Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
divine Delays » Try men's courage and patience
{To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.} How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.
Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?
When he had heard therefore that he was sick, he abode two days still in the same place where he was.
But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me: thou art my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.
I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.
Then said Martha unto Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.
The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
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{To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.} How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.
Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?
When he had heard therefore that he was sick, he abode two days still in the same place where he was.
But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me: thou art my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.
I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.
Then said Martha unto Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.
The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
Verse Concepts
Reproach » The reproaches of man falling on jesus Christ
For even Christ pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell on me.
{To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, A Psalm of David.} Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul. I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me. I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God. read more.
They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away. O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from thee. Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord GOD of hosts, be ashamed for my sake: let not those that seek thee be confounded for my sake, O God of Israel. Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face. I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother's children. For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.
They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away. O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from thee. Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord GOD of hosts, be ashamed for my sake: let not those that seek thee be confounded for my sake, O God of Israel. Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face. I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother's children. For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.
spiritual Tests » Divine methods used for testing believers » Divine delays test men's courage and patience
{To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.} How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.
Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?
When he had heard therefore that he was sick, he abode two days still in the same place where he was.
But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me: thou art my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.
I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.
Then said Martha unto Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.
The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
Verse Concepts
Waiting » The patience of saints often tested in
I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.
Waiting upon God » The patience of saints often tried in
I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.