8 Bible Verses about Divine Delays

So, when he heard that he was sick, he stayed two more days in the place where he was.

Martha said to Jesus, "Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.

Therefore be patient, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient over it, until it receives the early and late rains.

The Lord is not slow about his promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance.

So he said to the keeper of his vineyard, 'Look, for three years I have come seeking fruit on this fig tree and find none. Cut it down; why should it use up the ground?'

And he answered him, 'Sir, let it alone this year also, until I dig around it and fertilize it.

And if it bears fruit next year, fine; but if not, you can cut it down.'"

who formerly did not obey, when the patience of God waited in the days of Noah, during the building of the ark, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were saved through water.