6 Bible Verses about Hope Deferred

Delayed hope makes the heart ill, but fulfilled longing is a tree of life.

Fulfilled longing is sweet to the soul, but avoiding evil is detestable to the fool.

I long for your deliverance; I have looked to your word, placing my hope in it. My eyes grow weary with respect to what you have promised I keep asking, "When will you comfort me?" Though I have become like a water skin dried by smoke, I have not forgotten your statutes.read more.
How many days must your servant endure this? When will you judge those who persecute me?

and asked him, "Are you the Coming One, or should we wait for someone else?"

Now when John heard in prison about the activities of the Messiah, he sent a message by his disciples and asked him, "Are you the Coming One, or should we wait for someone else?" Jesus answered them, "Go and tell John what you hear and observe:

Cold water to someone who is thirsty that's what good news from a distant land is.