71 Bible Verses about Waiting
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Naomi replied, "Be patient, my daughter, until you learn how this works out, because the man won't rest until he finishes everything today."
Then Jonah left the city and sat down on the eastern side. There he made a shelter for himself and sat down under its shade to see what would happen to the city.
They were expecting him to swell up or suddenly drop dead, but after waiting a long time and seeing nothing unusual happen to him, they changed their minds and said he was a god.
Noah waited another seven days and sent the dove out from the ark again. The dove returned to him in the evening, but in its beak there was an olive leaf that it had plucked! So Noah knew that the flood waters had decreased on the land. He waited seven more days and sent the dove out again, but it did not return to him anymore.
For 33 days after this, she is to remain in purification due to her blood loss. She is not to touch any sacred thing or enter the sanctuary until the days of her purification have been completed. "If she gives birth to a female, then she is to remain unclean for two weeks, just like her menstruation. She is to remain in purification for 66 days due to her blood loss.
After he is cleansed from that contact, he is to not to minister for seven days.
As they left Pharaoh's presence, they met Moses and Aaron standing there.
Go to Pharaoh in the morning as he's going down to the water. Stand on the bank of the Nile River and meet him. Be sure to take with you the staff that was turned into a snake.
Now just as David happened to have passed the summit of the Mount of Olives, suddenly Mephibosheth's servant Ziba met him, accompanied by a couple of saddled donkeys loaded with 200 loaves of bread, 100 clusters of raisins, 100 pieces of summer fruit, and a skin of wine!
Then the prophet left and waited for the king to pass by, disguising himself with a bandage over his eyes.
Therefore, my brothers, when you gather to eat, wait for each other.
He told the elders, "Wait here for us until we return to you. Look, Aaron and Hur are with you, and whoever has a dispute, let him come to them."
While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, his spirit was deeply disturbed to see the city full of idols.
These men went on ahead and were waiting for us in Troas. After the Festival of Unleavened Bread, we sailed from Philippi, and days later we joined them in Troas and stayed there for seven days.
For as you eat, each of you rushes to eat his own supper, and one person goes hungry while another gets drunk.
"They listened and waited for me, as they remained in silence for my counsel. After I spoke, they had nothing to say, when what I said hit them. They waited for me as one waits for rain, as one opens his mouth to drink in a spring rain shower.
You are to go down ahead of me to Gilgal, and then I'll come down to offer burnt offerings and to sacrifice peace offerings. You are to wait seven days until I come to you to let you know what you are to do."
On the third day go down quickly and come to the place where you hid earlier. Remain beside the rock at Ezel.
Look! I'll camp at the wilderness fords until you send word to inform me."
Now the people were filled with expectation, and all of them were wondering if John was perhaps the Messiah.
"Wait while I hear what the LORD has to say about you," Moses replied.
"I will stand at my guard post and station myself on a tower. I will wait and see what the LORD will say about me and what I will answer when he reprimands me."
For the revelation pertains to an appointed time it speaks truthfully about the end. Though it delays, wait for it, because it will surely come about it will not be late!
I am sending to you what my Father promised, so stay here in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high."
While he was meeting with them, he ordered them, "Don't leave Jerusalem. Instead, wait for what the Father has promised, about which you heard me speak, because John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit a few days from now."
All these people died having faith. They did not receive the things that were promised, yet they saw them in the distant future and welcomed them, acknowledging that they were strangers and foreigners on earth.
Now a man named Simeon was in Jerusalem. This man was righteous and devout. He was waiting for the one who would comfort Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.
Joseph of Arimathea, a highly respected member of the Council, who was waiting for the kingdom of God, went boldly to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.
he had not voted for their plan and action from the Jewish town of Arimathea; and he was waiting for the kingdom of God.
I heard and I trembled within. My lips quivered at the noise. My legs gave way beneath me, and I trembled. Nevertheless, I await the day of distress that will dawn on our invaders.
How many days must your servant endure this? When will you judge those who persecute me?
I will quickly bring my deliverance near; my salvation is on the way. His arm will bring justice to the nations; the coastlands will hope for him, and they will wait for his arm.
"Just you wait!" declares the LORD. "The day will come when I stand up as a prosecutor, for I am determined to assemble the nations and to gather the kingdoms, in order to pour out my indignation upon them all of my fierce anger. All the earth will be consumed by the fire of my jealousy.
Each of them was given a white robe. They were told to rest a little longer until the number of their fellow servants and their brothers was completed, who would be killed as they themselves had been.
So be patient, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious crop from his land, being patient with it until it receives the fall and the spring rains. You, too, must be patient. Strengthen your hearts, because the coming of the Lord is near.
Be like people who are waiting for their master to return from a wedding. As soon as he arrives and knocks, they will open the door for him.
Therefore, you don't lack any spiritual gift as you eagerly wait for our Lord Jesus the Messiah to be revealed.
and to wait for his Son whom he raised from the dead to come back from heaven. This Jesus is the one who rescues us from the coming wrath.
so the Messiah was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many people. And he will appear a second time, not to deal with sin, but to bring salvation to those who eagerly wait for him.
For the creation is eagerly awaiting the revelation of God's children, because the creation has become subject to futility, though not by anything it did. The one who subjected it did so in the certainty that the creation itself would also be set free from corrupting bondage in order to share the glorious freedom of God's children.
Take notice! I'm about to create new heavens and a new earth; the former things won't be remembered, nor will they come to mind.
And if the Spirit of the one who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, then the one who raised the Messiah from the dead will also make your mortal bodies alive by his Spirit who lives in you.
This is how it will be at the resurrection of the dead. What is planted is decaying, what is raised cannot decay. The body is planted in a state of dishonor but is raised in a state of splendor. It is planted in weakness but is raised in power.
But in keeping with his promise, we are looking forward to new heavens and a new earth, where righteousness is at home.
Dear friends, we are now God's children, but what we will be like has not been revealed yet. We know that when the Messiah is revealed, we will be like him, because we will see him as he is.
Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, because the first heaven and the first earth had disappeared, and the sea was gone.
So Joshua sent them out, and they set up an ambush between Bethel and Ai, to the west of Ai.
So get up at night, take your soldiers with you, and wait in ambush out in the field. Tomorrow morning when the sun is up, get up early and attack the city. When Gaal and his army come out to fight you, do whatever you can to them."
If they say, "Come with us! Let's lie in wait for blood; let's ambush some innocent person for no reason at all. Let's swallow them alive like Sheol, and whole like those who go down into the Pit. We'll find all kinds of valuable wealth, and we'll fill our houses with spoil.
"However, if a person hates his neighbor, lies in wait for him, rises up against him, and attacks him so that he dies, and then he flees to one of those cities,
because a prostitute is a deep pit, and the adulterous woman a narrow well. Surely she lies in wait like a bandit, increasing those who are faithless among mankind.
"Evil men are found among my people. They lie in wait like someone who traps birds. They set a trap, but they do so to catch people.
The wicked stalks the righteous person, seeking to kill him,
When the Gazites were informed, "Samson has come here!" they surrounded him, intending to lay in wait for him at the city gate throughout the entire night. They kept quiet all night, telling each other, "At first light, let's kill him!"
Look, they lie in ambush for my life; these violent men gather together against me, but not because of any transgression or sin of mine, LORD.
For my enemies talk against me; those who seek to kill me plot together and say, "God has abandoned him. Run after him and seize him, because there's no deliverer."
Indeed, I hear many people whispering, "Terror on every side. Denounce him, let's denounce him!" All my close friends watch my steps and say, "Perhaps he will be deceived, and we can prevail against him and take vengeance on him."
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Waiting » Those that wait on the lord
"Nevertheless, the LORD will wait so he can be gracious to you; and thus he will rise up to show you mercy. For the LORD is a God of justice. How blessed are all those who wait for him."
"Oh, yes! Kings will be your foster fathers, and their queens will be your nursing mothers. They will bow to you with their faces to the ground, and lick the dust from your feet. Then you will know that I am the LORD; those who hope in me will not be disappointed.
"You must keep your belts fastened and your lamps burning. Be like people who are waiting for their master to return from a wedding. As soon as he arrives and knocks, they will open the door for him. How blessed are those servants whom the master finds watching for him when he comes! I tell all of you with certainty, he himself will put on an apron, make them sit down at the table, and go around and serve them. read more.
How blessed they will be if their master comes in the middle of the night or near dawn and finds them awake! But be sure of this: if the homeowner had known at what time the thief were coming, he would have watched and would not have let his house be broken into. So be ready, because the Son of Man is coming at a time when you don't expect him."
Even boys grow tired and weary, and young men collapse and fall, but those who keep waiting for the LORD will renew their strength. Then they'll soar on wings like eagles; they'll run and not grow weary; they'll walk and not grow tired."
Waiting » The reward for waiting on the lord
Wait on the LORD. Be courageous, and he will strengthen your heart. Wait on the LORD! Davidic
he has swallowed up death forever! Then the Lord GOD will wipe away the tears from all faces, and he will take away the disgrace of his people from the entire earth." for the LORD has spoken. "And you will say at that time, "Look! It's the LORD! This is our God! We waited for him, and he saved us. This is the LORD! We waited for him, so let us rejoice, and we will be glad that he has saved us."
Wait on the LORD, Keep faithful to his way, and he will exalt you to possess the land. You will see the wicked cut off.
Waiting » Who waits for the lord
For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed to us. For the creation is eagerly awaiting the revelation of God's children, because the creation has become subject to futility, though not by anything it did. The one who subjected it did so in the certainty read more.
that the creation itself would also be set free from corrupting bondage in order to share the glorious freedom of God's children. For we know that all the rest of creation has been groaning with the pains of childbirth up to the present time. However, not only the creation, but we who have the first fruits of the Spirit also groan inwardly as we eagerly await our adoption, the redemption of our bodies.
The Messiah has set us free so that we may enjoy the benefits of freedom. So keep on standing firm in it, and stop putting yourselves under the yoke of slavery again. Listen! I, Paul, am telling you that if you allow yourselves to be circumcised, the Messiah will be of no benefit to you. Again, I insist that everyone who allows himself to be circumcised is obligated to obey the entire Law. read more.
Those of you who are trying to be justified by the Law have been cut off from the Messiah. You have fallen away from grace. Through the Spirit by faith we confidently await the fulfillment of our righteous hope, for in union with the Messiah Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision matters. What matters is faith expressed through love.
Waiting » Illustrated
So be patient, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious crop from his land, being patient with it until it receives the fall and the spring rains.
Consider this: as the eyes of a servant focus on what his master provides, and as the eyes of a female servant focus on what her mistress provides, so our eyes focus on the LORD our God, until he has mercy on us.
Be like people who are waiting for their master to return from a wedding. As soon as he arrives and knocks, they will open the door for him.
Waiting » Upon God » As the giver of all temporal blessings
Everyone's eyes are on you, as you give them their food in due time. You open your hand and keep on satisfying the desire of every living thing.
All of them look to you to provide them their food at the proper time. They receive what you give them; when you open your hand, they are filled with good things.
Waiting » Exhortations and encouragements to
Wait on the LORD. Be courageous, and he will strengthen your heart. Wait on the LORD! Davidic
Be silent in the LORD's presence and wait patiently for him. Don't be angry because of the one whose way prospers or the one who implements evil schemes.
Waiting » Those who engage in » Are blessed
"Nevertheless, the LORD will wait so he can be gracious to you; and thus he will rise up to show you mercy. For the LORD is a God of justice. How blessed are all those who wait for him."
Waiting » Especially in adversity
I'll wait for the LORD, who is hiding his face from the house of Jacob, and I'll put my trust in him.
Save me from my enemies, my God! Keep me safe from those who rise up against me. Save me from those who practice evil; deliver me from bloodthirsty men. Look, they lie in ambush for my life; these violent men gather together against me, but not because of any transgression or sin of mine, LORD. read more.
Without any fault on my part, they rush together and prepare themselves. Get up! Come help me! Pay attention! You, LORD God of the Heavenly Armies, God of Israel, stir yourself up to punish all the nations. Show no mercy to those wicked transgressors. Interlude At night they return like howling dogs; they prowl around the city. Look what pours out of their mouths! They use their lips like swords, saying "Who will hear us?" But you, LORD, will laugh at them; you will mock all the nations. My Strength, I will watch for you, for God is my fortress.
Waiting » For salvation
My soul rests quietly only when it looks to God; from him comes my deliverance. He alone is my rock, my deliverance, and my high tower; nothing will shake me.
Waiting » Those who engage in » Will not be ashamed
"Oh, yes! Kings will be your foster fathers, and their queens will be your nursing mothers. They will bow to you with their faces to the ground, and lick the dust from your feet. Then you will know that I am the LORD; those who hope in me will not be disappointed.
Indeed, no one who waits on you will be ashamed, but those who offend for no reason will be put to shame.
Waiting » Those who engage in » Will be saved
"And you will say at that time, "Look! It's the LORD! This is our God! We waited for him, and he saved us. This is the LORD! We waited for him, so let us rejoice, and we will be glad that he has saved us."
Waiting » Saints plead, in prayer
"LORD, be gracious to us; we long for you; and be our strength every morning, our salvation in times of trouble.
Integrity and justice will preserve me, because I wait on you.
Waiting » For the coming of Christ
and to wait for his Son whom he raised from the dead to come back from heaven. This Jesus is the one who rescues us from the coming wrath.
Therefore, you don't lack any spiritual gift as you eagerly wait for our Lord Jesus the Messiah to be revealed.
Waiting » For protection
My Strength, I will watch for you, for God is my fortress. My God of Gracious Love will meet me; God will enable me to see what happens to my enemies.
Waiting » Predicted of the gentiles
And he won't grow faint or be crushed until he establishes justice on the mainland, and the coastlands take ownership of his Law."
For the coastlands will look to me, with the ships of Tarshish in the lead, to bring my children from far away, their silver and gold with them, to the name of the LORD your God, and to the Holy One of Israel, because he has glorified you.
Waiting » Saints resolve on
Therefore I will praise you forever because of what you did; I will proclaim that your name is good in the midst of your faithful ones. To the Director: Upon . A Davidic instruction.
Waiting » With patience
Be silent in the LORD's presence and wait patiently for him. Don't be angry because of the one whose way prospers or the one who implements evil schemes.
Waiting » Those who engage in » Will renew their strength
but those who keep waiting for the LORD will renew their strength. Then they'll soar on wings like eagles; they'll run and not grow weary; they'll walk and not grow tired."
Waiting » Upon God » As the God of providence
Can any of the worthless gods of the nations make it rain? Can the heavens themselves bring forth showers? Aren't you the one who does this, LORD our God? So we hope in you, for you are the one who does all these things.
Waiting » Should be with the soul
My soul, be quiet before God, for from him comes my hope.
My soul rests quietly only when it looks to God; from him comes my deliverance.
Waiting » For pardon
How long, LORD, will I wait expectantly? I have placed my hope in you. Deliver me from all my transgressions, and do not let fools scorn me."
Waiting » Those who engage in » Will receive the glorious things prepared by God for them
Since ancient times no one has heard, and no ear has perceived, and no eye has seen any God besides you, who acts on behalf of those who wait for him.
Waiting » Those who engage in » Will rejoice in salvation
"And you will say at that time, "Look! It's the LORD! This is our God! We waited for him, and he saved us. This is the LORD! We waited for him, so let us rejoice, and we will be glad that he has saved us."
Waiting » Exemplified » Isaiah
I'll wait for the LORD, who is hiding his face from the house of Jacob, and I'll put my trust in him.
Waiting » Exemplified » Joseph
Joseph of Arimathea, a highly respected member of the Council, who was waiting for the kingdom of God, went boldly to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.
Waiting » Exemplified » jacob
Waiting » In the way of his judgments
Yes, LORD, in the path of your judgments we wait; your name and your Law are the soul's desire.
Waiting » With hope in his word
Waiting » With earnest desire
My soul looks to the Lord more than watchmen look for the morning more, indeed, than watchmen for the morning.
Waiting » For mercy
Consider this: as the eyes of a servant focus on what his master provides, and as the eyes of a female servant focus on what her mistress provides, so our eyes focus on the LORD our God, until he has mercy on us.
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
My soul, be quiet before God, for from him comes my hope.
Waiting » Those who engage in » Are heard
Waiting » Exemplified » Micah
But as for me, I will look to the LORD; I will wait for the God who will deliver me. My God will hear me.
Waiting » Exemplified » David
Waiting » Upon God » As the God of salvation
Guide me in your truth and teach me; for you are the God who delivers me. All day long I have waited for you.
Waiting » The patience of saints often tested in
I am exhausted from calling for help. My throat is parched. My eyes are strained from looking for God.
Waiting » For the fulfillment of his word
For the revelation pertains to an appointed time it speaks truthfully about the end. Though it delays, wait for it, because it will surely come about it will not be late!
Waiting » For the consolation of israel
Now a man named Simeon was in Jerusalem. This man was righteous and devout. He was waiting for the one who would comfort Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.
Waiting » For guidance and teaching
Guide me in your truth and teach me; for you are the God who delivers me. All day long I have waited for you.
Waiting » Continually
Waiting » Saints have expectation from
My soul, be quiet before God, for from him comes my hope.
Waiting » With full confidence
But as for me, I will look to the LORD; I will wait for the God who will deliver me. My God will hear me.
Waiting » With resignation
Waiting » God calls us to
"Just you wait!" declares the LORD. "The day will come when I stand up as a prosecutor, for I am determined to assemble the nations and to gather the kingdoms, in order to pour out my indignation upon them all of my fierce anger. All the earth will be consumed by the fire of my jealousy.
Waiting » All day
Guide me in your truth and teach me; for you are the God who delivers me. All day long I have waited for you.
Waiting » Is good
Therefore I will praise you forever because of what you did; I will proclaim that your name is good in the midst of your faithful ones. To the Director: Upon . A Davidic instruction.
Waiting » For the hope of righteousness by faith
Through the Spirit by faith we confidently await the fulfillment of our righteous hope,
Waiting » For the fulfillment of his promises
While he was meeting with them, he ordered them, "Don't leave Jerusalem. Instead, wait for what the Father has promised, about which you heard me speak,
Topics on Waiting
Attitudes While Waiting For Second Coming
Luke 12:36Be like people who are waiting for their master to return from a wedding. As soon as he arrives and knocks, they will open the door for him.
God Waiting
Isaiah 30:18"Nevertheless, the LORD will wait so he can be gracious to you; and thus he will rise up to show you mercy. For the LORD is a God of justice. How blessed are all those who wait for him."
People Waiting
Genesis 8:10Noah waited another seven days and sent the dove out from the ark again.
Waiting At Gates
Acts 9:24but their plot became known to him. They were even watching the gates day and night to murder him,
Waiting For God's Timing
Psalm 130:5I wait for the LORD; my soul waits, and I will hope in his word.
Waiting For The Second Coming
Philippians 3:20Our citizenship, however, is in heaven, and it is from there that we eagerly wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus, the Messiah.
Waiting On God
Hosea 12:6So you, return to your God; guard grace and justice, and look to your God always.
Waiting On The Lord
Psalm 27:14Wait on the LORD. Be courageous, and he will strengthen your heart. Wait on the LORD! Davidic
Waiting Till Marriage
Deuteronomy 24:5"When a man is newly married, he must not be sent out to war or have a related duty placed on him. Let him stay home for one year and be happy with his wife whom he has married.
