34 Bible Verses about Waiting
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They expected to see him swell up or suddenly fall dead, but after waiting a long time and seeing nothing unusual happen to him, they changed their minds and said that he was a god.
So, my brothers, when you come together to eat, wait for one another.
While Paul waited for them at Athens, he was exasperated to see how idolatrous the city was.
They went on to Troas and waited for us there, while we sailed from Philippi after the festival of Unleavened Bread, and joined them at Troas five days later. There we stayed a week.
for each of you hurries to get his own supper and eat it, and one goes hungry while another gets drunk.
As all this aroused people's expectations, and they were all wondering in their hearts whether John was the Christ,
And I will send down upon you what my Father has promised. Wait here in the city until you are clothed with power from on high."
And once when he ate with them, he instructed them not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait for what the Father had promised. "You have heard me speak of it," he said, "for John baptized people in water, but in a few days you will be baptized in the holy Spirit."
All these people lived all their lives in faith, and died without receiving what had been promised; they only saw it far ahead and welcomed the sight of it, recognizing that they themselves were only foreigners and strangers here on earth.
Now there was a man in Jerusalem named Symeon, an upright, devout man, who was living in expectation of the comforting of Israel, and under the influence of the holy Spirit.
Joseph of Arimathea, a highly respected member of the council, who was himself living in expectation of the reign of God, made bold to go to Pilate and ask for Jesus' body.
who had not voted for the plan or action of the council. He came from the Jewish town of Arimathea and lived in expectation of the Kingdom of God.
Then each of them was given a white robe and they were told to be quiet a little while longer, until the number of their fellow-slaves and their brothers, who were to be killed as they had been, should be complete.
So be patient, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. The farmer has to wait for the precious crop from the ground, and be patient with it, until it gets the early and the late rains. You must have patience too; you must keep up your courage, for the coming of the Lord is close at hand.
like men waiting for their master to come home from a wedding, so that when he comes and knocks, they can open the door for him at once.
and there is no gift that you lack even while you are waiting for our Lord Jesus Christ to reappear,
and to wait for the coming from heaven of his Son, whom he raised from the dead??esus, our deliverer from God's coming wrath.
so the Christ too, after being offered in sacrifice once for all to carry away the sins of many, will appear again but without any burden of sin, to those who are eagerly waiting for him to come and save them.
For creation is waiting with eager longing for the sons of God to be disclosed. For it was not the fault of creation that it was frustrated; it was by the will of him who condemned it to that, and in the hope that creation itself would be set free from its bondage to decay, and have the glorious freedom of the children of God.
If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead has taken possession of you, he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give your mortal bodies life through his Spirit that has taken possession of you.
It is so with the resurrection of the dead. The body is sown in decay, it is raised free from decay. It is sown in humiliation, it is raised in splendor. It is sown in weakness, it is raised in strength.
In fulfilment of his promise we expect new heavens and a new earth, where uprightness will prevail.
Dear friends, we are God's children now; it has not yet been disclosed what we are to be. We know that if he appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.
Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea.
From Thematic Bible
Waiting » Those that wait on the lord
You must be ready with your lamps burning, like men waiting for their master to come home from a wedding, so that when he comes and knocks, they can open the door for him at once. Blessed are the slaves whom their master will find on the watch when he comes. I tell you, he will gird up his robe and make them take their places at table, and go around and wait on them. read more.
Whether he comes late at night or early in the morning and finds them on the watch, they are blessed. But you may be sure of this, that if the master of the house had known what time the thief was coming, he would have been on the watch, and would not have let his house be broken into. You must be ready too, for the Son of Man is coming at a time when you do not expect him."
Waiting » The reward for waiting on the lord
Waiting » Who waits for the lord
For I consider what we suffer now not to be compared with the glory that is to burst upon us. For creation is waiting with eager longing for the sons of God to be disclosed. For it was not the fault of creation that it was frustrated; it was by the will of him who condemned it to that, and in the hope read more.
that creation itself would be set free from its bondage to decay, and have the glorious freedom of the children of God. We know that all creation has been groaning in agony together until now. More than that, we ourselves, though we have in the Spirit a foretaste of the future, groan to ourselves as we wait to be declared God's sons, through the redemption of our bodies.
This is the freedom with which Christ has freed us. So stand firm in it, and do not get under a yoke of slavery again. Why, I, Paul, tell you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ can do nothing for you. I insist again to any man who lets himself be circumcised, that he is under obligation to obey the whole Law. read more.
You people who propose to be made upright by law have finished with Christ; you have lost your hold upon God's favor. But we, by the Spirit, through faith wait for the uprightness we hope for. For in union with Christ Jesus, neither circumcision nor the want of it counts for anything, but only faith acting through love.
Waiting » Illustrated
So be patient, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. The farmer has to wait for the precious crop from the ground, and be patient with it, until it gets the early and the late rains.
like men waiting for their master to come home from a wedding, so that when he comes and knocks, they can open the door for him at once.
Waiting » Upon God » As the giver of all temporal blessings
Waiting » Exhortations and encouragements to
Waiting » Those who engage in » Are blessed
Waiting » Especially in adversity
Waiting » For salvation
Waiting » Those who engage in » Will not be ashamed
Waiting » Those who engage in » Will be saved
Waiting » Saints plead, in prayer
Waiting » For the coming of Christ
and to wait for the coming from heaven of his Son, whom he raised from the dead??esus, our deliverer from God's coming wrath.
and there is no gift that you lack even while you are waiting for our Lord Jesus Christ to reappear,
Waiting » For protection
Waiting » Predicted of the gentiles
Waiting » Saints resolve on
Waiting » With patience
Waiting » Those who engage in » Will renew their strength
Waiting » Upon God » As the God of providence
Waiting » Should be with the soul
Waiting » For pardon
Waiting » Those who engage in » Will receive the glorious things prepared by God for them
Waiting » Those who engage in » Will rejoice in salvation
Waiting » Exemplified » Isaiah
Waiting » Exemplified » Joseph
Joseph of Arimathea, a highly respected member of the council, who was himself living in expectation of the reign of God, made bold to go to Pilate and ask for Jesus' body.
Waiting » Exemplified » jacob
Waiting » In the way of his judgments
Waiting » With hope in his word
Waiting » With earnest desire
Waiting » For mercy
Waiting » Those who engage in » Will inherit the earth
Waiting » Those who engage in » Experience his goodness
Waiting » Those who engage in » Wait upon him only
Waiting » Those who engage in » Are heard
Waiting » Exemplified » Micah
Waiting » Exemplified » David
Waiting » Upon God » As the God of salvation
Waiting » The patience of saints often tested in
Waiting » For the fulfillment of his word
Waiting » For the consolation of israel
Now there was a man in Jerusalem named Symeon, an upright, devout man, who was living in expectation of the comforting of Israel, and under the influence of the holy Spirit.
Waiting » For guidance and teaching
Waiting » Continually
Waiting » Saints have expectation from
Waiting » With full confidence
Waiting » With resignation
Waiting » God calls us to
Waiting » All day
Waiting » Is good
Waiting » For the hope of righteousness by faith
But we, by the Spirit, through faith wait for the uprightness we hope for.
Waiting » For the fulfillment of his promises
And once when he ate with them, he instructed them not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait for what the Father had promised. "You have heard me speak of it," he said,
Topics on Waiting
Attitudes While Waiting For Second Coming
Luke 12:36like men waiting for their master to come home from a wedding, so that when he comes and knocks, they can open the door for him at once.
God Waiting
1 Peter 3:20who had once been disobedient, when in Noah's time God in his patience waited for the ark to be made ready, in which a few people, eight in all, were brought safely through the water.
People Waiting
Luke 1:21The people were waiting for Zechariah, and wondering that he stayed so long in the sanctuary.
Waiting At Gates
Acts 9:24but Saul found out about the plot. They watched the city gates day and night, in order to kill him,
Waiting For God's Timing
2 Peter 3:9The Lord is not slow about his promise, in the sense that some men think; he is really showing his patience with you, because he does not want any to perish, but wishes all men to be brought to repentance.
Waiting For The Second Coming
Philippians 3:20But the commonwealth to which we belong is in heaven, and from it we are eagerly awaiting the coming of a savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.
Waiting On God
James 5:7-8So be patient, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. The farmer has to wait for the precious crop from the ground, and be patient with it, until it gets the early and the late rains.
Waiting On The Lord
2 Thessalonians 3:5May the Lord guide your hearts into a sense of God's love and into a steadfastness like Christ's.
Waiting Till Marriage
1 Corinthians 7:9But if they cannot control themselves, let them marry. For it is better to marry than to be on fire with passion.
