34 Bible Verses about God's Timing

This God--his way is perfect; the word of the LORD proves true; he is a shield for all those who take refuge in him.

My times are in your hand; rescue me from the hand of my enemies and from my persecutors!

He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also, he has put eternity into man's heart, yet so that he cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end.

which he will display at the proper time--he who is the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings and Lord of lords,

For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven:

Thus says the LORD: "In a time of favor I have answered you; in a day of salvation I have helped you; I will keep you and give you as a covenant to the people, to establish the land, to apportion the desolate heritages,

For he says, "In a favorable time I listened to you, and in a day of salvation I have helped you."Behold, now is the favorable time; behold, now is the day of salvation.

The least one shall become a clan, and the smallest one a mighty nation; I am the LORD; in its time I will hasten it.

as a plan for the fullness of time, to unite all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth.

a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted;

But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law,

For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the LORD.

He said to them, "It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by his own authority.

For there is a time and a way for everything, although man's trouble lies heavy on him.

To make an apt answer is a joy to a man, and a word in season, how good it is!

I said, "I will guard my ways, that I may not sin with my tongue; I will guard my mouth with a muzzle, so long as the wicked are in my presence."

"The Rock, his work is perfect, for all his ways are justice. A God of faithfulness and without iniquity, just and upright is he.

And at the time of the offering of the oblation, Elijah the prophet came near and said, "O LORD, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, let it be known this day that you are God in Israel, and that I am your servant, and that I have done all these things at your word.

Again I saw that under the sun the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor riches to the intelligent, nor favor to those with knowledge, but time and chance happen to them all.

"The secret things belong to the LORD our God, but the things that are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law.

But do not overlook this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

"But concerning that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son,but the Father only.

For still the vision awaits its appointed time; it hastens to the end--it will not lie. If it seems slow, wait for it; it will surely come; it will not delay.

For man does not know his time. Like fish that are taken in an evil net, and like birds that are caught in a snare, so the children of man are snared at an evil time, when it suddenly falls upon them.

Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you,

You will arise and have pity on Zion; it is the time to favor her; the appointed time has come.

and tear you down to the ground, you and your children within you. And they will not leave one stone upon another in you, because you did not know the time of your visitation."

Even the stork in the heavens knows her times, and the turtledove, swallow, and crane keep the time of their coming, but my people know not the rules of the LORD.

Of Issachar, men who had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do, 200 chiefs, and all their kinsmen under their command.

And Haman told his wife Zeresh and all his friends everything that had happened to him. Then his wise men and his wife Zeresh said to him, "If Mordecai, before whom you have begun to fall, is of the Jewish people, you will not overcome him but will surely fall before him."

While they were yet talking with him, the king's eunuchs arrived and hurried to bring Haman to the feast that Esther had prepared.

Then Mordecai returned to the king's gate. But Haman hurried to his house, mourning and with his head covered.