36 Bible Verses about Waiting For God's Timing

I wait for the LORD. My soul waits. I hope in his word.

As for God, his way is perfect. The word of the LORD is tried. He is a shield to all those who take refuge in him.

Therefore the LORD will wait, that he may be gracious to you; and therefore he will be exalted, that he may have mercy on 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. Yes, wait for the LORD.

The Lord is not slow concerning his promise, as some count slowness; but is patient with you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

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

I waited patiently for the LORD. He turned to me, and heard my cry.

My times are in your hand. Deliver me from the hand of my enemies, and from those who persecute me.

For I am the LORD; I will speak, and the word that I shall speak shall be performed; it shall be no more deferred: for in your days, rebellious house, will I speak the word, and will perform it,' says the Lord GOD."

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

How much less when you say you do not see him. The cause is before him, and you wait for him.

I said, "I will watch my ways, so that I do not sin with my tongue. I will keep my mouth with a bridle while the wicked is before me."

Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him. Do not fret because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who makes wicked plots happen.

These all wait for you, that you may give them their food in due season.

Evening, morning, and at noon, I will cry out in distress. He will hear my voice.

Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months is with you, and you have appointed his bounds that he can't pass;

He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in their hearts, yet so that man can't find out the work that God has done from the beginning even to the end.

But if we hope for that which 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 LORD, the LORD, is my strength and song; and he has become my salvation."

He appointed the moon for seasons. The sun knows when to set.

For the vision is yet for the appointed time, and it hurries toward the end, and won't prove false. Though it takes time, wait for it; because it will surely come. It won't delay.

Commit your way to the LORD. Trust also in him, and he will act.

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

Here is the patience of the saints, those who keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus."

Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and reveal the counsels of the hearts. Then each man will get his praise from God.

for he says, "At an acceptable time I listened to you, in a day of salvation I helped you." Behold, now is the acceptable time. Behold, now is the day of salvation.

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

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

But when the fullness of the time came, God sent out his Son, born to a woman, born under the law,

"For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways," says 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, "Come, make us gods, which shall go before us; for 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."

proclaim the word; be urgent in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with all patience and teaching.

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

It happened, when the time had come, that Hannah conceived, and bore a son; and she named him Samuel, saying, "Because I have asked him of the LORD."

He stayed seven days, according to the time set by Samuel: but Samuel did not come to Gilgal; and the people were scattered from him.

The LORD's anger was kindled against Israel, and he made them wander back and forth in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation, who had done evil in the sight of the LORD, was consumed.