24 Bible Verses about Before God Acts
Most Relevant Verses
For the choir director. A Davidic psalm.Lord, how long will You forget me?
Forever?
How long will You hide Your face from me?
Lord, how long will You look on?
Rescue my life from their ravages,
my only one from the young lions.
How long, Yahweh? Will You be angry forever?
Will Your jealousy keep burning like fire?
How long, Lord? Will You hide Yourself forever?
Will Your anger keep burning like fire?
They cried out with a loud voice: “Lord, the One who is holy and true, how long until You judge and avenge our blood from those who live on the earth?”
How long will the land mourn
and the grass of every field wither?
Because of the evil of its residents,
animals and birds have been swept away,
for the people have said,
“He cannot see what our end will be.”
There are no signs for us to see.
There is no longer a prophet.
And none of us knows how long this will last.
My eyes grow weary
looking for what You have promised;
I ask, “When will You comfort me?”
How long, Lord, must I call for help
and You do not listen
or cry out to You about violence
and You do not save?
“How long must I endure this evil community that keeps complaining about Me? I have heard the Israelites’ complaints that they make against Me.
Jesus replied, “You unbelieving and rebellious generation! How long will I be with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring him here to Me.”
He replied to them, “You unbelieving generation! How long will I be with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring him to Me.”
Jesus replied, “You unbelieving and rebellious generation! How long will I be with you and put up with you? Bring your son here.”
How long must I see the signal flag
and hear the sound of the ram’s horn?
How many days must Your servant wait?
When will You execute judgment on my persecutors?
Then the Angel of the Lord responded, “How long, Lord of Hosts, will You withhold mercy from Jerusalem and the cities of Judah that You have been angry with these 70 years?”
Then the Jews surrounded Him and asked, “How long are You going to keep us in suspense? If You are the Messiah, tell us plainly.”
Then I heard a holy one speaking, and another holy one said to the speaker, “How long will the events of this vision last—the daily sacrifice, the rebellion that makes desolate, and the giving over of the sanctuary and of the host to be trampled?”
One of them said to the man dressed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, “How long until the end of these extraordinary things?”
