18 Bible Verses about Divine Delays
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{To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David.} How long, Jehovah, wilt thou forget me for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
But I am afflicted and needy: the Lord thinketh upon me. Thou art my help and my deliverer: my God, make no delay.
Martha therefore said to Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died;
Have patience, therefore, brethren, till the coming of the Lord. Behold, the labourer awaits the precious fruit of the earth, having patience for it until it receive the early and the latter rain.
The Lord does not delay his promise, as some account of delay, but is longsuffering towards you, not willing 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 Amorites is not yet full.
notwithstanding in thy days I will not do it, for David thy father's sake; 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: in his son's days will I bring the evil upon his house.
And Jehovah was gracious to them, and had compassion on them, and had respect to them, because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; and he would not destroy them, neither did he cast them from his presence up to that time.
Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the children of men is fully set in them to do evil.
For my name's sake I will defer mine anger, and for my praise will I refrain as to thee, that I cut thee not off.
And he said to the vinedresser, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig-tree and find none: cut it down; why does it also render the ground useless?
But he answering says to him, Sir, let it alone for this year also, until I shall dig about it and put dung,
heretofore disobedient, when the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah while the ark was preparing, into which few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water:
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divine Delays » In inflicting punishment
And in the fourth generation they shall come hither again; for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.
For my name's sake I will defer mine anger, and for my praise will I refrain as to thee, that I cut thee not off.
heretofore disobedient, when the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah while the ark was preparing, into which few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water:
Seest thou how Ahab humbleth himself before me? because he humbleth himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days: in his son's days will I bring the evil upon his house.
notwithstanding in thy days I will not do it, for David thy father's sake; I will rend it out of the hand of thy son;
divine Delays » Try men's courage and patience
{To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David.} How long, Jehovah, wilt thou forget me for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
Have patience, therefore, brethren, till the coming of the Lord. Behold, the labourer awaits the precious fruit of the earth, having patience for it until it receive the early and the latter rain.
But I am afflicted and needy: the Lord thinketh upon me. Thou art my help and my deliverer: my God, make no delay.