71 Bible Verses about Waiting
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Then she said, “Wait, my daughter, until you know how the matter turns out; for the man will not rest until he has settled it today.”
Then Jonah went out from the city and sat east of it. There he made a shelter for himself and sat under it in the shade until he could see what would happen in the city.
But they were expecting that he was about to swell up or suddenly fall down dead. But after they had waited a long time and had seen nothing unusual happen to him, they changed their minds and began to say that he was a god.
So he waited yet another seven days; and again he sent out the dove from the ark. The dove came to him toward evening, and behold, in her beak was a freshly picked olive leaf. So Noah knew that the water was abated from the earth. Then he waited yet another seven days, and sent out the dove; but she did not return to him again.
Then she shall remain in the blood of her purification for thirty-three days; she shall not touch any consecrated thing, nor enter the sanctuary until the days of her purification are completed. But if she bears a female child, then she shall be unclean for two weeks, as in her menstruation; and she shall remain in the blood of her purification for sixty-six days.
When they left Pharaoh’s presence, they met Moses and Aaron as they were waiting for them.
Go to Pharaoh in the morning as he is going out to the water, and station yourself to meet him on the bank of the Nile; and you shall take in your hand the staff that was turned into a serpent.
Now when David had passed a little beyond the summit, behold, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him with a couple of saddled donkeys, and on them were two hundred loaves of bread, a hundred clusters of raisins, a hundred summer fruits, and a jug of wine.
So the prophet departed and waited for the king by the way, and disguised himself with a bandage over his eyes.
So then, my brethren, when you come together to eat, wait for one another.
But to the elders he said, “Wait here for us until we return to you. And behold, Aaron and Hur are with you; whoever has a legal matter, let him approach them.”
Now while Paul was waiting for them at Athens, his spirit was being provoked within him as he was observing the city full of idols.
But these had gone on ahead and were waiting for us at Troas. We sailed from Philippi after the days of Unleavened Bread, and came to them at Troas within five days; and there we stayed seven days.
for in your eating each one takes his own supper first; and one is hungry and another is drunk.
“To me they listened and waited,
And kept silent for my counsel.
“After my words they did not speak again,
And my speech dropped on them.
“They waited for me as for the rain,
And opened their mouth as for the spring rain.
And you shall go down before me to Gilgal; and behold, I will come down to you to offer burnt offerings and sacrifice peace offerings. You shall wait seven days until I come to you and show you what you should do.”
When you have stayed for three days, you shall go down quickly and come to the place where you hid yourself on that eventful day, and you shall remain by the stone Ezel.
See, I am going to wait at the fords of the wilderness until word comes from you to inform me.”
Now while the people were in a state of expectation and all were wondering in their hearts about John, as to whether he was the Christ,
Moses therefore said to them, “Wait, and I will listen to what the Lord will command concerning you.”
I will stand on my guard post
And station myself on the rampart;
And I will keep watch to see what He will speak to me,
And how I may reply when I am reproved.
“For the vision is yet for the appointed time;
It hastens toward the goal and it will not fail.
Though it tarries, wait for it;
For it will certainly come, it will not delay.
And behold, I am sending forth the promise of My Father upon you; but you are to stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high.”
Gathering them together, He commanded them not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait for what the Father had promised, “Which,” He said, “you heard of from Me; for John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.”
All these died in faith, without receiving the promises, but having seen them and having welcomed them from a distance, and having confessed that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.
And there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon; and this man was righteous and devout, looking for the consolation of Israel; and the Holy Spirit was upon him.
Joseph of Arimathea came, a prominent member of the Council, who himself was waiting for the kingdom of God; and he gathered up courage and went in before Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus.
(he had not consented to their plan and action), a man from Arimathea, a city of the Jews, who was waiting for the kingdom of God;
I heard and my inward parts trembled,
At the sound my lips quivered.
Decay enters my bones,
And in my place I tremble.
Because I must wait quietly for the day of distress,
For the people to arise who will invade us.
How many are the days of Your servant?
When will You execute judgment on those who persecute me?
“My righteousness is near, My salvation has gone forth,
And My arms will judge the peoples;
The coastlands will wait for Me,
And for My arm they will wait expectantly.
“Therefore wait for Me,” declares the Lord,
“For the day when I rise up as a witness.
Indeed, My decision is to gather nations,
To assemble kingdoms,
To pour out on them My indignation,
All My burning anger;
For all the earth will be devoured
By the fire of My zeal.
And there was given to each of them a white robe; and they were told that they should rest for a little while longer, until the number of their fellow servants and their brethren who were to be killed even as they had been, would be completed also.
Therefore be patient, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. The farmer waits for the precious produce of the soil, being patient about it, until it gets the early and late rains. You too be patient; strengthen your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is near.
Be like men who are waiting for their master when he returns from the wedding feast, so that they may immediately open the door to him when he comes and knocks.
so that you are not lacking in any gift, awaiting eagerly the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ,
and to wait for His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead, that is Jesus, who rescues us from the wrath to come.
so Christ also, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time for salvation without reference to sin, to those who eagerly await Him.
For the anxious longing of the creation waits eagerly for the revealing of the sons of God. For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself also will be set free from its slavery to corruption into the freedom of the glory of the children of God.
“For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth;
And the former things will not be remembered or come to mind.
But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you.
So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown a perishable body, it is raised an imperishable body; it is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power;
But according to His promise we are looking for new heavens and a new earth, in which righteousness dwells.
Beloved, now we are children of God, and it has not appeared as yet what we will be. We know that when He appears, we will be like Him, because we will see Him just as He is.
Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth passed away, and there is no longer any sea.
So Joshua sent them away, and they went to the place of ambush and remained between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of Ai; but Joshua spent that night among the people.
Now therefore, arise by night, you and the people who are with you, and lie in wait in the field. In the morning, as soon as the sun is up, you shall rise early and rush upon the city; and behold, when he and the people who are with him come out against you, you shall do to them whatever you can.”
If they say, “Come with us,
Let us lie in wait for blood,
Let us ambush the innocent without cause;
Let us swallow them alive like Sheol,
Even whole, as those who go down to the pit;
We will find all kinds of precious wealth,
We will fill our houses with spoil;
“But if there is a man who hates his neighbor and lies in wait for him and rises up against him and strikes him so that he dies, and he flees to one of these cities,
He sits in the lurking places of the villages;
In the hiding places he kills the innocent;
His eyes stealthily watch for the unfortunate.
For a harlot is a deep pit
And an adulterous woman is a narrow well.
Surely she lurks as a robber,
And increases the faithless among men.
Do not lie in wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous;
Do not destroy his resting place;
‘For wicked men are found among My people,
They watch like fowlers lying in wait;
They set a trap,
They catch men.
When it was told to the Gazites, saying, “Samson has come here,” they surrounded the place and lay in wait for him all night at the gate of the city. And they kept silent all night, saying, “Let us wait until the morning light, then we will kill him.”
For behold, they have set an ambush for my life;
Fierce men launch an attack against me,
Not for my transgression nor for my sin, O Lord,
For my enemies have spoken against me;
And those who watch for my life have consulted together,
Saying, “God has forsaken him;
Pursue and seize him, for there is no one to deliver.”
The wicked wait for me to destroy me;
I shall diligently consider Your testimonies.
For I have heard the whispering of many,
“Terror on every side!
Denounce him; yes, let us denounce him!”
All my trusted friends,
Watching for my fall, say:
“Perhaps he will be deceived, so that we may prevail against him
And take our revenge on him.”
From Thematic Bible
Waiting » Those that wait on the lord
And therefore He
For the Lord is a
How blessed are all those who
And their princesses your nurses.
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And you will
Those who hopefully
"Be dressed in readiness, and keep your lamps lit. "Be like men who are waiting for their master when he returns from the wedding feast, so that they may immediately open the door to him when he comes and knocks. "Blessed are those slaves whom the master will find on the alert when he comes; truly I say to you, that he will gird himself to serve, and have them recline at the table, and will come up and wait on them. read more.
"Whether he comes in the second watch, or even in the third, and finds them so, blessed are those slaves. "But be sure of this, that if the head of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have allowed his house to be broken into. "You too, be ready; for the Son of Man is coming at an hour that you do not expect."
But those who wait for the Lord, they will
Though youths grow weary and tired, And vigorous young men stumble badly, Yet those who wait for the LORD Will gain new strength; They will mount up with wings like eagles, They will run and not get tired, They will walk and not become weary.
Waiting » The reward for waiting on the lord
For the choir director. A Psalm of David.
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And He inclined to me and
Be
Yes, wait for the Lord.
He will swallow up death for all time, And the Lord GOD will wipe tears away from all faces, And He will remove the reproach of His people from all the earth; For the LORD has spoken. And it will be said in that day, "Behold, this is our God for whom we have waited that He might save us This is the LORD for whom we have waited; Let us rejoice and be glad in His salvation."
And He will exalt you to inherit the land;
When the
Waiting » Who waits for the lord
For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory that is to be revealed to us. For the anxious longing of the creation waits eagerly for the revealing of the sons of God. For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it, in hope read more.
that the creation itself also will be set free from its slavery to corruption into the freedom of the glory of the children of God. For we know that the whole creation groans and suffers the pains of childbirth together until now. And not only this, but also we ourselves, having the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our body.
It was for freedom that Christ set us free; therefore keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery. Behold I, Paul, say to you that if you receive circumcision, Christ will be of no benefit to you. And I testify again to every man who receives circumcision, that he is under obligation to keep the whole Law. read more.
You have been severed from Christ, you who are seeking to be justified by law; you have fallen from grace. For we through the Spirit, by faith, are waiting for the hope of righteousness. For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything, but faith working through love.
Waiting » Illustrated
Therefore be patient,
As the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress,
So our
Until He is gracious to us.
Waiting » Upon God » As the giver of all temporal blessings
The eyes of all look to You, And You give them their food in due time. You open Your hand And satisfy the desire of every living thing.
They all wait for You To give them their food in due season. You give to them, they gather it up; You open Your hand, they are satisfied with good.
Waiting » Exhortations and encouragements to
Be
Yes, wait for the Lord.
Because of the man who carries out wicked schemes.
And
Waiting » Those who engage in » Are blessed
And therefore He
For the Lord is a
How blessed are all those who
Waiting » Especially in adversity
And I will
Deliver me from my enemies, O my God; Set me securely on high away from those who rise up against me. Deliver me from those who do iniquity And save me from men of bloodshed. For behold, they have set an ambush for my life; Fierce men launch an attack against me, Not for my transgression nor for my sin, O LORD, read more.
For no guilt of mine, they run and set themselves against me Arouse Yourself to help me, and see! You, O LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel, Awake to punish all the nations; Do not be gracious to any who are treacherous in iniquity. Selah. They return at evening, they howl like a dog, And go around the city. Behold, they belch forth with their mouth; Swords are in their lips, For, they say, "Who hears?" But You, O LORD, laugh at them; You scoff at all the nations. Because of his strength I will watch for You, For God is my stronghold.
Waiting » For salvation
My soul waits in silence for God only; From Him is my salvation. He only is my rock and my salvation, My stronghold; I shall not be greatly shaken.
Waiting » Those who engage in » Will not be ashamed
And their princesses your nurses.
They will
And
And you will
Those who hopefully
Waiting » Those who engage in » Will be saved
“Behold,
This is the Lord for whom we have waited;
Waiting » Saints plead, in prayer
Be
Our salvation also in the
Waiting » For the coming of Christ
and to
so that you are not lacking in any gift,
Waiting » For protection
Because of his strength I will watch for You, For God is my stronghold. My God in His lovingkindness will meet me; God will let me look triumphantly upon my foes.
Waiting » Predicted of the gentiles
Until He has established justice in the earth;
And the
And the
To
Their silver and their gold with them,
For the name of the Lord your God,
And for the Holy One of Israel because He has
Waiting » Saints resolve on
And I will wait on Your name,
Waiting » With patience
For the choir director. A Psalm of David.
I
And He inclined to me and
Because of the man who carries out wicked schemes.
Waiting » Those who engage in » Will renew their strength
Will
They will
They will run and not get tired,
They will walk and not become weary.
Waiting » Upon God » As the God of providence
Or can the heavens grant showers?
Is it not You, O Lord our God?
Therefore we
For You are the one who has done all these things.
Waiting » Should be with the soul
For the choir director;
From Him
Waiting » For pardon
"And now, Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is in You. "Deliver me from all my transgressions; Make me not the reproach of the foolish.
Waiting » Those who engage in » Will receive the glorious things prepared by God for them
Nor has the eye seen a God besides You,
Who acts in behalf of the one who
Waiting » Those who engage in » Will rejoice in salvation
“Behold,
This is the Lord for whom we have waited;
Waiting » Exemplified » Isaiah
And I will
Waiting » Exemplified » Joseph
Joseph of Arimathea came, a
Waiting » Exemplified » jacob
Waiting » In the way of his judgments
We have waited for You eagerly;
Waiting » With hope in his word
Waiting » With earnest desire
More than the watchmen
Indeed, more than the watchmen for the morning.
Waiting » For mercy
As the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress,
So our
Until He is gracious to us.
Waiting » Those who engage in » Will inherit the earth
But those who wait for the Lord, they will
Waiting » Those who engage in » Experience his goodness
To the
Waiting » Those who engage in » Wait upon him only
Waiting » Those who engage in » Are heard
For the choir director. A Psalm of David.
I
And He inclined to me and
Waiting » Exemplified » Micah
I will
My
Waiting » Exemplified » David
Waiting » Upon God » As the God of salvation
For You are the
For You I
Waiting » The patience of saints often tested in
My
Waiting » For the fulfillment of his word
It
Though it tarries,
For it will certainly come, it
Waiting » For the consolation of israel
And there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon; and this man was
Waiting » For guidance and teaching
For You are the
For You I
Waiting » Continually
And
Waiting » Saints have expectation from
Waiting » With full confidence
I will
My
Waiting » With resignation
Waiting » God calls us to
“For the day when I rise up as a witness.
Indeed, My decision is to
To assemble kingdoms,
To pour out on them My indignation,
All My burning anger;
For
By the fire of My zeal.
Waiting » All day
For You are the
For You I
Waiting » Is good
And I will wait on Your name,
Waiting » For the hope of righteousness by faith
For we
Waiting » For the fulfillment of his promises
Topics on Waiting
Attitudes While Waiting For Second Coming
Luke 12:36God Waiting
Isaiah 30:18
And therefore He
For the Lord is a
How blessed are all those who
People Waiting
Genesis 8:10So he waited yet another seven days; and again he sent out the dove from the ark.
Waiting At Gates
Acts 9:24but
Waiting For God's Timing
Psalm 130:5
And
Waiting For The Second Coming
Philippians 3:20For
Waiting On God
Hosea 12:6
And
Waiting On The Lord
Psalm 27:14
Be
Yes, wait for the Lord.
Waiting Till Marriage
Deuteronomy 24:5“
