36 Bible Verses about Waiting For God's Timing

I wait for the LORD, my soul waits, and in his word I hope;

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.

Therefore the LORDwaits to be gracious to you, and therefore he exalts himself to show mercy to you. For the LORD is a God of justice; blessed are all those who wait for him.

Wait for the LORD; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the LORD!

The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you,not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.

"Bear with me a little, and I will show you, for I have yet something to say on God's behalf.

I waited patiently for the LORD; he inclined to me and heard my cry.

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

For I am the LORD; I will speak the word that I will speak, and it will be performed. It will no longer be delayed, but in your days, O rebellious house, I will speak the word and perform it, declares the Lord GOD."

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.

How much less when you say that you do not see him, that the case is before him, and you are waiting for him!

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."

Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for him; fret not yourself over the one who prospers in his way, over the man who carries out evil devices!

These all look to you, to give them their food in due season.

Evening and morning and at noon I utter my complaint and moan, and he hears my voice.

Since his days are determined, and the number of his months is with you, and you have appointed his limits that he cannot pass,

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.

But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.

"Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and will not be afraid; for the LORDGOD is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation."

He made the moon to mark the seasons; the sun knows its time for setting.

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.

Commit your way to the LORD; trust in him, and he will act.

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

Here is a call for the endurance of the saints, those who keep the commandments of God and their faith in Jesus.

Therefore do not pronounce judgment before the time, before the Lord comes, who will bring to light the things now hidden in darkness and will disclose the purposes of the heart. Then each one will receive his commendation from God.

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.

You also, be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand.

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

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.

When the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mountain, the people gathered themselves together to Aaron and said to him, "Up, make us gods who shall go before us. As for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him."

preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching.

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

And in due time Hannah conceived and bore a son, and she called his name Samuel, for she said, "I have asked for him from the LORD."

He waited seven days, the time appointed by Samuel. But Samuel did not come to Gilgal, and the people were scattering from him.

And the LORD's anger was kindled against Israel, and he made them wander in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation that had done evil in the sight of the LORD was gone.