Thematic Bible: Waiting upon God
Thematic Bible
Perseverance » To be manifested in » Waiting upon God
Therefore turn you to your God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on your God continually.
Waiting upon God » For » Coming of Christ
And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, who delivered us from the wrath to come.
So that you come behind in no gift; waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ:
Waiting upon God » Exhortations and encouragements to
Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.
Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not yourself because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who brings wicked devices to pass.
Therefore turn you to your God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on your God continually.
Waiting upon God » Illustrated
Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, and has long patience for it, until he receives the early and latter rain.
Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes wait upon the LORD our God, until he has mercy upon us.
And you yourselves be like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that when he comes and knocks, they may open unto him immediately.
Waiting upon God » As the giver of all temporal blessings
The eyes of all wait upon you; and you give them their food in due season. You open your hand, and satisfy the desire of every living thing.
These all wait upon you; that you may give them their food in due season.
Waiting upon God » They who engage in » Shall be saved
And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is the LORD; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.
Say not, I will repay evil; but wait on the LORD, and he shall save you.
Waiting upon God » For » Salvation
[To the Chief Musician, to jeduthun. A Psalm of David.] Truly my soul waits upon God: from him comes my salvation. He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defense; I shall not be greatly moved.
Waiting upon God » They who engage in » Are blessed
And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD is a God of justice: blessed are all they that wait for him.
Blessed is he that waits, and comes to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days.
Waiting upon God » For » Protection
Our soul waits for the LORD: he is our help and our shield.
Because of your strength will I wait upon you: for God is my defense. The God of my mercy shall meet me: God shall let me see my desire upon my enemies.
Waiting upon God » Should be » Specially in adversity
And I will wait upon the LORD, that hides his face from the house of Jacob, and I will hope in him.
[To the Chief Musician, altaschith. A michtam of David; when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him.] Deliver me from my enemies, O my God: defend me from them that rise up against me. Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from bloodthirsty men. For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the mighty are gathered against me; not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O LORD. read more.
They run and prepare themselves apart from my fault: awake to help me, and behold. You therefore, O LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel, awake to punish all the nations: be not merciful to any wicked transgressors. Selah. They return at evening: they make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city. Behold, they bellow out with their mouths: swords are in their lips: for who, say they, does hear? But you, O LORD, shall laugh at them; you shall have all the nations in derision. Because of your strength will I wait upon you: for God is my defense.
They run and prepare themselves apart from my fault: awake to help me, and behold. You therefore, O LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel, awake to punish all the nations: be not merciful to any wicked transgressors. Selah. They return at evening: they make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city. Behold, they bellow out with their mouths: swords are in their lips: for who, say they, does hear? But you, O LORD, shall laugh at them; you shall have all the nations in derision. Because of your strength will I wait upon you: for God is my defense.
Waiting upon God » They who engage in » Shall not be ashamed
And kings shall be your nursing fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers: they shall bow down to you with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of your feet; and you shall know that I am the LORD: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me.
Yea, let none that wait on you be ashamed: let them be ashamed who transgress without cause.
Waiting upon God » Predicted of the gentiles
He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he has established justice in the earth: and the coastlands shall wait for his law.
Surely the coastlands shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring your sons from afar, their silver and their gold with them, unto the name of the LORD your God, and to the Holy One of Israel, because he has glorified you.
Waiting upon God » Saints plead, in prayer
O LORD, be gracious unto us; we have waited for you: be their arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble.
Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on you.
Waiting upon God » Should be » With patience
[To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.] I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.
Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not yourself because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who brings wicked devices to pass.
Waiting upon God » Should be » With the soul
My soul, wait you only upon God; for my expectation is from him.
[To the Chief Musician, to jeduthun. A Psalm of David.] Truly my soul waits upon God: from him comes my salvation.
Waiting upon God » Saints resolve on
Because of your strength will I wait upon you: for God is my defense.
I will praise you forever, because you have done it: and I will wait on your name; for it is good before your saints.
Waiting upon God » They who engage in » Experience his goodness
The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeks him.
Waiting upon God » Should be » With resignation
It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.
Waiting upon God » As the God of providence
Are there any among the idols of the nations that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? are not you he, O LORD our God? therefore we will wait upon you: for you have made all these things.
Waiting upon God » Exemplified » jacob
Waiting upon God » For » Hope of righteousness by faith
For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.
Waiting upon God » God calls us to
Therefore wait upon me, says the LORD, until the day that I rise up for plunder: for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them my indignation, even all my fierce anger: for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy.
Waiting upon God » They who engage in » Shall renew their strength, &c
But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
Waiting upon God » Exemplified » Hannah
And he had two wives; the name of the one was Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah: and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.
Waiting upon God » For » The fulfillment of his word
For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarries, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not delay.
Waiting upon God » For » Pardon
And now, Lord, what do I wait for? my hope is in you. Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish.
Waiting upon God » They who engage in » Shall receive the glorious things prepared by God for them
For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither has the eye seen, O God, besides you, what he has prepared for him that waits for him.
Waiting upon God » They who engage in » Shall rejoice in salvation
And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is the LORD; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.
Waiting upon God » Exemplified » Isaiah
And I will wait upon the LORD, that hides his face from the house of Jacob, and I will hope in him.
Waiting upon God » Should be » In the way of his judgments
Yea, in the way of your judgments, O LORD, have we waited for you; the desire of our soul is to your name, and to the remembrance of you.
Waiting upon God » Should be » With hope in his word
I wait for the LORD, my soul does wait, and in his word do I hope.
Waiting upon God » Should be » With earnest desire
My soul waits for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning.
Waiting upon God » For » Mercy
Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes wait upon the LORD our God, until he has mercy upon us.
Waiting upon God » They who engage in » Shall inherit the earth
For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth.
Waiting upon God » They who engage in » Wait upon him only
My soul, wait you only upon God; for my expectation is from him.
Waiting upon God » They who engage in » Are heard
[To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.] I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.
Waiting upon God » Exemplified » Joseph
Joseph of Arimathea, an honorable counselor, who also waited for the kingdom of God, came, and went in boldly unto Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus.
Waiting upon God » Exemplified » David
And now, Lord, what do I wait for? my hope is in you.
Waiting upon God » Should be » Continually
Therefore turn you to your God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on your God continually.
Waiting upon God » Should be » All day
Lead me in your truth, and teach me: for you are the God of my salvation; on you do I wait all the day.
Waiting upon God » For » Guidance and teaching
Lead me in your truth, and teach me: for you are the God of my salvation; on you do I wait all the day.
Waiting upon God » The patience of saints often tried in
I am weary from my crying: my throat is dried: my eyes fail while I wait for my God.
Waiting upon God » Saints have expectation from
My soul, wait you only upon God; for my expectation is from him.
Waiting upon God » As the God of salvation
Lead me in your truth, and teach me: for you are the God of my salvation; on you do I wait all the day.
Waiting upon God » Is good
I will praise you forever, because you have done it: and I will wait on your name; for it is good before your saints.
Waiting upon God » Exemplified » Micah
Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.
Waiting upon God » Should be » With full confidence
Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.
Waiting upon God » For » The consolation of israel
And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; and the same man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel: and the Holy Spirit was upon him.
Waiting upon God » For » The fulfillment of his promises
And, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, said he, you have heard of me.