18 Bible Verses about Divine Delays

How long, Yahweh? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?

But I am poor and needy. May the Lord think about me. You are my help and my deliverer. Don't delay, my God. For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.

I am weary with my crying. My throat is dry. My eyes fail, looking for my God.

My eyes fail for your word. I say, "When will you comfort me?"

When therefore he heard that he was sick, he stayed two days in the place where he was.

Therefore Martha said to Jesus, "Lord, if you would have been here, my brother wouldn't have died.

Be patient therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient over it, until it receives the early and late rain.

The Lord is not slow concerning his promise, as some count slowness; but is patient with us, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

In the fourth generation they will come here again, for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet full."

Notwithstanding I will not do it in your days, for David your father's sake; but I will tear it out of the hand of your son.

"See how Ahab humbles himself before me? Because he humbles himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days; but in his son's days will I bring the evil on his house."

But Yahweh was gracious to them, and had compassion on them, and had respect to 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 my anger, and for my praise will I refrain for you, that I not cut you off.

He said to the vine dresser, 'Behold, these three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree, and found none. Cut it down. Why does it waste the soil?'

He answered, 'Lord, leave it alone this year also, until I dig around it, and fertilize it.

If it bears fruit, fine; but if not, after that, you can cut it down.'"

who before were disobedient, when God waited patiently in the days of Noah, while the ship was being built. In it, few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water.