'Wait' in the Bible

I wait for your deliverance, O Lord.

He told the elders, "Wait for us in this place until we return to you. Here are Aaron and Hur with you. Whoever has any matters of dispute can approach them."

He woke up early in the morning on the fifth day so he could leave, but the girl's father said, "Get some energy. Wait until later in the day to leave!" So they ate a meal together.

surely you would not want to wait until they were old enough to marry! Surely you would not remain unmarried all that time! No, my daughters, you must not return with me. For my intense suffering is too much for you to bear. For the Lord is afflicting me!"

You will go down to Gilgal before me. I am going to join you there to offer burnt offerings and to make peace offerings. You should wait for seven days, until I arrive and tell you what to do."

Then Samuel said to Saul, "Wait a minute! Let me tell you what the Lord said to me last night." Saul said to him, "Tell me."

David replied to Ahimelech the priest, "The king instructed me to do something, but he said to me, 'Don't let anyone know the reason I am sending you or the instructions I have given you.' I have told my soldiers to wait at a certain place.

Joab replied, "I will not wait around like this for you!" He took three spears in his hand and thrust them into the middle of Absalom while he was still alive in the middle of the oak tree.

He was still talking to them when the messenger approached and said, "Look, the Lord is responsible for this disaster! Why should I continue to wait for the Lord to help?"

Then they said to one another, "It's not right what we're doing! This is a day to celebrate, but we haven't told anyone. If we wait until dawn, we'll be punished. So come on, let's go and inform the royal palace."

Let its morning stars be darkened; let it wait for daylight but find none, nor let it see the first rays of dawn,

to those who wait for death that does not come, and search for it more than for hidden treasures,

What is my strength, that I should wait? and what is my end, that I should prolong my life?

If a man dies, will he live again? All the days of my hard service I will wait until my release comes.

They waited for me as people wait for the rain, and they opened their mouths as for the spring rains.

If my heart has been enticed by a woman, and I have lain in wait at my neighbor's door,

when they crouch in their dens, when they wait in ambush in the thicket?

Lord, in the morning you will hear me; in the morning I will present my case to you and then wait expectantly for an answer.

Lord, lead me in your righteousness because of those who wait to ambush me, remove the obstacles in the way in which you are guiding me!

Teach me how you want me to live; lead me along a level path because of those who wait to ambush me!

Be strong and confident, all you who wait on the Lord!

Look, the Lord takes notice of his loyal followers, those who wait for him to demonstrate his faithfulness

We wait for the Lord; he is our deliverer and shield.

May we experience your faithfulness, O Lord, for we wait for you.

Wait patiently for the Lord! Wait confidently for him! Do not fret over the apparent success of a sinner, a man who carries out wicked schemes!

Yet I wait for you, O Lord! You will respond, O Lord, my God!

Why are you depressed, O my soul? Why are you upset? Wait for God! For I will again give thanks to my God for his saving intervention.

Why are you depressed, O my soul? Why are you upset? Wait for God! For I will again give thanks to my God for his saving intervention.

Why are you depressed, O my soul? Why are you upset? Wait for God! For I will again give thanks to my God for his saving intervention.

May those who wait to ambush me be repaid for their evil! As a demonstration of your faithfulness, destroy them!

For look, they wait to ambush me; powerful men stalk me, but not because I have rebelled or sinned, O Lord.

You are my source of strength! I will wait for you! For God is my refuge.

For the music director, Jeduthun; a psalm of David. For God alone I patiently wait; he is the one who delivers me.

Patiently wait for God alone, my soul! For he is the one who gives me confidence.

As for me, I will wait continually, and will continue to praise you.

All of your creatures wait for you to provide them with food on a regular basis.

They quickly forgot what he had done; they did not wait for his instructions.

My eyes grow tired as I wait for your promise to be fulfilled. I say, "When will you comfort me?"

My eyes grow tired as I wait for your deliverance, for your reliable promise to be fulfilled.

I rely on the Lord, I rely on him with my whole being; I wait for his assuring word.

The Lord takes delight in his faithful followers, and in those who wait for his loyal love.

If they say, "Come with us! We will lie in wait to shed blood; we will ambush an innocent person capriciously.

but these men lie in wait for their own blood, they ambush their own lives!

at one time outside, at another in the wide plazas, and by every corner she lies in wait.)

The words of the wicked lie in wait to shed innocent blood, but the words of the upright will deliver them.

Do not say, "I will pay back evil!" Wait for the Lord, so that he may vindicate you.

Indeed, she lies in wait like a robber, and increases the unfaithful among men.

Do not lie in wait like the wicked against the place where the righteous live; do not assault his home.

I will wait patiently for the Lord, who has rejected the family of Jacob; I will wait for him.

For this is what the Lord has told me: "I will wait and watch from my place, like scorching heat produced by the sunlight, like a cloud of mist in the heat of harvest."

Yes, as your judgments unfold, O Lord, we wait for you. We desire your fame and reputation to grow.

For this reason the Lord is ready to show you mercy; he sits on his throne, ready to have compassion on you. Indeed, the Lord is a just God; all who wait for him in faith will be blessed.

Lord, be merciful to us! We wait for you. Give us strength each morning! Deliver us when distress comes.

But those who wait for the Lord's help find renewed strength; they rise up as if they had eagles' wings, they run without growing weary, they walk without getting tired.

He will not grow dim or be crushed before establishing justice on the earth; the coastlands will wait in anticipation for his decrees."

I am bringing my deliverance near, it is not far away; I am bringing my salvation near, it does not wait. I will save Zion; I will adorn Israel with my splendor."

Kings will be your children's guardians; their princesses will nurse your children. With their faces to the ground they will bow down to you and they will lick the dirt on your feet. Then you will recognize that I am the Lord; those who wait patiently for me are not put to shame.

I am ready to vindicate, I am ready to deliver, I will establish justice among the nations. The coastlands wait patiently for me; they wait in anticipation for the revelation of my power.

For this reason deliverance is far from us and salvation does not reach us. We wait for light, but see only darkness; we wait for a bright light, but live in deep darkness.

We all growl like bears, we coo mournfully like doves; we wait for deliverance, but there is none, for salvation, but it is far from us.

Since ancient times no one has heard or perceived, no eye has seen any God besides you, who intervenes for those who wait for him.

"Look up at the hilltops and consider this. You have had sex with other gods on every one of them. You waited for those gods like a thief lying in wait in the desert. You defiled the land by your wicked prostitution to other gods.

So like a lion from the thicket their enemies will kill them. Like a wolf from the desert they will destroy them. Like a leopard they will lie in wait outside their cities and totally destroy anyone who ventures out. For they have rebelled so much and done so many unfaithful things.

"Indeed, there are wicked scoundrels among my people. They lie in wait like bird catchers hiding in ambush. They set deadly traps to catch people.

It is good to wait patiently for deliverance from the Lord.

Then I told her, "You must live with me many days; you must not commit adultery or have sexual intercourse with another man, and I also will wait for you."

Those survivors from Jacob will live in the midst of many nations. They will be like the dew the Lord sends, like the rain on the grass, that does not hope for men to come or wait around for humans to arrive.

Faithful men have disappeared from the land; there are no godly men left. They all wait in ambush so they can shed blood; they hunt their own brother with a net.

But I will keep watching for the Lord; I will wait for the God who delivers me. My God will hear my lament.

For the message is a witness to what is decreed; it gives reliable testimony about how matters will turn out. Even if the message is not fulfilled right away, wait patiently; for it will certainly come to pass -- it will not arrive late.

Therefore you must wait patiently for me," says the Lord, "for the day when I attack and take plunder. I have decided to gather nations together and assemble kingdoms, so I can pour out my fury on them -- all my raging anger. For the whole earth will be consumed by my fiery anger.

Blessed are those slaves whom their master finds alert when he returns! I tell you the truth, he will dress himself to serve, have them take their place at the table, and will come and wait on them!

While he was with them, he declared, "Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait there for what my Father promised, which you heard about from me.

So the twelve called the whole group of the disciples together and said, "It is not right for us to neglect the word of God to wait on tables.

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

so that you do not lack any spiritual gift as you wait for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ.

So then, do not judge anything before the time. Wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light the hidden things of darkness and reveal the motives of hearts. Then each will receive recognition from God.

So then, my brothers and sisters, when you come together to eat, wait for one another.

For through the Spirit, by faith, we wait expectantly for the hope of righteousness.

and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, Jesus our deliverer from the coming wrath.

as we wait for the happy fulfillment of our hope in the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ.