8 Bible Verses about Divine Delays

So, when he heard of the illness, he stayed where he was for two days; then,

Said Martha to Jesus, "Had you been here, Lord, my brother would not have died.

Be patient, then, brothers, till the arrival of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious crop of the land, biding his time patiently till he gets the autumn and the spring rains;

The Lord is not slow with what he promises, according to certain people's idea of slowness; no, he is longsuffering for your sake, he does not wish any to perish but all to betake them to repentance.

So he said to the vinedresser, 'Here have I come for three years in search of fruit on this fig tree without finding any; cut it down, why should it take up space?'

But the man replied, 'Leave it for this year, sir, till I dig round about it and put in manure.

Then it may bear fruit next year. If not, you can have it cut down.'"

who had disobeyed at the time when God's patience held out during the construction of the ark in the days of Noah ??the ark by which only a few souls, eight in all, were brought safely through the water.)