Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
divine Delays » Try men's courage and patience
How long, O Yahweh? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?
Therefore be patient, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the soil, being patient concerning it until it receives the early and late rains.
My eyes long for your word, saying, "When will you comfort me?"
So when he heard that he was sick, then he remained in the place {where} he was two days.
But I [am] poor and needy. Let my Lord consider me. You [are] my help and my deliverer. O my God, do not delay.
I am weary with my calling [out]; my throat is parched. My eyes are exhausted [in my] waiting for my God.
So Martha said to Jesus, "Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.
The Lord is not delaying the promise, as some consider slowness, but is being patient toward you, [because he] does not want any to perish, but all to come to repentance.
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Prayer » For miscellaneous topics relating to the devotional life, » Answer delayed
How long, O Yahweh? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?
Therefore be patient, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the soil, being patient concerning it until it receives the early and late rains.
My eyes long for your word, saying, "When will you comfort me?"
So when he heard that he was sick, then he remained in the place {where} he was two days.
But I [am] poor and needy. Let my Lord consider me. You [are] my help and my deliverer. O my God, do not delay.
I am weary with my calling [out]; my throat is parched. My eyes are exhausted [in my] waiting for my God.
So Martha said to Jesus, "Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.
The Lord is not delaying the promise, as some consider slowness, but is being patient toward you, [because he] does not want any to perish, but all to come to repentance.
Verse Concepts
Reproach » The reproaches of man falling on jesus Christ
For even Christ did not please himself, but just as it is written, "The insults of those who insult you have fallen on me."
Save me, O God, because waters have come up to [my] neck. I sink in [the] mud of the deep, and there is no foothold. I have come to watery depths, and [the] torrent floods over me. I am weary with my calling [out]; my throat is parched. My eyes are exhausted [in my] waiting for my God. read more.
More numerous than the hairs of my head are [those] hating me without a cause. [Those who are] destroying me--my enemies wrongfully-- are mighty. What I did not steal, I then must restore. O God, {you yourself know} my foolishness, and my guilty deeds are not hidden from you. Let those who wait for you not be put to shame because of me, O Lord Yahweh [of] hosts. Let those who seek you not be disgraced because of me, O God of Israel. Because on account of you I have borne reproach; disgrace has covered my face. I have become a stranger to my brothers and a foreigner to my mother's sons, because the zeal for your house has consumed me, and the reproaches of those reproaching you have fallen on me.
More numerous than the hairs of my head are [those] hating me without a cause. [Those who are] destroying me--my enemies wrongfully-- are mighty. What I did not steal, I then must restore. O God, {you yourself know} my foolishness, and my guilty deeds are not hidden from you. Let those who wait for you not be put to shame because of me, O Lord Yahweh [of] hosts. Let those who seek you not be disgraced because of me, O God of Israel. Because on account of you I have borne reproach; disgrace has covered my face. I have become a stranger to my brothers and a foreigner to my mother's sons, because the zeal for your house has consumed me, and the reproaches of those reproaching you have fallen on me.
spiritual Tests » Divine methods used for testing believers » Divine delays test men's courage and patience
How long, O Yahweh? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?
Therefore be patient, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the soil, being patient concerning it until it receives the early and late rains.
My eyes long for your word, saying, "When will you comfort me?"
So when he heard that he was sick, then he remained in the place {where} he was two days.
But I [am] poor and needy. Let my Lord consider me. You [are] my help and my deliverer. O my God, do not delay.
I am weary with my calling [out]; my throat is parched. My eyes are exhausted [in my] waiting for my God.
So Martha said to Jesus, "Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.
The Lord is not delaying the promise, as some consider slowness, but is being patient toward you, [because he] does not want any to perish, but all to come to repentance.
Verse Concepts
Waiting » The patience of saints often tested in
I am weary with my calling [out]; my throat is parched. My eyes are exhausted [in my] waiting for my God.
Waiting upon God » The patience of saints often tried in
I am weary with my calling [out]; my throat is parched. My eyes are exhausted [in my] waiting for my God.