24 Bible Verses about Before God Acts
Most Relevant Verses
For the choir director. A Psalm of David.
How long, O Lord? Will You forget me forever?
How long will You hide Your face from me?
Lord, how long will You look on?
Rescue my soul from their ravages,
My only life from the lions.
How long, O God, will the adversary revile,
And the enemy spurn Your name forever?
How long, O Lord? Will You be angry forever?
Will Your jealousy burn like fire?
How long, O Lord?
Will You hide Yourself forever?
Will Your wrath burn like fire?
and they cried out with a loud voice, saying, “How long, O Lord, holy and true, will You refrain from judging and avenging our blood on those who dwell on the earth?”
How long is the land to mourn
And the vegetation of the countryside to wither?
For the wickedness of those who dwell in it,
Animals and birds have been snatched away,
Because men have said, “He will not see our latter ending.”
We do not see our signs;
There is no longer any prophet,
Nor is there any among us who knows how long.
My eyes fail with longing for Your word,
While I say, “When will You comfort me?”
How long, O Lord, will I call for help,
And You will not hear?
I cry out to You, “Violence!”
Yet You do not save.
“How long shall I bear with this evil congregation who are grumbling against Me? I have heard the complaints of the sons of Israel, which they are making against Me.
And Jesus answered and said, “You unbelieving and perverted generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I put up with you? Bring him here to Me.”
And He *answered them and *said, “O unbelieving generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I put up with you? Bring him to Me!”
And Jesus answered and said, “You unbelieving and perverted generation, how long shall I be with you and put up with you? Bring your son here.”
How many are the days of Your servant?
When will You execute judgment on those who persecute me?
O Lord God of hosts,
How long will You be angry with the prayer of Your people?
Then the angel of the Lord said, “O Lord of hosts, how long will You have no compassion for Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, with which You have been indignant these seventy years?”
The Jews then gathered around Him, and were saying to Him, “How long will You keep us in suspense? If You are the Christ, tell us plainly.”
Then I heard a holy one speaking, and another holy one said to that particular one who was speaking, “How long will the vision about the regular sacrifice apply, while the transgression causes horror, so as to allow both the holy place and the host to be trampled?”
And one said to the man dressed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, “How long will it be until the end of these wonders?”
