Bible Verses About Anticipation

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

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

So that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ:

For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.

And therefore will the Lord wait, that he may be gracious unto 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.

And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patient waiting for Christ.

It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord.

Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord.

Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.

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

My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning.

And now I have told you before it come to pass, that, when it is come to pass, ye might believe.

My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him.

Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.

Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;

For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.

Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward is great in heaven: for in the like manner did their fathers unto the prophets.

Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow.

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

By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come.

That say, Let him make speed, and hasten his work, that we may see it: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know it!

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

And it came to pass, that, when Jesus was returned, the people gladly received him: for they were all waiting for him.

They that fear thee will be glad when they see me; because I have hoped in thy word.

And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.

Wait on the Lord, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it.

The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.

And as the people were in expectation, and all men mused in their hearts of John, whether he were the Christ, or not;

The Lord is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.

Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry.

Then said the Lord unto me, Thou hast well seen: for I will hasten my word to perform it.

Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.

And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately.

Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the Lord: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.

And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.

Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the Lord, and he shall save thee.

And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.

For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel;