Lamentations 3:25

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Summary

Lamentations 3:25

The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.

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General references

Genesis 49:18

Psalm 70:4

Bible References

Good

It is good to go on hoping and quietly waiting for the salvation of Jehovah.

I wait with hope for your salvation, O Jehovah.

Jehovah is good and decent. That is why he teaches sinners the way they should live.

Hope (wait) (expect) (trust) in Jehovah and be strong. Let your heart be courageous. Yes, hope in Jehovah.

Surrender to Jehovah and wait patiently for him. Do not be preoccupied with an evildoer who succeeds in his way when he carries out his schemes.

Jehovah, for what do I wait? My hope is in you.

([Psalm of David]) I waited patiently for Jehovah and he bent down to me and heard my cry.

([Psalm of David]) Hear my cry, O God; listen to my prayer!

I wait for Jehovah, I do wait. And in his word I do hope.

On that day his people will say: This is our God! We have waited for Him and now He will save us. This is Jehovah. We have waited for Him. Let us rejoice and be glad because He will save us.

Jehovah is waiting to be kind to you. He rises to have compassion on you. Jehovah is a God of justice. Blessed are all those who wait for him.

Those who hope in Jehovah will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles. They will run and not grow weary! They will walk and not be faint.

No one has ever heard and no one has paid attention. No one has perceived any god except you. You help those who wait for you.

But as for me, I will look to Jehovah! I will wait for the God of my salvation! My God will hear me.

Wait for me, said Jehovah, until the day that I rise up as a witness. I am determined to gather the nations. I will assemble the kingdoms to pour out upon them my indignation, even all my fierce anger! All the earth will be devoured with the fire of my zeal.

and to wait for his Son to come from heaven, his Son Jesus, whom he raised from death and who rescues us from God's anger (indignation) that is to come.

Be patient, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient over it, until it receive the early and late rains.

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You my son Solomon, learn to know your father's God. Serve Jehovah wholeheartedly and willingly because he searches every heart and understands every thought we have. If you dedicate your life to serving him, he will accept you. On the other hand if you abandon him, he will reject you from then on.

Azariah went to Asa and said: Listen to me Asa and all you men from Judah and Benjamin. Jehovah is with you when you are with him. If you will dedicate your lives to serve him, he will accept you. But if you abandon him, he will abandon you.

Regardless of this, there is some good in you. You have removed all the symbols of the goddess Asherah that people worshiped. You have tried to follow God's will.

who have their hearts set on dedicating their lives to serve God. May Jehovah the God of their ancestors do this for those who are not clean as required for the holy place.

Hezekiah incorporated Moses' teachings and commands into worship and dedicated his life to serving God. Whatever he did for the worship in God's Temple, he did wholeheartedly, and he succeeded.

Humble (meek) people will eat until they are full. Those who look to Jehovah will praise him. May your heart live forever.

You said: Seek my face (look for me) (my presence). My heart said to you, O Jehovah, I will look for you.

The humble have seen it and are glad. And you, who seek after God, let your heart live.

Praise his holy name! Let the heart of those rejoice who seek Jehovah.

Blessed are those who obey his written word. They seek him with all their heart.

I yearn for you in the night. In the morning I long for you with all my being. When your judgments come upon the earth, the people of the world learn righteousness.

Seek Jehovah while he may be found. Call on him while he is near.

I said: Plow new ground for yourselves, plant righteousness, and reap the blessings that your devotion to me will produce. It is time for you to turn to me, Jehovah, and I will come and pour out righteousness on you.

General references

I wait with hope for your salvation, O Jehovah.

Let all who seek you rejoice and be glad because of you. Let those who love your salvation continually say: Let God be magnified!