18 Bible Verses about Divine Delays

How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou forget me for ever? How long wilt thou hide thy face from me?

But I am poor and needy; Yet the Lord thinketh upon me: Thou art my help and my deliverer; Make no tarrying, O my God.

I am weary with my crying; my throat is dried: Mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.

Mine eyes fail for thy word, While I say, When wilt thou comfort me?

When therefore he heard that he was sick, he abode at that time two days in the place where he was.

Martha therefore said unto Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.

Be patient therefore, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient over it, until it receive the early and latter rain.

The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some count slackness; but is longsuffering to you-ward, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

And in the fourth generation they shall come hither again; for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet full.

Notwithstanding in thy days I will not do it, for David thy father's sake: but I will rend it out of the hand of thy son.

Seest thou how Ahab humbleth himself before me? because he humbleth himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days; but in his son's days will I bring the evil upon his house.

But Jehovah was gracious unto them, and had compassion on them, and had respect unto them, because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not destroy them, neither cast he them from his presence as yet.

Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.

For my name's sake will I defer mine anger, and for my praise will I refrain for thee, that I cut thee not off.

And he said unto the vinedresser, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why doth it also cumber the ground?

And he answering saith unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it:

and if it bear fruit thenceforth, well ; but if not, thou shalt cut it down.

that aforetime were disobedient, when the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water: