Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
divine Delays » Try men's courage and patience
{To the Chanter, a Psalm of David} How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? Forever? 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 there upon, until he receive the early and the latter rain.
Mine eyes long sore for thy word, saying, "O when wilt thou comfort me?"
After he heard that he was sick, then abode he two days still in the same place where he was.
As for me, I am poor, and in misery, but the LORD careth for me. Thou art my helper and redeemer; make no long tarrying, O my God.
I am weary of crying; my throat is dry. My sight faileth me, for waiting so long upon my God.
Then said Martha unto Jesus, "Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not been dead:
The Lord is not slack to fulfill his promise as some men count slackness: but is patient to us ward and would have no man lost, but would receive all men to repentance.
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{To the Chanter, a Psalm of David} How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? Forever? 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 there upon, until he receive the early and the latter rain.
Mine eyes long sore for thy word, saying, "O when wilt thou comfort me?"
After he heard that he was sick, then abode he two days still in the same place where he was.
As for me, I am poor, and in misery, but the LORD careth for me. Thou art my helper and redeemer; make no long tarrying, O my God.
I am weary of crying; my throat is dry. My sight faileth me, for waiting so long upon my God.
Then said Martha unto Jesus, "Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not been dead:
The Lord is not slack to fulfill his promise as some men count slackness: but is patient to us ward and would have no man lost, but would receive all men to repentance.
Verse Concepts
Reproach » The reproaches of man falling on jesus Christ
For Christ pleased not himself: but as it is written, "The rebukes of them which rebuked thee, fell on me."
{To the Chanter, upon Shoshannim, of David} Save me, O God; for the waters are come in, even unto my soul. I stick fast in the deep mire, where no ground is; I am come into deep waters, so that the floods run over me. I am weary of crying; my throat is dry. My sight faileth me, for waiting so long upon my God. read more.
They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head; they that are mine enemies, and would destroy me guiltless, are mighty. I paid them the things that I never took. God, thou knowest my simpleness, and my faults are not hid from thee. Let not them that trust in thee, O LORD God of hosts, be ashamed for my cause; let not those that seek thee, be confounded through me, O LORD God of Israel. And why? For thy sake have I suffered reproof; shame hath covered my face. I am become a stranger unto my brethren, even an alien unto my mother's children. For the zeal of thine house hath even eaten me; and the rebukes of them that rebuked thee is fallen upon me.
They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head; they that are mine enemies, and would destroy me guiltless, are mighty. I paid them the things that I never took. God, thou knowest my simpleness, and my faults are not hid from thee. Let not them that trust in thee, O LORD God of hosts, be ashamed for my cause; let not those that seek thee, be confounded through me, O LORD God of Israel. And why? For thy sake have I suffered reproof; shame hath covered my face. I am become a stranger unto my brethren, even an alien unto my mother's children. For the zeal of thine house hath even eaten me; and the rebukes of them that rebuked thee is fallen upon me.
spiritual Tests » Divine methods used for testing believers » Divine delays test men's courage and patience
{To the Chanter, a Psalm of David} How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? Forever? 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 there upon, until he receive the early and the latter rain.
Mine eyes long sore for thy word, saying, "O when wilt thou comfort me?"
After he heard that he was sick, then abode he two days still in the same place where he was.
As for me, I am poor, and in misery, but the LORD careth for me. Thou art my helper and redeemer; make no long tarrying, O my God.
I am weary of crying; my throat is dry. My sight faileth me, for waiting so long upon my God.
Then said Martha unto Jesus, "Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not been dead:
The Lord is not slack to fulfill his promise as some men count slackness: but is patient to us ward and would have no man lost, but would receive all men to repentance.
Verse Concepts
Waiting » The patience of saints often tested in
I am weary of crying; my throat is dry. My sight faileth me, for waiting so long upon my God.
Waiting upon God » The patience of saints often tried in
I am weary of crying; my throat is dry. My sight faileth me, for waiting so long upon my God.