34 Bible Verses about God's Timing

As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him.

My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of my enemies, and from them that persecute me.

He hath made every thing beautiful in its time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.

Which in his times he will show who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords;

To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:

Thus saith the LORD, In an acceptable time have I heard thee, and in a day of salvation have I helped thee: and I will preserve thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, to establish the earth, to cause to inherit the desolate heritages:

(For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succored thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.)

A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation: I the LORD will hasten it in its time.

That in the dispensation of the fullness of times he might collect in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him:

A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;

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

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

And he said to them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.

Because to every purpose there is time and judgment, therefore the misery of man is great upon him.

A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in due season, how good it is!

To the chief Musician, even to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David. I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.

He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity: just and right is he.

And it came to pass at the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that thou art God in Israel, and that I am thy servant, and that I have done all these things at thy word.

I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.

The secret things belong to the LORD our God: but those things which are revealed belong to us, and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.

But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.

For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it may tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.

For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.

Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:

Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favor her, yes, the set time, is come.

And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee: and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another: because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.

Yes, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD.

And of the children of Issachar, who were men that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do; the heads of them were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their command.

And Haman told Zeresh his wife and all his friends every thing that had befallen him. Then said his wise men and Zeresh his wife to him, If Mordecai is of the seed of the Jews, before whom thou hast begun to fall, thou wilt not prevail against him, but wilt surely fall before him.

And while they were yet talking with him, came the king's chamberlains, and hasted to bring Haman to the banquet that Esther had prepared.

And Mordecai came again to the king's gate. But Haman hasted to his house mourning, and having his head covered.