36 Bible Verses about Waiting For God's Timing

I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.

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.

And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious to you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him.

Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he will strengthen thy heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.

The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is long-suffering toward us, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

Suffer me a little, and I will show thee that I have yet to speak on God's behalf.

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined to me, and heard my cry.

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

For I am the LORD: I will speak, and the word that I shall speak shall come to pass; it shall no more be prolonged: for in your days, O rebellious house, will I say the word, and will perform it, saith the Lord GOD.

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

Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, yet judgment is before him; therefore trust thou in him.

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.

Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.

These wait all upon thee; that thou mayest give them their food in due season.

Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he will hear my voice.

Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months is with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;

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.

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

Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.

He appointeth the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down.

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.

Commit thy way to the LORD; trust also in him; and he will bring it to pass.

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

Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.

Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord shall come, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise from God.

(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.)

Be ye also patient; establish your hearts; for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.

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

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 when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mount, the people assembled themselves to Aaron, and said to him, Arise, make us gods which shall go before us: for as for this Moses, the man that brought us out of the land of Egypt, we know not what is become of him.

Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long-suffering and doctrine.

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

Wherefore it came to pass, when the time had arrived, after Hannah had conceived, that she bore a son, and called his name Samuel, saying, Because I have asked him of the LORD.

And he tarried seven days, according to the set time that Samuel had appointed: but Samuel came not to Gilgal; and the people were scattered 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 consumed.