8 Bible Verses about Divine Delays
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however, he stay'd in the place where he was, even two days after he had heard that Lazarus was sick.
Lord, said Martha to Jesus, if you had been here, my brother had not been dead.
As for you, my brethren, bear your sufferings with constancy, till the advent of the Lord. the farmer, from the prospect of a golden crop, patiently expects the showers of the spring and the autumn.
the Lord does not delay the accomplishment of his promise, as some do imagine. but he waits with patience upon our account, as being unwilling that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
then he said to the vine-dresser, you see, I have been looking these three years for fruit from this fig-tree, but find none: hew it down, why should it cumber my ground?
to which he made answer, sir, let it alone one year longer, till I shall dig about it, and dung it.
those antient rebels in the time of Noah, when the divine forbearance waited, till the ark was quite finish'd, in which only eight persons were saved by means of the water.
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- Delays (5 instances)
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divine Delays » In inflicting punishment
those antient rebels in the time of Noah, when the divine forbearance waited, till the ark was quite finish'd, in which only eight persons were saved by means of the water.
divine Delays » Try men's courage and patience
As for you, my brethren, bear your sufferings with constancy, till the advent of the Lord. the farmer, from the prospect of a golden crop, patiently expects the showers of the spring and the autumn.
however, he stay'd in the place where he was, even two days after he had heard that Lazarus was sick.