdom given him,
Psalm 2:12
Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and you perish in the way, for his wrath is quickly kindled. Blessed are all who take refuge in him.
Psalm 34:8
Oh, taste and see that the LORD is good! Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him!
Isaiah 5:16
But the LORD of hosts is exalted in justice, and the Holy God shows himself holy in righteousness.
Isaiah 8:17
I will wait for the LORD, who is hiding his face from the house of Jacob, and I will hope in him.
Jeremiah 17:7
"Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose trust is the LORD.
Exodus 34:6
The LORD passed before him and proclaimed, "The LORD, the LORD, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness,
Deuteronomy 32:4
"The Rock, his work is perfect, for all his ways are justice. A God of faithfulness and without iniquity, just and upright is he.
1 Samuel 2:3
Talk no more so very proudly, let not arrogance come from your mouth; for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.
Job 35:14
How much less when you say that you do not see him, that the case is before him, and you are waiting for him!
Psalm 27:14
Wait for the LORD; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the LORD!
Psalm 28:6-7
Blessed be the LORD! For he has heard the voice of my pleas for mercy.
Psalm 40:1-3
I waited patiently for the LORD; he inclined to me and heard my cry.
Psalm 46:10-11
"Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!"
Psalm 62:1-2
For God alone my soul waits in silence; from him comes my salvation.
Psalm 62:5-8
For God alone, O my soul, wait in silence, for my hope is from him.
Psalm 76:5-10
The stouthearted were stripped of their spoil; they sank into sleep; all the men of war were unable to use their hands.
Psalm 84:12
O LORD of hosts, blessed is the one who trusts in you!
Psalm 99:4
The King in his might loves justice. You have established equity; you have executed justice and righteousness in Jacob.
Isaiah 18:4
For thus the LORD said to me: "I will quietly look from my dwelling like clear heat in sunshine, like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest."
Isaiah 26:7-8
The path of the righteous is level; you make level the way of the righteous.
Isaiah 33:10-12
"Now I will arise," says the LORD, "now I will lift myself up; now I will be exalted.
Isaiah 40:31
but they who wait for the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.
Isaiah 42:1-4
Behold my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen, in whom my soul delights; I have put my Spirit upon him; he will bring forth justice to the nations.
Isaiah 42:14
For a long time I have held my peace; I have kept still and restrained myself; now I will cry out like a woman in labor; I will gasp and pant.
Isaiah 55:8
For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the LORD.
Isaiah 57:17-18
Because of the iniquity of his unjust gain I was angry, I struck him; I hid my face and was angry, but he went on backsliding in the way of his own heart.
Jeremiah 10:24-25
Correct me, O LORD, but in justice; not in your anger, lest you bring me to nothing.
Jeremiah 31:18-20
I have heard Ephraim grieving, 'You have disciplined me, and I was disciplined, like an untrained calf; bring me back that I may be restored, for you are the LORD my God.
Lamentations 3:25-26
The LORD is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him.
Hosea 2:14
"Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak tenderly to her.
Hosea 5:15-2
I will return again to my place, until they acknowledge their guilt and seek my face, and in their distress earnestly seek me.
Hosea 11:8-9
How can I give you up, O Ephraim? How can I hand you over, O Israel? How can I make you like Admah? How can I treat you like Zeboiim? My heart recoils within me; my compassion grows warm and tender.
Jonah 3:4-10
Jonah began to go into the city, going a day's journey. And he called out, "Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown!"
Micah 7:7-9
But as for me, I will look to the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation; my God will hear me.
Micah 7:18-20
Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity and passing over transgression for the remnant of his inheritance? He does not retain his anger forever, because he delights in steadfast love.
Malachi 2:17
You have wearied the LORD with your words. But you say, "How have we wearied him?"By saying, "Everyone who does evil is good in the sight of the LORD, and he delights in them." Or by asking, "Where is the God of justice?"
Matthew 15:22-28
And behold, a Canaanite woman from that region came out and was crying, "Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David; my daughter is severely oppressed by a demon."
Luke 2:25
Now there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon, and this man was righteous and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.
Luke 15:20
And he arose and came to his father. But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and felt compassion, and ran and embraced him and kissed him.
Luke 24:26-27
Was it not necessary that the Christ should suffer these things and enter into his glory?"
Acts 2:33-39
Being therefore exalted at the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured out this that you yourselves are seeing and hearing.
Acts 5:31
God exalted him at his right hand as Leader and Savior, to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins.
Romans 2:2-10
We know that the judgment of God rightly falls on those who practice such things.
Romans 5:20
Now the law came in to increase the trespass, but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more,
Romans 8:25-28
But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.
Romans 9:22
What if God, desiring to show his wrath and to make known his power, has endured with much patience vessels of wrath prepared for destruction,
Ephesians 1:6
to the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in the Beloved.
Ephesians 1:8
which he lavished upon us, in all wisdom and insight
Ephesians 1:20-23
that he worked in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places,
James 5:11
Behold, we consider those blessed who remained steadfast. You have heard of the steadfastness of Job, and you have seen the purpose of the Lord, how the Lord is compassionate and merciful.
Romans 9:15-18
For he says to Moses, "I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion."